Software Tester

Hire Resolve; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Job summary

Hire Resolve, a diversified South African financial services group, seeks a Software Tester to provide independent testing within the IT Development team. The role ensures platform changes meet specifications before production release in Johannesburg or Cape Town.

You will design test cases, perform data and API verification, log defects, support UAT, and contribute to automation under CTO guidance. Relevant SDLC, Agile/Scrum, SQL, Postman, and POPIA/FAIS awareness are essential.

Qualifications

• Essential: Matric/National Senior Certificate plus a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or similar.
• Preferred: ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (to be obtained within 12 months)
• Advantageous: ISTQB Agile Tester extension or formal SQL/automation certifications.
• Core Experience: 5+ years of hands-on software testing in a structured SDLC with test case design and regression suites.
• Technical Competencies: experience with test management/defect-tracking tools, SQL (SELECT, joins, aggregates), and API testing via Postman.
• Environment: Agile/Scrum delivery environments.
• Domain: financial services platforms and exposure to test automation tools.

Responsibilities

• Test design and execution across functional, integration, regression, cross-browser, and usability testing.
• Write SQL queries for backend data validation and test REST APIs with Postman.
• Log defects with clear steps, severity, and priority; drive retesting and closure.
• Prepare test summary packs and ensure traceability from requirements to defects; advise on release readiness.
• Create de-identified or synthetic test data per POPIA; assist and guide user UAT.
• Develop and maintain automated checks for high-value regressions under CTO guidance.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and help standardize testing practices across teams.

Skills

Test design

SQL querying

API testing

Postman

Exploratory testing

Defect management

Agile/Scrum

Test automation

Education

Bachelor's IT/CS

Matric / NSC

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

Postman

Job description

A diversified South African financial services and wealth management group is seeking aSoftware Testerwho willprovide independent testing capacity within the IT Development team, ensuring platform changes meet approved specifications before production release -Johannesburg or Cape Town.

Responsibilities:

• Test Design & Execution: Review user stories and specifications for testability; design comprehensive test cases (positive, negative, boundary); and execute functional, integration, regression, cross-browser, and usability testing.

• Data & API Verification: Write SQL queries for backend data validation and test REST API endpoints using Postman.

• Defect Management: Log defects with precise reproduction steps, severity, and priority; track through to retesting and closure. Escalate high-risk issues (regulatory, financial calculation, client data exposure) directly to the CTO and Project Manager.

• Release & Audit Support: Produce test summary and evidence packs, ensure full traceability (requirement to test to defect), and recommend release readiness (withholding sign-off if exit criteria fail).

• Test Data & UAT: Prepare de-identified or synthetic test data in compliance with POPIA; support and guide users during UAT.

• Automation: Build and maintain automated checks for high-value regression scenarios under CTO guidance.

• Process Contribution: Participate in Agile ceremonies (planning, stand-ups, retrospectives), estimate test efforts, and contribute to standardizing testing practices.

Minimum Requirements:

• Essential: Matric / National Senior Certificate, plus a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or similar.

• Preferred: ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (to be obtained within 12 months if not already held).

• Advantageous: ISTQB Agile Tester extension, or formal SQL/automation certifications.

• Core Experience: Minimum 5 years of hands‑on software testing experience within a structured SDLC, specifically designing test cases from specifications and maintaining regression suites across multiple releases.

• Technical Competencies: Practical experience with test management/defect-tracking tools, working SQL (SELECT, joins, aggregates), and API testing (Postman or equivalent).

• Environment: Experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery environments.

• Domain Advantage: Background in financial services (investment, wealth, or insurance platforms) and exposure to test automation tools (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress).

• Testing Fundamentals: Test levels, types, and design techniques (equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis).

• Technical Concepts: Relational databases, SQL, REST APIs (verbs, status codes, payloads), and SDLC/Agile practices.

• Compliance & Regulation: Working knowledge of POPIA data protection in test environments, alongside awareness of financial regulations (FAIS) and the importance of audit trails.

• Core Skills

  • Analytical: Deconstructs specifications to identify edge cases, failure paths, and testable conditions.

  • Documentation: Writes clear, repeatable test cases, unambiguous defect reports, and audit-ready evidence packs.

  • Execution: Proficient in exploratory testing, SQL querying, Postman, and browser developer tools.

  • Professional: Strong test estimation, risk‑escalation, and communication skills across both technical and business stakeholders.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary based on experience (salary can potentially be more based on experience/skills)