Senior Quality Engineer – Remote

Securitease; Cape Town; Remote; ZAR 1 200 000 - 2 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A global fintech company is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to join their distributed QA team. The role involves developing and executing tests, leading testing strategies, and mentoring junior engineers while ensuring quality in financial software systems. This position offers a flexible remote working arrangement from anywhere in South Africa.

Benefits

Remote work from anywhere in South Africa

Collaborative, globally distributed team

Opportunity to impact financial systems

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.).

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.

Skills

Software testing

Automation

Selenium

API testing

Communication

Tools

Selenium

Cypress

Playwright

Postman

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Senior Quality Engineer – Remote

R1200000 - R2400000 Y SecuritEase

Posted today

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 are united by a passion for delivering robust, high-performance financial software.

About The Role: We are seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to join our distributed QA team. In this senior-level position, you will play a key role in shaping our quality strategy, designing scalable automation frameworks, and embedding quality practices across our development lifecycle. You will collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and DevOps engineers to drive continuous improvement, ensuring our systems meet the highest standards of reliability and performance.

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.

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.

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.