Specialist QA Engineer

SPECD (Pty) Ltd; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading banking technology company in Johannesburg is seeking a Specialist QA Engineer for a 1-year contract. This role involves designing testing strategies, leading automation efforts, and ensuring the quality of digital payment platforms in a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates should have at least 3 years of automation testing experience, relevant qualifications, and skills in mainframe applications. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a major financial player and enhance your expertise in banking systems.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years hands-on automation testing experience.
• Experience with payments, schemes, and merchant acquiring.

Responsibilities

• Analyse business requirements.
• Write and execute test cases.
• Automate manual testing on mainframe.

Skills

Testing on mainframe applications

Schemes compliance

Versa test

Education

Relevant qualification in a related field

ISTQB Certification

Job description

Overview

We're seeking a sharp and driven Specialist QA Engineer to play a key role in safeguarding the quality and integrity of our cutting-edge banking systems. You'll design smart testing strategies, lead automation efforts, and work alongside top-tier teams to ensure our platforms are secure, reliable, and fully compliant. If you're excited by the challenge of delivering flawless tech in a high-impact financial environment, this is your chance to make a real difference.

Job Details

Job Title: Specialist QA Engineer

Employment Type: 1 Year Contract

Work Location: Onsite, Johannesburg

Job Context

We\'re looking for a QA Engineer who thrives in a high-performance, fast-paced technology environment. You’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring the quality, stability, and reliability of our digital payment platforms through expert automation and rigorous testing practices. In this role, you will design automation testing plans and develop robust test scripts across various layers of technical solutions – from front-end and back-end systems to performance and integration components. Your expertise will help shape our testing strategy, aligning with enterprise frameworks and ensuring the highest standards of quality pre, during, and post-deployment.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyse business requirements.
• Write and execute test cases.
• Create regression test packs.
• Validate results on mainframe applications.
• Analyse Base24 traces.
• Automate manual testing on mainframe.
• Implement testing frameworks.
• Contribute to continuous improvements.
• Support with testing schemes (Mastercard, Visa) and payments related projects.
• Automate manual processes.
• Exposure to an array of technologies and systems.
• Largest acquiring bank in Africa.

Qualification & Experience Requirements

• Relevant qualification in a related field, e.g., Computer Science, Data Science, Business Analytics, Information Management.
• ISTQB Certification.
• Min 3 years hands on automation testing experience.
• Payments, Schemes, Merchant Acquiring and Card experience.

Mandatory Skills Required

• Testing on mainframe applications.
• Schemes compliance.
• Versa test.

Package & Remuneration

• Compensation will be determined based on qualifications, applicable banking experience, and previous earnings.