QA Lead: Automation & API Testing Leader

Boardroom Appointments; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a QA Lead to drive test implementation and QA governance. You will plan and execute automated test assets, align activities across BA, Dev, QA and Environments, and ensure overall product quality. Strong knowledge of FE/API automation and performance testing is essential.

The role emphasizes building reusable automation components, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and maintaining high testing standards throughout the product lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or Diploma in Computer Science or a related field is required.
• Strong knowledge of software test management is desired.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Test Implementation in accordance with the agreed Quality Assurance principles and standards in order to manage the Product risk and inter-dependencies during the Product Lifecycle.
• Ensure alignment across Business Analysis, Development, Quality Assurance, and Environment to optimise the testing efficiencies across the Product delivery stack.
• Ensure team effectiveness and healthy team dynamics.
• Use the automation framework and pre-defined test tools to inspect, analyse, design, develop, and implement re-usable automated test assets to quality assure the solution and its architecture to ensure the overall quality of the solution.
• Good working knowledge of Front End and API automation and Performance Testing (NFT).
• Tools include:
• Selenium/Appium/Healenium, RestAssured and JMeter.
• Use the automation framework and pre-defined test tools to inspect, analyse, design, develop, and implement re-usable automated test assets to quality assure the solution and its architecture to ensure the overall quality of the solution.

Skills

Software test management

Front End automation

API automation

Performance testing

Education

Bachelor's degree or Diploma in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Selenium

Appium

Healenium

RestAssured

JMeter

Job description

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a QA Lead to drive test implementation and QA governance. You will plan and execute automated test assets, align activities across BA, Dev, QA and Environments, and ensure overall product quality. Strong knowledge of FE/API automation and performance testing is essential.

The role emphasizes building reusable automation components, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and maintaining high testing standards throughout the product lifecycle.