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QA Engineer (Playwright/Cypress, Azure DevOps, API Automation) - Contract - Sandton (in-office)

Datafin

  • R Undisclosed
  • Contract Senior position
  • Johannesburg
  • Posted 01 Sep 2026 by Datafin
  • Expires in 28 days
  • Job 2644503 - Ref 2609103
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About the position

Experience | Skills | Capability:

  • Degree or diploma including 4+ years' working experience in the testing competency, covering both automated and manual testing.
  • AZ-900 certification and other Azure certifications relevant to QA.
  • Experience with test automation and continuous integration/delivery tools such as Playwright, Cucumber, Cypress, Appium, JMeter, Selenium, RestAssured, and RestSharp.
  • Proficiency with Azure DevOps.
  • Hands-on experience building and maintaining Azure DevOps Pipelines and Test Plans, orchestrating load tests with Azure Load Testing, and instrumenting releases with Azure Monitor/Application Insights.
  • Support the maintenance and enhancement of the CI/CD pipeline.
  • Strong technical knowledge and an ability to train development teams in the usage of test frameworks and infrastructure.
  • Ability to navigate SQL or run queries to set up test data and validate technical aspects of initiatives.
  • Knowledge of REST API and web/mobile GUI testing, as well as experience writing automated API tests.
  • Familiarity with AI-enabled testing tools and enthusiasm for exploring emerging approaches.
  • Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management skills; comfortable working in agile, DevOps-oriented environments.

Result:

  • Automated regression, API, and performance suite coverage of critical user journeys.
  • Improved release cycle time through reliable, fast feedback loops.
  • Reduced defect escape rate to production year-on-year.
  • CI/CD pipeline health dashboards surface quality gates and AI-generated test insights in real time.
  • Development teams adopt automation best practice through coaching and enablement.
  • Test plans and test cases are maintained and improved.
  • Defect management is clear, consistent, and traceable.
  • Regression maintenance is actively managed.
  • Active participation in the QA guild and QA community.
  • Undertake any reasonable duties, aligned to your skills, that are required to achieve team objectives.

Desired Skills:

  • QA Automation
  • Contract
  • SQA

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Datafin

About the agency

Datafin Recruitment was established in 1999 and is one of South Africa’s leading Recruitment companies. Owned and managed by two sisters Lindy and Bev Sollinger, we focus on connecting with both our clients and candidates in an authentic conscious meaningful manner. We focus on the Tech, Digital/Online, Data, Finance and HR industries.

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