QE & Automation Team Lead – Entersekt, Fully Remote, South Africa

Job Overview

Entersekt is currently hiring for the position of QE & Automation Team Lead in Fully Remote, South Africa. This role involves key operational responsibilities, and qualified applicants who meet the criteria below are encouraged to apply.

Job Details

• Employer: Entersekt
• Location: Fully Remote, South Africa, South Africa
• Posted: 27 August 2026
• Closing date: Not specified by source; applications may close without notice.
• Salary: Not disclosed by source

Key Responsibilities

• Own the technical design and day-to-day health of QE-owned API, web, mobile, integration, end-to-end and regression automation frameworks.
• Lead automation delivery across Java, Playwright, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Maven and Appium.
• Remain hands-on through architecture decisions, code reviews, complex test implementation and root-cause analysis of automation failures.
• Drive regression reliability through deterministic test data, stable setup and teardown processes, transparent quarantine rules and active flaky-test reduction.
• Embed suitable automation suites and quality evidence into GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
• Progress quality gates from monitored thresholds towards enforced automated controls where appropriate.
• Develop risk-based test strategies aligned to customer impact, architecture, regulatory obligations, scheme requirements, integration risk and production history.
• Produce evidence-based release assessments covering testing scope, automation outcomes, open defects, coverage limitations, residual risk and release recommendations.

Requirements

• + years of software quality engineering and test automation experience.
• Demonstrated technical leadership of automation frameworks or complex testing solutions.
• Strong Java knowledge and object-oriented design expertise.
• Significant hands-on experience with Playwright, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Maven and Appium, or equivalent technologies with the ability to become effective quickly.
• Experience designing API, web, mobile, integration and end-to-end automation solutions for distributed service-based systems.
• Strong CI/CD and GitLab pipeline experience, including:
• Parallelisation
• Automated quality gates

How to Apply

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