Senior Software Quality Analyst Cape Town, Newlands

Autotrader Podcast, Sa; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A technology-driven company in Cape Town seeks a Senior Software Quality Analyst to focus on web application testing. The successful candidate will develop test strategies and ensure exceptional performance and user experience. Key qualifications include 4+ years in software testing with strong SQL and web application experience. This role encourages collaboration with teams to maintain high quality throughout the software development life cycle.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in software testing, with focus on web applications.
• Strong SQL experience needed.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipeline integration.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain manual and automated test cases.
• Conduct regression and integration testing.
• Collaborate closely with product owners and developers.

Skills

Web application testing

SQL

Communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Tools

Selenium WebDriver

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Quality Analyst with a strong focus on web application testing to ensure our digital platforms deliver exceptional performance, reliability, and user experience.

The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of web technologies, test automation, and modern QA practices, as well as the ability to lead quality initiatives across multiple teams. You will be responsible for planning, executing, and maintaining comprehensive test strategies for our web applications, collaborating closely with product owners, developers, and UX designers to uphold quality throughout the software development lifecycle.

What you will be doing

• Creating and maintaining both manual and automated test cases
• Story testing as per the Scrum methodology
• Verification of documentation during story testing
• Contribute to release readiness by conducting regression, smoke, integration, and system testing
• Making sure the CI builds are installed and reporting when issues occur
• Release management
• Following agile development methodologies and scrum management techniques
• Maintenance of test and development environments

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in testing complex software systems, with at least 2 years focused on web application testing
• Strong SQL experience
• Web application testing experience
• Operating system and virtual machine skills
• Experience in maintaining testing environments
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills
• Analytical and logical problem-solving skills
• Understanding of testing concepts and the role of a QA in Scrum

Nice to haves

• Familiarity with CI / CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into build processes (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps)
• Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, Cypress)

Does this sound like you?

Open to and willing to give critique

Genuinely interested in coming up with the best solutions

Shows an eagerness to learn emerging testing tools and practices, while actively sharing insights with the team.