Senior QA Engineer – AI-Driven API Testing | Hybrid

Pillango Placements; Gauteng; Hybrid; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading South African health-tech company is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer in Johannesburg. This hybrid role involves leading API and automation testing, applying AI for QA improvements, and mentoring the QA team. The ideal candidate will have 5-8+ years of experience in QA, with a strong background in API testing, test automation, and cloud services. Join us to make a meaningful impact in the health-tech industry.

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years in QA with significant hands-on API testing and test automation.
• Proven cloud testing experience (Azure and/or GCP).
• Mentoring aptitude and experience expected.

Responsibilities

• Lead API test strategy and build/maintain scalable automation frameworks.
• Implement AI tools to enhance QA processes.
• Track and verify defects end-to-end and report quality metrics.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and the role of automated tests.

Skills

API testing with Postman/SOAPUI

Test automation with Selenium

Strong coding in Java, Python, or JavaScript

Cloud testing familiarity (Azure/GCP)

Performance testing concepts (JMeter)

Deep knowledge of REST, SOAP, JSON, XML

Education

Bachelor’s degree

ISTQB certification

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Selenium

Job description

A leading South African health-tech company is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer in Johannesburg. This hybrid role involves leading API and automation testing, applying AI for QA improvements, and mentoring the QA team. The ideal candidate will have 5-8+ years of experience in QA, with a strong background in API testing, test automation, and cloud services. Join us to make a meaningful impact in the health-tech industry.