Test Automation Engineer

Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services and management consulting for digital transformation. We are a talent incubator. The time you spend at Expleo will turbo-charge your career, allowing you to work on complex technical challenges, enjoy opportunities to expand your skills and take part in inspiring, multi-disciplinary collaborations with your colleagues. Whether working on autonomous vehicles, green planes, the factories of tomorrow or cutting-edge banking technology, you will have the opportunity to become a bolder version of yourself. Let’s change the game together.

We are looking for a Test Automation Engineer to join our dynamic team in Johannesburg, Durban or Cape Town (Hybrid). 

Role Overview:

In this role, you'll operate autonomously while providing senior-level guidance, managing teams, and overseeing project progress.

Your main focus will be leading Quality Engineering projects, utilizing available test frameworks and tools to ensure projects meet their goals on time and within budget.

• Take charge of various technical phases within projects or multiple smaller projects, which may involve moderate scope and occasionally complex tasks.
• Manage both personal and team schedules and resources efficiently within specific parameters and conditions.
• Write top-notch scripts using preferred tools, integrating them into scenarios to test specified non-functional use cases. Coordinate schedules, work plans, and resources while leading progress against the overall plan.
• Facilitate the information gathering and reporting process, conducting thorough research to define problems and prepare responses to anticipated questions.
• Establish traceability records, linking test cases back to requirements, and generate reports on system quality while collecting metrics on test cases.
• Develop test scripts, materials, and regression test packs for assessing new or updated software or services.
• Offer detailed guidance and advice to the team regarding the application of various technologies.
• Assist test management in devising project plans and monitoring progress against key milestone dates.
• Cultivate a network to provide support and enhance value in client engagements, encompassing both internal company connections and external professional networks.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field, or equivalent work experience
• ISEB / ISTQB Certification
• Additional course or certification in Quality Engineering

• Proficiency in Object-oriented Programming (OOP).
• Experience with development languages such as C# and Java.
• Background in Mobile Application development.
• Familiarity with SOAP and RESTFUL services.
• Ability to use testing tools and frameworks like Selenium, Appium, Soap UI, and Jira.
• Exposure to performance and load testing.

• Over 5 years of experience in test automation.
• Hands-on experience in Agile delivery methodologies and exposure to Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior Driven Development (BDD) within a continuous delivery framework.
• Proficiency in test analysis and design.
• Exposure to Non-Functional Testing (NFT).

We are guided by shared values in all things we do: Courage, Excellence, Collaboration, Respect and Accountability.

• Courage – We are bold thinkers and doers, always ready to take on new challenges. We think of ourselves as entrepreneurs, matching creativity with vigilance.
• Excellence – We are united by a shared ambition: change the game, together. Continuous performance is both an objective and a mindset.
• Collaboration –Teamwork and emotional intelligence are what makes us stand out in a crowd. We stand shoulder to shoulder, with our clients and our peers, through good times and setbacks.
• Respect – We are a hive of different profiles, and we place a high value on openness and transparency. We show respect, always.
• Accountability – We are reliable. We celebrate our successes, we take responsibility and learn from our failures. This is why we protect our “right to fail” as an opportunity to bounce back and progress.