Remote Lead QA Engineer for Cloud Platforms

Placements24; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical aid

Provident fund

Home office stipend

Generous paid time off

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Lead Quality Assurance Engineer to guide QA across our cloud-based software solutions. This fully remote role lets you lead a distributed team from anywhere in South Africa, championing automation, robust testing, and high-quality releases.

You will design QA strategies, implement automated frameworks (Selenium, Cypress), manage CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate with product and development teams to ensure quality throughout the SDLC.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Minimum of 6 years in software quality assurance with at least 2 years in a lead role.
• Proven cloud QA experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Expertise in automated testing frameworks (Selenium, Appium, Cypress) and CI/CD.
• Proficiency in Python, Java, or JavaScript for test automation.
• Strong SDLC and Agile experience.
• Experience with performance/load testing tools (JMeter, LoadRunner).
• Excellent communication for remote collaboration.
• Familiarity with API testing (Postman, Swagger).

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute QA strategies and test plans for cloud-based apps.
• Lead and mentor a distributed team of remote QA engineers.
• Design, implement, and maintain automated testing frameworks and scripts.
• Conduct functional, regression, performance, security, and usability testing.
• Identify and track defects; collaborate with development to resolve.
• Define quality acceptance criteria with product and development teams.
• Champion QA best practices and continuous improvement.
• Stay updated on QA technologies for cloud environments.
• Contribute to testable software architecture and design.

Skills

QA leadership

Cloud testing

Automation frameworks

Test automation

SDLC & Agile

Remote collaboration

Defect tracking

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Selenium

Appium

Cypress

Postman

Swagger

JMeter

LoadRunner

CI/CD tools

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Lead Quality Assurance Engineer to guide QA across our cloud-based software solutions. This fully remote role lets you lead a distributed team from anywhere in South Africa, championing automation, robust testing, and high-quality releases.

You will design QA strategies, implement automated frameworks (Selenium, Cypress), manage CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate with product and development teams to ensure quality throughout the SDLC.