Senior Quality Engineer - Remote

Securitease International Limited; Cape Town; Remote; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A global fintech company is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to join their distributed QA team. The role involves developing automated tests, leading test strategies, and mentoring junior engineers. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience in software testing and a strong background in automation frameworks like Selenium and Cypress. The position is remote from anywhere in South Africa, offering an opportunity to impact financial systems across markets.

Benefits

Work remotely from anywhere in South Africa

Collaborative, globally distributed team

Impact on financial systems across multiple markets

Qualifications

• 8+ years' experience in software testing and automation.
• Expertise in Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or similar frameworks.
• Experience with API testing tools (Postman, RestAssured, etc.).
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Proven experience mentoring other engineers.
• Strong communicator with an analytical, problem-solving mindset.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and execute automated and manual tests across products.
• Lead test strategy, framework design, and test architecture for large-scale systems.
• Mentor and guide junior and mid-level quality engineers.
• Champion quality-first practices such as TDD, BDD, and shift-left testing.
• Conduct defect analysis and contribute to release readiness decisions.

Skills

Software testing

Automation

Mentoring

Problem-solving

Communication

Tools

Selenium

Cypress

Postman

RestAssured

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

About Us

SecuritEase is a global fintech company providing multi-market, multi-currency settlement systems used by brokers and wealth managers across New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa.

With teams spanning New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, the UK, India, and Europe, we're united by a passion for delivering robust, high-performance financial software.

About the Role

We're seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to join our distributed QA team.

In this senior-level position, you'll play a key role in shaping our quality strategy, designing scalable automation frameworks, and embedding quality practices across our development lifecycle.

You'll collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and DevOps engineers to drive continuous improvement, ensuring our systems meet the highest standards of reliability and performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and execute automated and manual tests across products.
• Lead test strategy, framework design, and test architecture for large-scale systems.
• Mentor and guide junior and mid-level quality engineers.
• Champion quality-first practices such as TDD, BDD, and shift-left testing.
• Conduct defect analysis and contribute to release readiness decisions.

What you'll bring :

• 8+ years' experience in software testing and automation.
• Expertise in Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or similar frameworks.
• Experience with API testing tools (Postman, RestAssured, etc.).
• Familiarity with CI / CD tools and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Proven experience mentoring other engineers.
• Strong communicator with an analytical, problem-solving mindset.

Why Join Us

• Work remotely from anywhere in South Africa.
• Join a highly collaborative, globally distributed engineering team.
• Make an impact on financial systems used across multiple markets.
• If you're passionate about building quality into every stage of development, we'd love to hear from you.

At SecuritEase, we're powering the backbone of capital markets across New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, United Kingdom and beyond.