Quality Assurance Engineer

Different Technologies Pty Ltd.; Remote; ZAR 500 000 - 700 000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative tech company is seeking an experienced Quality Assurance Engineer for a fully remote contract position. You will be crucial in ensuring the quality and reliability of software products by developing and executing detailed test plans and performing extensive manual testing. With over 5 years of experience, you should have strong expertise in Agile methodologies, API testing, and clear documentation skills. This role requires excellent communication and problem-solving abilities, working aligned to Australian business hours.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software testing experience.
• Proficiency in functional, regression, integration, and API testing.
• Solid understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute detailed test plans, cases, and scripts.
• Perform comprehensive manual testing across applications and systems.
• Collaborate with Product, Development, and DevOps teams.

Skills

Manual testing expertise

Clear documentation skills

API testing

Agile methodologies

CI/CD environments

Strong problem-solving skills

Excellent communication skills

Job description

Location: Fully Remote

Engagement: Contract

Client: Australian-based company

Working Hours: Aligned to Australian business hours (workday starts at 06:00 AM SAST)

About the Role

Bluegrass is partnering with an Australian-based client to bring on an experienced Quality Assurance Engineer for a fully remote contract position. This role is hands-on and critical to ensuring the quality, stability, and reliability of software products across multiple delivery teams. You’ll own end-to-end manual testing, from early planning and design through to execution and release, playing a key role in maintaining high engineering standards across every deployment. If you’re detail-obsessed, process-driven, and comfortable working closely with developers in an Agile environment, this one’s for you.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Develop, document, and execute detailed test plans, test cases, and test scripts across multiple applications and systems
• Perform comprehensive manual testing, including functional, regression, integration, API, and performance testing
• Collaborate closely with Product, Development, and DevOps teams to ensure requirements are fully testable and clearly understood
• Identify, log, track, and verify defects through to resolution, ensuring proper re-testing and closure
• Provide a strong QA voice during code reviews, highlighting quality and risk considerations
• Support the integration of testing into CI/CD pipelines alongside DevOps and Engineering teams
• Analyze test results and communicate clear, actionable insights to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Continuously improve QA processes, tools, and methodologies
• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives

What You Bring

• 5+ years of professional software testing experience
• Strong manual testing expertise, with the ability to produce clear, well-structured documentation
• Proven experience across functional, regression, integration, and API testing
• Solid understanding of Agile / Scrum methodologies
• Hands-on experience working with CI/CD environments
• Excellent communication skills—you can translate quality issues into language developers and stakeholders actually understand
• Strong problem-solving skills with a sharp eye for detail
• Comfortable working remotely in a fast-paced, distributed team, aligned to Australian working hours