Software Test Engineer

Our client in the health sector is seeking a Software Testing Engineer in Cape Town for a hybrid position. This opportunity entails a 1year contract.

As a Software Test Engineer youll contribute to the development of enterpriselevel software aimed at improving healthcare delivery in the province with a focus on managing personlevel health data. This pivotal role involves collaborating with a diverse team to build reliable interoperable and opensource software solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate test design documentation and strategies based on business requirements.
  
• Ensure software components meet quality standards and business needs.
  
• Drive quality control and test plan execution in agile sprints.
  
• Identify areas of code quality improvement and work with the team to address them.
  
• Maintain and enhance automated testing frameworks (e.g. Selenium Webdriver DB plugins mock services Playwright etc.).
  
• Contribute risk management insights during sprint planning.
  
• Enhance software delivery processes based on agile principles and best practices.
  

Requirements

• Bachelor s degree in Information Systems Informatics Computer Science or equivalent qualification; advanced ISTQB Certification is a plus.
  
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in software testing within software development teams.
  
• Proficiency in MS SQL Server and data access methods SQL and database technologies (MS SQL PostgreSQL MySQL) including familiarity with Stored Procedures.
  
• Experience in setting up and maintaining automated testing frameworks and tools such as Selenium WebDriver mock services and Playwright.
  
• Knowledge of testing web services including XML JSON REST and WCF.
  
• Strong understanding of Agile Scrum methodologies and their application in small software team environments with excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
  

The Team: Join a team of skilled software developers analysts data scientists and database engineers operating in an agile environment. Collaborate on continuous automation integrated unit testing and agile processes to drive impactful solutions in healthcare delivery.