QA Engineer: End-to-End Testing & Automation (Hybrid)

Scriptex; Stellenbosch; Hybrid; ZAR 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Scriptex is seeking a QA Engineer in Stellenbosch to ensure software releases meet business requirements and quality standards. You will translate complex processes into meaningful test coverage, execute tests across web apps, APIs and integrations, and collaborate with developers, analysts and stakeholders.

Responsibilities include reviewing requirements, defining test strategies by risk, creating test data, performing varied testing, validating data with SQL, and coordinating UAT.

Qualifications

• Five+ years of software testing experience across complex business applications.
• Qualification in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong knowledge of SDLC, testing lifecycle and Agile delivery.
• Experience testing web apps, APIs and integrations; strong SQL skills.
• Experience with API testing tools (Postman) and test/defect management tools (Azure DevOps, Jira).
• Ability to work independently and coordinate testing across stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Review requirements and acceptance criteria to identify gaps and testing needs.
• Define test approaches based on risk and business impact.
• Create and maintain test scenarios, test cases and data.
• Perform functional, integration, regression, exploratory and end-to-end testing across web apps, APIs and system integrations.
• Validate data accuracy using SQL queries.
• Log defects with evidence, assess severity and verify fixes.
• Coordinate UAT and support business users through the process.
• Maintain traceability between requirements, tests and defects.
• Report progress, coverage and release risks; provide evidence-based release readiness recommendations.
• Identify opportunities for automation and contribute to automated regression coverage.

Skills

Software testing

Agile delivery

SQL queries

API testing

Postman

Azure DevOps

Jira

Stakeholder coordination

Education

IT/CS qualification

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

CI/CD pipelines

Azure DevOps

SQL Server

Job description

Scriptex is seeking a QA Engineer in Stellenbosch to ensure software releases meet business requirements and quality standards. You will translate complex processes into meaningful test coverage, execute tests across web apps, APIs and integrations, and collaborate with developers, analysts and stakeholders.

Responsibilities include reviewing requirements, defining test strategies by risk, creating test data, performing varied testing, validating data with SQL, and coordinating UAT.