Engineering

Test Automation Engineer Iii

Capitec Bank·Western Cape, south-africa·Full Time·Onsite
EngineeringFull TimeOnsite
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What this role is about

  • This is a senior, hands-on role focused on advancing native mobile app automation across complex product environments. You'll shape scalable automation solutions, guide best practice and mentor others without direct reports. You'll also apply sound judgement on when manual testing adds more value than automation.

What you'll do

  • Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, quality gates, version control and reporting
  • Build web, API and service-level automation for complex and event-driven systems
  • Set coding standards, review automation code and improve framework performance and reliability
  • Track automation coverage and use results to identify systemic quality risks
  • Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and represent automation in technical forums

What we're looking for

  • 5 - 8 years' hands-on automation testing experience
  • Proven native mobile app automation experience across iOS and Android
  • Strong Appium experience in production-grade environments
  • Experience with WebdriverIO and/or Playwright
  • Ability to design automation frameworks and strategy from scratch
  • Experience with cloud device farms such as BrowserStack
  • Strong web, API and service-level automation knowledge
  • Experience with CI/CD, databases, integrated systems and event-driven environments
  • Sound judgement on what to automate and what to test manually
  • A collaborative, hands-on approach to mentoring and technical leadership

Minimum education and experience

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field
  • 5 - 8 years' automation testing experience, including framework design at scale
  • Test Automation Certification advantageous

Technology exposure

  • Mobile: Appium, WebdriverIO native iOS and Android, gestures, deep links, biometrics, OTP and push flows
  • Cloud devices: BrowserStack or similar platforms parallel execution and device coverage strategy
  • Web and API: Playwright, WebdriverIO API and service-level testing
  • Delivery: CI/CD pipelines, quality gates, version control and reporting
  • Systems: Databases, event-driven environments, test data management and containerised testing

Education (Minimum)

  • Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology - Computer Science or Information Technology

Education (Ideal or Preferred)

  • Certification in AWS Practitioner or Development Studies

Skills

  • Analytical Skills
  • Communications Skills
  • Interpersonal & Relationship management Skills
  • Numerical Reasoning skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Additional Information
  • Clear criminal and credit record

Key skills

Bachelors

At a glance

Company

Capitec Bank

Location

Western Cape, south-africa

Employment

Full Time

Experience

Valid until

Not specified

Created

October 25, 2026