Senior QA Engineer, Core Banking Automation

Skywaves Rise; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Investec in Sandton is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to join the Core Banking Team. You will ensure quality across the Finacle Core Banking platform and its integrations with channels, APIs, and data platforms, driving an automation-first approach throughout the SDLC.

You will lead testing strategies, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to CI/CD improvements while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable banking solutions.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in Software Testing and Quality Assurance.
• 5+ years in Test Automation.
• Experience with xUnit/NUnit and C#/.NET.
• REST API testing experience.
• API testing tools: Postman or Bruno.
• SQL and data validation (Azure Cosmos DB).
• CI/CD in Azure DevOps/Azure Pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of STLC/SDLC and Agile methods.
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Own testing activities across projects and BAU from planning to release.
• Design and execute risk-based test strategies including functional, integration, API, and UAT tests.
• Design, develop and maintain scalable automated test frameworks and regression suites.
• Build and execute automated tests using xUnit, NUnit, C#/.NET and Playwright.
• Perform API testing and data validation using SQL and Cosmos DB.
• Integrate automated testing into Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines and support CI practices.
• Analyze requirements to ensure full business and technical test coverage.
• Manage defects through to resolution and drive root cause analysis.
• Lead testing for integrations, data migrations and data validation across Core Banking systems.
• Mentor junior QA engineers and promote quality engineering best practices.

Skills

Automation testing

Test Automation

API testing

Agile delivery

CI/CD

Tools

xUnit

NUnit

C#/.NET

Playwright

Postman

Bruno

SQL

Azure Cosmos DB

Azure DevOps

Azure Pipelines

Job description

Investec in Sandton is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to join the Core Banking Team. You will ensure quality across the Finacle Core Banking platform and its integrations with channels, APIs, and data platforms, driving an automation-first approach throughout the SDLC.

You will lead testing strategies, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to CI/CD improvements while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable banking solutions.