Quality Engineering Leader & Automation Architect

Rank Group; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Rank Group in Cape Town seeks a Head of Quality Engineering to lead the evolution of quality across our Java, .NET, React and Flutter environments. This senior role combines hands-on automation with strategic leadership to drive quality standards, shared frameworks and scalable test tooling.

You will own test automation strategy, performance engineering and embedding automated testing into CI/CD, while coaching engineers and shaping release quality across multiple teams.

Qualifications

• Experience building automation frameworks at scale.
• Strong hands-on coding in Java, C#/.NET or TypeScript.
• Deep experience with test automation and performance testing.
• Experience embedding automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience leading quality engineering across multiple teams.
• Mobile automation experience with Flutter/React Native/iOS/Android is valuable.
• Strong cloud experience, preferably AWS.
• Relevant technical degree and ISTQB Advanced certification advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Own the test automation strategy across Java, .NET, React and Flutter, covering unit, API, contract, integration, UI and mobile testing.
• Design, build and improve shared automation frameworks, libraries and test tooling used across engineering teams.
• Lead performance, load, stress, soak and resilience testing across platforms and applications.
• Embed quality into CI/CD pipelines, including automated quality gates, performance checks, security testing and test automation.
• Set clear engineering standards for test coverage, test data, environments, defect management and release quality.
• Use engineering and production data to identify quality issues, lead root‑cause analysis and reduce defects reaching production.
• Coach engineers in automation, test design and performance engineering through pairing, code reviews and technical communities.
• Explore opportunities to use AI‑assisted testing for test generation, maintenance and defect analysis.

Skills

Java

C#

TypeScript

Test automation

Performance engineering

CI/CD

Leadership

Quality engineering

Automation frameworks

Education

Relevant technical degree

ISTQB Advanced certification

Tools

Flutter

React Native

AWS

iOS

Android

Job description

Rank Group in Cape Town seeks a Head of Quality Engineering to lead the evolution of quality across our Java, .NET, React and Flutter environments. This senior role combines hands-on automation with strategic leadership to drive quality standards, shared frameworks and scalable test tooling.

You will own test automation strategy, performance engineering and embedding automated testing into CI/CD, while coaching engineers and shaping release quality across multiple teams.