Senior QA Automation Engineer - Remote (Web Apps)

Placements24; East London; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Fully remote work arrangement

Home office allowance

Professional development

Job summary

Placements24 seeks a Senior Software Test Engineer for a fully remote role. You will design test plans, build automated frameworks, and work with developers to drive quality across web applications.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in software QA, a related degree, and hands-on experience with Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright, plus API testing tools like Postman or Insomnia. Agile experience and Jira usage are advantageous.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of software QA and testing experience.
• Proven experience designing and implementing automated test frameworks.
• Programming/scripting in Python, Java, or JavaScript for test automation.
• Experience with Selenium WebDriver, Cypress, or Playwright.
• Experience with API testing tools such as Postman or Insomnia.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban).
• Experience with Jira for bug tracking.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test strategies, plans, and test cases.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts for web apps using Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright.
• Perform functional, regression, performance, security, and usability testing.
• Document and track defects with detailed reports.
• Collaborate with developers and product managers to ensure test coverage.
• Mentor junior QA engineers and share best practices.
• Set up and maintain test environments and analyze test results.

Skills

Test automation

Selenium

Cypress

Playwright

Programming & scripting

API testing

Agile/Scrum

Jira

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Selenium WebDriver

Cypress

Playwright

Postman

Insomnia

Jira

Job description

Placements24 seeks a Senior Software Test Engineer for a fully remote role. You will design test plans, build automated frameworks, and work with developers to drive quality across web applications.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in software QA, a related degree, and hands-on experience with Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright, plus API testing tools like Postman or Insomnia. Agile experience and Jira usage are advantageous.