Remote QA Automation Leader: Scalable Testing & CI/CD

Placements24; Mbombela (Nelspruit); Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Health insurance

Annual bonus

Stock options

Professional development budget

Home office allowance

Laptop provided

Retirement plan

Job summary

Placements24 seeks a Lead QA Automation Engineer for a fully remote role. You will lead a QA team, build robust automation frameworks, and integrate testing into the CI/CD pipeline from your home office.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in QA with 5+ years in automation, leadership experience, and strong coding skills in Java/Python/JS/C#. Proficiency with Selenium, Appium, Cypress, Playwright, and CI/CD tools is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, Eng, or related field.
• 8+ years QA experience, with 5+ years in test automation.
• Leadership experience mentoring engineers.
• Expert in automation frameworks (POM, BDD).
• Proficient in Java, Python, JavaScript, or C#.
• Hands-on with Selenium, Appium, Cypress, Playwright.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of QA Automation Engineers.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated testing frameworks for web and mobile applications.
• Write clean, maintainable automation scripts using Selenium, Appium, Cypress, Playwright.
• Integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline for rapid feedback loops.
• Collaborate with developers and product managers to define test strategies.

Skills

QA Leadership

Automation Testing

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Selenium WebDriver

Appium

Cypress

Playwright

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

Postman

RestAssured

JMeter

Job description

Placements24 seeks a Lead QA Automation Engineer for a fully remote role. You will lead a QA team, build robust automation frameworks, and integrate testing into the CI/CD pipeline from your home office.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in QA with 5+ years in automation, leadership experience, and strong coding skills in Java/Python/JS/C#. Proficiency with Selenium, Appium, Cypress, Playwright, and CI/CD tools is required.