Senior QA Engineer
Zappi
- Cape Town, Western Cape
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Knowledgeable in SDLC, QA methodologies, tools and processes.
- Willing to collaborate with cross-functional agile teams to ensure end-to-end solutions requirements are delivered in high quality.
- Able to demonstrate an opinion on when to apply software quality best practices and what should be manual testing & automated.
- Enthusiastic about developing tooling and tests that proactively address ambiguous problems.
- Confident in identifying quality gaps and risks to fellow teammates & business stakeholders.
- Strong in communication and collaboration skills.
- Familiar with AWS, micro-services, micro-frontend architecture, and continuous deployment processes.
- Proactive with a ‘can-do’ attitude.
- Develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and test cases for API, UI, and performance testing.
- Champion a shift-left testing approach, integrating testing early and often in the software development lifecycle.
- Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Product Designers & Engineers to identify and resolve defects early in the development cycle.
- Contribute to continuous integration (CI) processes, enhancing automation at all stages.
- Analyse test execution results, discuss quality metrics and trends with your teams.
- Optimise testing processes to improve efficiency and coverage in all application layers.
- Support other QA Engineers in all aspects of quality assurance.
- Stay current with new testing tools and strategies, incorporating them into the testing framework as appropriate.
- First Round Interview with Head of Test Engineering (Technical Interview + test)
- Second Round Interview with QA team members (Culture Interview)
- Final Round Interview with your team Engineering Managers
- Salary range ZAR 550,000-650,000 per annum. Salaries are benchmarked annually
- Unlimited holidays – we want well rested and motivated teams so encourage people to take plenty of time off. We don’t cap your allowance, but do set a minimum of at least 20 days per year plus national holidays
- One company-paid mental health day of rest every quarter (these are pre-scheduled, so the entire company can take the same days off regularly to reset)
- Thoughtfully designed offices to support both individual work and collaboration without interrupting others
- Private medical healthcare cover
- Medical Aid
- Group risk, life & disability contributions
- Wellbeing benefits such as free yoga and access to trained therapists / counsellors
- Paid 24h secure parking in Cape Town
- Free coffee, lunches and in-office snacks
- Tailored personal development through training allowances, coaching, mentorship and career frameworks
- Winner of Comparably's Award for Best Company for Women 2022
- Winner of Comparably's Award for Best Company Work-Life Balance 2022
- Winner of Comparably's Award for Best Company Compensation 2022
- Winner of Comparably's Award for Best CEO for Women 2022
- Winner of Comparably's Award for Best Company for Diversity 2022
- Winner of Comparably's Award for Best Company Culture 2022
- Winner of Comparably's Award for Best CEO 2022
- Winner of Comparably's Award for Best Happiness 2022
- Winner of Comparably's Award for Best Leadership Teams 2023
- Winner of Comparably's Award for Best CEOs for Diversity 2023
- Winner of Comparably's Award for Best Engineering Teams 2023
- Winner of Comparably's Award for Best Company Outlook 2023
- Winner of Newsweek’s Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces in the UK 2022 & 2023
- Recognised by Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators 2023
- Recognised as Best Marketing Insights Platform in the MarTech Breakthrough Awards