Test Automation Engineer

Boardroom Appointments; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments is seeking an experienced QA Automation Engineer to develop and maintain robust test automation frameworks for web, API, and mobile platforms. You will lead API testing with Postman, SOAP UI, and Rest Assured, and drive mobile automation using Appium across projects.

You will mentor junior testers, ensure data quality in test environments, and contribute to defining standard testing architectures and processes across engagements.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree in CS or IT field.
• 4–7 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience with test automation and API testing tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and maintain test automation frameworks.
• Perform API testing using Postman, SOAP UI, Rest Assured.
• Automate mobile testing with Appium and related tools.
• Ensure data quality and monitor test environments.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to junior testers.
• Define standard testing architecture, processes, and tools across engagements.

Skills

Test automation

Framework development

Test scripting

API testing

Mobile automation

Leadership

QA mentoring

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or IT

Tools

Postman

SOAP UI

Rest Assured

Appium

Job description

• Relevant Bachelors Degree/ Masters Degree in Computer Science or IT related field

Experience:

• 4-7 years relevant work experience
• Test Automation framework development and maintenance
• Test script generation and review
• Test prerequisites compilation
• Test execution and recording
• High quality and accuracy in test automation delivery
• Test status updates
• Test closure activities

Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement and maintain the test automation frameworks.
• Performing API Testing using tools like Postman, SOAP UI, and Rest Assured.
• Mobile Application automation, including Appium and other mobile supported testing tools
• Ensuring data quality in the test environments.
• Monitoring of the test environment status e.g., data quality, scheduled and unscheduled downtimes, performance, and readiness
• Provide technical leadership and support the creation of automated tests
• Advise on innovative testing products and solutions
• Define and administer standard testing architecture, processes, and tools across all engagements and methodologies
• Ensure quality practices across functional and non-functional testing.
• Support the strategic direction of our Continuous Testing and Assurance Practice
• Running of the quality engineering Community of Practice.
• Review the scripting from the QA Engineers and ensure our agreed standards are met and maintained
• Ensure the infrastructure needed for our technical testing solutions is in good working order, fit for purpose, and used effectively and efficiently
• Install applications and databases relevant to automation and manage access to automation infrastructure and code repository
• Collaborate with other business units to understand how automation can improve workflow
• Gather requirements from clients, customers, or end-users to develop the best automation solutions
• Lead and mentor junior Automation testers
• Provide multi-level reporting across test delivery including senior stakeholders