Test Team Lead

Pro Tech Consulting; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting company in Johannesburg is urgently hiring a Test Team Lead for a contract role. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in software testing, with at least 2-4 years in a leadership position. This role requires strong leadership, excellent communication skills, and hands-on experience with testing tools such as Selenium. Interested applicants should share their CV, expected rate, and availability to apply.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software testing with 2-4 years in a lead role.
• Experience in testing RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Leadership

Strong communication skills

Technical skills in Selenium/TestNG

Agile methodologies

Analytical skills

Experience in performance testing tools

Education

Computer science degree or equivalent

Tools

Selenium

PostMan

Git

CI/CD tools

Job description

We're urgently hiring for Test Team Lead, contract role in Johannesburg

Required Qualifications

• Computer science university degree or equivalent
• ISTQB Certification - an advantage
• Primary Skills (relevant or in a similar role)
• Strong leadership and communication skills to lead QA teams, resolve conflicts, and manage stakeholders
• Good understanding of STLC, agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban), and DevOps practices.
• Excellent technical and analytical skills, with ability to self-learn new technologies.
• Hands‑on experience with Selenium using the TestNG framework for web applications Or Playwright with Javascript.
• Created the Selenium TestNG or Playwright framework from scratch.
• 10+ years of experience in software testing with at least 2‑4 years in a lead role.
• Experience in testing RESTful APIs and backend services using PostMan & SOAP tool.
• Experience working with Git‑based version control systems (Azure DevOps, Jira with Zephyr, GitHub, Confluence).
• 2+ years in short‑term insurance projects
• Understanding in performance testing tools like K6, JMeter or Gatling.
• Experience in generating reports using tools like Allure or Extent Reports.
• Hands‑on knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and integration tools like GitLab CI, Azure DevOps or Jenkins.

Kindly share your CV, expected rate and availability to [e-mail]