QA Automation Engineer

QA Automation Engineer – Build Scalable, High-Quality Automation for Real-World Impact (MUST BE BASED IN SA)

Location: South Africa

This role is ideal for an engineer who loves building reliable automation, improving software quality, and influencing how products are delivered at scale. You’ll work in a modern engineering environment, shaping end-to-end quality automation and collaborating closely with developers, product teams, and DevOps to continuously raise the bar.

What You’ll Do

Quality Ownership

• Champion quality across the engineering lifecycle by ensuring products, services, and processes consistently meet defined standards.


• Identify defects early, investigate root causes, and collaborate with engineering teams to implement meaningful fixes.

Automation & Technical Execution

• Design, develop, and maintain automated testing frameworks and scripts using C#, .NET, and Selenium.


• Build and extend automated test suites for UI, API, and integration scenarios.


• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and support the continuous delivery process.

Process Improvement

• Enhance QA processes, workflows, and automation coverage to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort.


• Track key quality metrics and use data insights to prioritise improvements.

Collaboration & Communication

• Partner with cross-functional teams to review designs, influence architectural decisions, and proactively address quality considerations.


• Provide clear, concise defect reporting with reproducible steps and logs.

Documentation & Compliance

• Maintain structured documentation for test plans, audits, incident reports, and quality procedures.


• Stay current with industry best practices in automation, QA methodologies, and emerging tooling.

Team Enablement

• Offer guidance and mentorship on QA and automation best practices.


• Share knowledge, contribute to standards, and help embed a quality-first mindset across teams.

Day-to-Day Tasks

• Create and execute test plans and test cases.


• Conduct audits and assessments to evaluate quality adherence.


• Maintain and evolve existing automation frameworks.


• Monitor test execution and system behaviour through dashboards and reports.


• Participate in design and code reviews, offering quality and testability insights.

What You Need to Bring

• Strong experience with automated testing using C# and .NET.


• Hands-on experience with Selenium and building/extending automation frameworks.


• Solid understanding of REST APIs and API testing tools (e.g., Postman).


• Experience with version control (Git) and CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, CruiseControl.NET or similar).


• Ability to write and run SQL queries for validating structured data.


• Exposure to vulnerability and security scanning tools (AppSec, Checkmarx or similar).


• Experience writing PowerShell scripts for automation and system tasks.


• Familiarity with issue-tracking tools such as Jira or ClickUp.