The Role
Lead testing strategy and execution across agile teams; design, build and maintain Playwright automation frameworks; run functional, integration, regression and API tests; validate backend data with SQL across MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL and MySQL; integrate tests into CI/CD; track defects in Jira/Azure DevOps; mentor and coach junior testers and improve testing processes.
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Role Overview
Test Strategy & Leadership
RequirementsMinimum Requirements
Experience
We are seeking an experienced and technically proficient Senior Software Tester to join a highly motivated engineering team. This is a hands-on technical leadership role suited to an experienced software testing professional who is passionate about quality engineering, automation, and mentoring others.
The successful candidate will take ownership of the testing function, leading automation initiatives while coordinating testing activities across agile software development teams. They will be responsible for driving quality standards, improving testing processes, mentoring junior testers, and ensuring high-quality software delivery.
Test Strategy & Leadership
- Lead the planning, design and execution of comprehensive testing strategies.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, analysts, developers and product owners to define testing scope and quality objectives.
- Take ownership of the overall testing effort across projects.
- Introduce and implement testing best practices, standards and processes.
- Streamline testing workflows to improve efficiency and quality.
- Coordinate testing activities with software development teams throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Design, develop and maintain scalable automated testing frameworks using Playwright.
- Develop reusable automated test scripts for web applications and APIs.
- Continuously improve automation coverage and execution efficiency.
- Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
- Perform functional, integration, regression, system and API testing.
- Execute both manual and automated test cases where required.
- Identify, reproduce, document and track defects using tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps.
- Verify defect fixes and ensure quality standards are met before production releases.
- Validate backend data using SQL queries and database tools.
- Work with MS SQL Server and other relational databases to verify data integrity.
- Support testing across multiple environments.
- Collaborate with DevOps teams to ensure continuous testing within deployment pipelines.
- Mentor and coach junior and intermediate testers.
- Review automated test scripts and testing artefacts.
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement and quality engineering.
- Drive adoption of modern testing methodologies and automation practices.
RequirementsMinimum Requirements
Experience
- 5–7+ years' professional experience in software testing.
- Proven experience in both manual and automated testing.
- Demonstrated experience leading or coordinating testing teams and activities.
- Relevant tertiary qualification in Computer Science, Information Technology or Software Development; and/or
- Recognised software testing certifications (e.g. ISTQB or equivalent).
The successful candidate should demonstrate experience with:
- Test automation using Playwright
- API testing
- Functional, regression, integration and system testing
- SQL and database validation
- MS SQL Server
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- Stored Procedures
- Jira and/or Azure DevOps
- CI/CD pipelines
- Agile/Scrum methodologies
- DevOps delivery environments
Skills Required
- 5-7+ years professional experience in software testing.
- Proven experience in manual and automated testing.
- Demonstrated experience leading or coordinating testing teams and activities.
- Relevant tertiary qualification in Computer Science, Information Technology or Software Development and/or recognised testing certifications (e.g., ISTQB).
- Test automation using Playwright and development of automated test frameworks.
- API testing experience.
- Experience with functional, regression, integration and system testing.
- SQL and backend data validation experience.
- Experience with MS SQL Server.
- Experience with PostgreSQL.
- Experience with MySQL.
- Knowledge of Stored Procedures.
- Experience using Jira and/or Azure DevOps for defect tracking.
- Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and DevOps delivery environments.
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The Company
What We Do
Sabenza IT is a niche recruitment company specializing in Information Technology, SAP, Finance, and Engineering roles, with over 23 years of experience.
