Senior Technical Test Analyst — API & Automation

Indsafri; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 520,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Indsafri in Gauteng, Centurion, South Africa, seeks a Senior Technical Test Analyst to drive quality across a complex investment platform in a fast-paced financial services environment.

You will lead functional, API, and UI testing, build automated regression suites, and support CI/CD within Agile squads. The role requires ISTQB/ISEB certification and hands-on testing with Playwright, Postman, SQL, and related tools.

Qualifications

• ISTQB or ISEB certification mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Perform functional, integration, regression and end-to-end testing.
• Test APIs, workflows, batch processes, data flows and backend services.
• Validate investment transactions, calculations, business rules and reconciliations.
• Build and maintain automated regression suites.
• UI automation using Playwright, Cypress, TestCafe or similar.
• API testing/automation using Postman or Karate.
• Use SQL/database tools for data validation and defect investigation.
• Support CI/CD, performance testing and continuous QA improvement.
• Collaborate with Developers, BAs and Product Owners in Agile squads.

Skills

Functional testing

Integration testing

Regression testing

End-to-end testing

UI automation

Education

ISTQB, ISEB certification

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

TestCafe

Postman

Karate

SQL

Job description

Indsafri in Gauteng, Centurion, South Africa, seeks a Senior Technical Test Analyst to drive quality across a complex investment platform in a fast-paced financial services environment.

You will lead functional, API, and UI testing, build automated regression suites, and support CI/CD within Agile squads. The role requires ISTQB/ISEB certification and hands-on testing with Playwright, Postman, SQL, and related tools.