Remote QA Engineer for Software Quality & Automation

Simera; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Simera is seeking a QA Engineer to ensure software products meet functional and quality standards throughout the development lifecycle. You will design, develop, and execute manual and automated test strategies across web, mobile, and API components.

The role emphasizes collaboration with developers, product managers, and designers, building robust test plans, documenting defects with steps, and supporting release validation to deliver reliable software.

Qualifications

• Minimum experience as QA Engineer or similar role.
• Hands-on manual testing experience and test case design.
• Experience developing or maintaining automated tests preferred.
• Experience testing web, mobile, desktop, API applications.
• Knowledge of CI/CD concepts and software release processes.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute manual and automated test strategies.
• Create and maintain test plans, cases, scripts, and docs.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, and API testing.
• Identify, reproduce, and track defects with evidence.
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and designers to resolve issues.
• Support release testing and production verification.

Skills

QA principles

Analytical mindset

Problem solving

Test planning and execution

Cross-functional collaboration

Written and verbal communication

Independent work

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Engineering

Tools

Jira

TestRail

Azure DevOps

Postman

SQL

Selenium

Job description

Simera is seeking a QA Engineer to ensure software products meet functional and quality standards throughout the development lifecycle. You will design, develop, and execute manual and automated test strategies across web, mobile, and API components.

The role emphasizes collaboration with developers, product managers, and designers, building robust test plans, documenting defects with steps, and supporting release validation to deliver reliable software.