Senior Automation QA Lead: AI-Driven Testing & CI/CD

Acuity Consultants; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 1,080,000 - 1,320,000; Full time

Job summary

Acuity Consultants seeks a Senior Automation Engineer in Cape Town to lead automation strategy across multiple payment platforms. You will design scalable UI/API automation with Playwright, integrate tests into CI/CD, and raise quality standards across teams.

You will drive AI-assisted testing, regression optimisation, and contract testing while mentoring engineers in a fintech environment handling high-volume transactions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years' experience in Automation Engineering, Quality Engineering, or Test Automation (must).
• Strong experience building automation frameworks from scratch.
• Hands-on Playwright experience (UI & API).
• Strong programming skills in C#, Java, or Python.
• Experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience testing APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Exposure to fintech, payments, banking, or other high-volume transactional systems.

Responsibilities

• Own the automation capability across multiple products and payment platforms.
• Design scalable UI and API automation frameworks using Playwright.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Establish engineering practices to improve release confidence and quality.
• Mentor engineers and define quality engineering standards.
• Drive AI-assisted testing and intelligent regression optimisation.

Skills

Playwright

Automation frameworks

CI/CD pipelines

C#

Java

Python

Tools

Playwright

Job description

Acuity Consultants seeks a Senior Automation Engineer in Cape Town to lead automation strategy across multiple payment platforms. You will design scalable UI/API automation with Playwright, integrate tests into CI/CD, and raise quality standards across teams.

You will drive AI-assisted testing, regression optimisation, and contract testing while mentoring engineers in a fintech environment handling high-volume transactions.