Software Development Engineer in Test (Java)

This is a 12-month renewable contract with one of South Africa's largest banking institutions.

The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring products are stable, reliable and production-ready by working closely with QA Leads, Developers and Portfolio teams throughout the software development lifecycle. The role requires someone who is equally comfortable with software development and test automation.

• Review and analyse business requirements, user stories and architecture diagrams.
  
• Gain product and business understanding and apply it to testing activities to improve coverage and identify defects.
  
• Develop and execute comprehensive test plans, test cases and capture supporting test evidence.
  
• Perform end-to-end testing across enhancements and impacted systems.
  
• Analyse impacted areas and enhance manual and automated regression packs.
  
• Prepare and manage test data for both manual and automated testing.
  
• Follow established QA processes and best practices.
  
• Identify, log and manage defects throughout the defect lifecycle.
  
• Develop, maintain and debug automation scripts using existing TestNG-based frameworks.
  
• Enhance automation frameworks by creating reusable components and utilities.
  
• Conduct peer reviews and self-reviews of deliverables.
  
• Produce test status reports in accordance with project milestones.
  
• Collaborate effectively with distributed development and QA teams.
  
• Mentor fellow Quality Engineers and promote automation best practices.
  

This role requires an engineer who can develop software—not just execute automated tests.

Applicants must have:

• Strong commercial Java development experience
  
• 5+ years of experience within this role
  
• Excellent understanding of Java programming fundamentals
  
• Strong Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) skills
  
• Confidence writing Java code from scratch
  
• Experience debugging and troubleshooting Java applications
  
• Ability to complete live coding assessments
  

• Hands-on experience in Software Testing.
  
• Strong hands-on experience with Selenium Automation using Core Java.
  
• Experience developing automation frameworks using Hybrid, Keyword and TestNG frameworks.
  
• Strong knowledge of SDLC, software QA methodologies, tools and processes.
  
• Experience with API Testing using SoapUI, Postman or Rest Assured.
  
• Database testing experience using SQL.
  
• Experience with JMeter performance testing.
  
• Experience with Git and/or SVN.
  
• Continuous Integration experience would be advantageous.
  
• Agile delivery experience.
  
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
  
• Self-starter with a proactive attitude.
  
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly.
  
• Strong collaboration skills across cross-functional and remote teams.
  

To ensure candidates have the required technical capability, shortlisted applicants will be required to complete:

• Two live Java coding exercises
  
• Practical Selenium automation assessment
  
• Technical discussion before client interviews
  

Please only apply if you are confident in your hands-on Java development ability.