Specialist QA Engineer - Functional/Manual Tester

About the role

Our client, a leading South African bank, is seeking an experienced Specialist QA Engineer to join the Everyday Banking Digital team. You will focus on the Home Loans Digital product suite, ensuring high‑quality delivery across web, mobile, backend, database and mainframe platforms.

Key responsibilities

• Manage end‑to‑end testing activities throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Perform functional, system, integration, user‑acceptance (UAT) and regression testing.
• Analyse business and functional requirements to create test scenarios, conditions and detailed test cases.
• Log, manage and track defects to resolution, providing clear reporting and metrics.
• Participate in requirements workshops, Agile ceremonies and ensure QA standards are consistently applied.

Required profile

• Minimum 4 years of software testing experience, with at least 2 years in banking or financial services.
• ISTQB CTFL certification (mandatory).
• Strong manual and functional testing expertise.
• Proven ability to work independently in a remote environment.

Required skills

• Functional, system, integration, UAT and regression testing.
• Defect management and test reporting.
• Jira, Xray/TestRail, Confluence (or similar test‑management tools).
• Exposure to Selenium, UFT or Cucumber.