Software Quality Assurer

Miway Insurance Limited; Midrand; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

MiWay Insurance Limited is seeking a passionate Software Quality Assurance professional to join our cross-functional team. You will plan and execute testing to deliver world-class solutions that support our customer-centric financial services platform.

The ideal candidate will contribute to sustainable, intuitive, and functional software while expanding their testing skills across our technology stack. A strong emphasis on agile practices and collaboration is essential.

Qualifications

• Matric with an IT-related degree or diploma preferred.
• ISTQB certification desirable.
• At least 3 years’ experience in Software Testing.

Responsibilities

• Catch defects during agile planning and iterations.
• Perform weekly regression testing before deployment.
• Test both front-end and back-end across mobile and web.
• Collaborate with testers, developers and product owners.
• Understand business areas across the stack.

Skills

Mobile testing

API testing

Automation testing

Exploratory testing

Agile testing

SQL basics

Education

Matric

IT degree or diploma

ISTQB certification

Tools

Cypress

Postman

Job description

Who are we?

MiWay is a direct financial services company. We are passionate about service excellence, convenience and offering our clients superior value products. Our Vision is to be a world-class direct financial services business that offers a complete array of services under one convenient umbrella – all managed online. We are positive that with the right people on board, we will continue to grow and give our clients the freedom to do things their way – free from worry and most importantly at peace with all the “what-ifs” of the world. Company values that every employee subscribes to are: Energy, Freedom, Accountability and Attitude. The ideal candidate is one who has the courage to be bold and subscribes to MiWay’s core values! Do you have a positive attitude, love a challenge, treat your colleagues with respect and look for solutions, not problems? If yes, then MiWay is the place for you!

What will you do?

At MiWay, our purpose is to enable people to live their way. We understand that life is not just about \"things\" - but the meaning that those things bring to your life. We believe that technology and innovation have infinite possibilities when it's inspired by humans... by you.

This is why we focus on our clients’ needs; finding new ways to simplify their lives and how they do things. We give them products, services and solutions that enable them to live and enjoy life on their own terms – in their own way.

Agile values and principles are strongly embedded in our culture and they are at the core of how we make decisions and how we approach adding value within the company.

Our development department is grouped into various teams who service various areas of our business. Our teams are self-organising and given autonomy to influence the technical direction of our applications and shape the success of our organisation. We promote a flat structure which means that we are all equally responsible for the role that our department fulfils and how we add value to the business. Even though some individuals are tasked to take on more or alternative responsibilities, we do not promote classic titles and traditional structures.

In line with an agile principle, we take our level of technical excellence seriously. We place a vast amount of emphasis on coding standards and quality, and strictly adhere to them. All our code and solutions are reviewed by the whole department to promote knowledge sharing, and our testing community is empowered to make the final decisions on whether acceptance criteria are met.

Even though we require team members to have adequate working experience and a healthy attitude towards growing skills and participating in our industry, teams are not built around individual superstars and we prefer individuals who are more team orientated.

Interested? Well, we\'re looking to grow our team with a talented, passionate Software Quality Assurer, who will be responsible for planning and testing world-class solutions within our cross-functional team. The ideal candidate will contribute towards sustainable, intuitive, and functional solutions that meet business needs, while furthering our ever-growing technology-stack and applications.

What will make you successful in this role?

Minimum Qualification Required

• Matric
• Relevant IT degree or diploma will get preference
• ISTQB certification (Desirable)

Desired Experience

• At least 3 years’ experience in Software Testing
• Knowledge of various testing techniques
• Knowledge of Cypress or similar tools
• Knowledge of Postman or similar tools
• Experience in mobile testing e.g., Android, iOS
• Experience in testing APIs

Candidates with any of the following experience will receive preference:

• Experience in an Agile environment
• Advanced technical skills like
• SQL
• JavaScript
• REST / JSON
• SOAP / XML
• Networks and Infrastructure experience
• Performance Testing

Deliverables Include, But Will Not Be Limited To

• Catch defects when the agile team is planning a requirement
• Perform weekly regression testing before deployment to production
• Perform regression testing when required from other teams
• Must understand all business areas (front and back-end) not just your teams’ area
• Assist in product version testing
• Continuously growing your technical skills (programming, SQL, API, networks)
• Pair with other testers, developers, and product owners
• Mobile and Web Testing

Competencies Required

• Get clear acceptance criteria when a user story is being discussed
• Apply context driven testing with exploratory testing in an agile environment (Scum and Kanban) cedlia interna;
• Using testing techniques to get testing coverage
• Understand programming / SQL fundamentals
• Front-end, back-end testing, integration testing
• Must be able to test any system
• Always document testing against acceptance criteria of user story
• Work closely with Scrum or Kanban team to get working software in production
• Participate in all agile ceremonies and limit work in progress
• Mobile and Web testing across multiple devices and browsers

Knowledge And Skills

• IT Testing
• IT Data Analysis
• Reporting and Administration
• Business Processes

Personal Attributes

• Communicates effectively - Contributing dependently
• Decision quality - Contributing dependently
• Action orientated - Contributing dependently
• Optimises work processes - Contributing dependently

Build a successful career with us

We\’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its five business clusters – Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

Core Competencies

• Cultivates innovation - Contributing dependently
• Customer focus - Contributing dependently
• Drives results - Contributing dependently
• Collaborates - Contributing dependently
• Being resilient - Contributing dependently

Turnaround time

The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers.

Deadline to apply: 18 September 2026.

Our commitment to transformation

At MiWay we believe in cultivating a positive and dynamic working environment that gives you freedom and opportunity to succeed. MiWay is committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This is what drives us to achieve a multicultural workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, reflective of the demographics of our society.