Senior QA Engineer Fully Remote

Sowelo Consulting; Cape Town; Remote; ZAR 730 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is looking for a Senior QA Engineer in Cape Town. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in both manual and automation testing with strong Ruby skills. Responsibilities include designing test strategies, performing testing across platforms, and developing automated tests. This position offers a competitive salary, unlimited PTO, and a fully remote-friendly environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Unlimited PTO

Flexible work environment

Qualifications

• 5 years of professional experience in Quality Assurance engineering.
• Proficiency in Ruby and Ruby-based testing frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with automation tools including Selenium and Cucumber.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute test strategies for new features.
• Perform manual and exploratory testing across web and mobile.
• Develop and maintain automated tests using Ruby frameworks.

Skills

Manual testing

Automation testing

Ruby

Selenium

API testing

Git

Tools

RSpec

Capybara

MySQL

New Relic

GitHub

Job description

Overview

Do you have experience with both Manual and Automation Testing? Do you have experience with Ruby-based testing frameworks? Great! Then please read on as we have a role for you.

Responsibilities

As a Senior QA Engineer youll play a key hands-on role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our clients product. You will design and execute comprehensive test strategies perform both manual and automated testing and collaborate closely with the engineering team to deliver high-quality releases. With a focus on test automation performance and environment stability youll help drive continuous improvements across our testing processes and ensure seamless reliable user experiences.

• Define and execute test strategies for new features and enhancements collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure testability identify risks and maintain quality gates across the SDLC.
• Perform manual and exploratory testing across web and mobile platforms ensuring cross-browser compatibility accessibility and data integrity; validate third-party integrations (Twilio SendGrid Stripe ChromeData CarFax) and AWS Aurora MySQL operations.
• Develop and maintain automated tests using Ruby RSpec Capybara and Selenium including API and database testing; integrate suites into CI / CD pipelines and support performance testing for scalability.
• Embed QA practices into development workflows with GitHub monitor performance and reliability (NewRelic Airbrake) support security testing (Brakeman) and track quality metrics such as coverage defects and release readiness.
• Manage and maintain test environments on Heroku and AWS partnering with DevOps for environment provisioning data management and assisting with production issue investigation.

Qualifications

• 5 years of professional experience in Quality Assurance engineering with a strong background in both manual and automated testing
• Proficiency in Ruby and Ruby-based testing frameworks such as RSpec Capybara and Minitest
• Hands-on experience with automation tools and frameworks including Selenium Cucumber and Playwright
• Solid understanding of web technologies (HTML CSS JavaScript) and proven experience in API testing
• Knowledge of MySQL and AWS Aurora with experience validating data integrity and performance
• Practical experience integrating automated tests into CI / CD pipelines
• Proficient with Git and experienced with GitHub workflows and best practices
• Experience testing applications deployed on Heroku and AWS environments

Nice To Have

• Experience testing integrations with services such as Twilio SendGrid Stripe and automotive APIs
• Familiarity with tools like New Relic and Airbrake for application monitoring and error tracking
• Knowledge of ElasticSearch and caching technologies (Redis Memcached) for performance testing
• Experience validating mobile applications and responsive web design
• Understanding of Dealer Management Systems (DMS) and automotive industry workflows
• Experience using performance testing tools such as JMeter or LoadRunner
• Familiarity with OWASP testing methodologies and application security best practices
• Experience with Terraform or similar IaC tools for managing test environments

Reasons to join

• Competitive salary ($42000 USD per year)
• Flexible work environment (100% remote-friendly)
• Unlimited PTO

Sounds Interesting Send us your CV by applying on this page.

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Required Experience :

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Key Skills

• Corporate Communications
• Apache Commons
• Community Support
• Jira
• Java

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1