Join Lesaka Technologies as a Lead Automation Tester and take charge of quality assurance for our banking and financial tech platforms. You'll lead automation efforts, mentor junior testers, and ensure our solutions meet high standards in a fast-paced environment.
Dynamic and fast-paced, with a strong emphasis on quality and collaboration.
**Role Overview** We are seeking an experienced Lead Automation Tester to own end\-to\-end quality assurance across our banking and financial technology platforms. Reporting into engineering leadership, this role directs the test automation function across API, middleware, and front\-end channels, ensuring the consistent delivery of secure, scalable, and high\-quality solutions in a demanding financial services environment. The successful candidate will combine deep technical expertise in test automation with proven leadership capability and a sound understanding of banking systems, regulatory obligations, and integration\-heavy architectures. This is a hands\-on leadership role: you will set quality strategy and standards while remaining close to the frameworks, pipelines, and code that deliver them. **Key Responsibilities** * Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of enterprise\-wide test automation frameworks. * Define and drive the quality assurance strategy across front\-end, API, middleware, and backend systems. * Develop and execute automated test scripts for web, mobile, and API\-based applications. * Partner with Business Analysts, Developers, DevOps Engineers, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to define testing requirements and quality standards. * Oversee functional, regression, integration, system, and end\-to\-end testing activities. * Ensure all testing aligns with banking compliance, security, and audit requirements. * Manage defect tracking, root cause analysis, and reporting across the software development lifecycle. * Mentor and guide junior and intermediate QA engineers and automation testers. * Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives. * Support CI/CD pipeline integration and automated deployment validation. * Provide test metrics, reporting, and risk assessments to leadership and project stakeholders. **Technical Requirements** **Essential Skills \& Experience** * Minimum 5 years' experience in software testing, including at least 2 years in a lead or senior automation role. * Demonstrable experience within banking, financial services, fintech, or payments environments. * API testing using tools such as Postman, Rest Assured, SoapUI, and Swagger / OpenAPI. * Front\-end automation using Selenium WebDriver, Cypress, Playwright, or Robot Framework. * Proficiency in one or more programming and scripting languages: Java, JavaScript / TypeScript, or Python. * Hands\-on experience with test frameworks including TestNG, JUnit, and Cucumber / BDD. * Working knowledge of CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or Azure DevOps. * Familiarity with version control systems, particularly Git. * Experience with SQL and database validation testing. * A strong understanding of microservices and distributed systems architecture. **Banking \& Financial Domain Experience** The ideal candidate will bring exposure to: * Digital banking platforms * Payment gateways and transaction...
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