Intermediate Automation Tester at Kontak Recruitment

• A well-established organisation operating within the retail technology and digital solutions environment is seeking an Intermediate Automation Tester to join its QA and engineering team. The role is focused on developing and maintaining scalable automated testing frameworks and reusable automation solutions across multiple engineering teams and systems. The successful candidate will play a key role in improving software quality, enabling reliable automated testing within development workflows, and supporting modern engineering practices through automation and AI-assisted development techniques within a collaborative DevOps-driven environment

Minimum Requirements:

• Matric / Grade 12
• 3–5 years of experience in software testing and test automation
• Diploma/Degree and/or relevant certification including ISEB/ISTQB Certification
• Experience developing automated tests for APIs, services, and application platforms
• Experience building or contributing to automation frameworks
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines
• Experience working across multiple development teams or systems
• Experience with version control systems such as Git
• Strong learning mindset
• Attention to detail and willingness to improve
• Ability to take feedback and apply it constructively
• Collaborative and team-oriented approach
• Strong time management skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
• Ability to design scalable automation solutions
• Focus on improving testing reliability and overall engineering quality
• Experience using the following technologies:
• Selenium / Cucumber / Katalon
• WebDriver.io / Protractor / Cucumber
• Grafana
• REST / SOAP

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain shared automated testing frameworks used across engineering teams
• Build reusable automation components for APIs, services, and application platforms
• Ensure automation frameworks remain scalable, reliable, and maintainable
• Implement automation standards defined by the QA capability
• Integrate automated testing capabilities into CI/CD pipelines
• Ensure automated tests run reliably across development and staging environments
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve testing infrastructure and execution pipelines on DevOps
• Use AI-assisted development techniques to improve automation development and debugging
• Evaluate AI-generated automation outputs to ensure reliability and correctness