Overview
QA Engineering Team Lead Jobs in Brackenfell at Shoprite Holdings Ltd
The purpose of a QA Engineering Team Lead is to lead a QA engineering team responsible for effective test planning, execution, and automation, ensuring that software solutions meet defined quality, performance, and security standards prior to release.
- Lead test planning, estimation, and execution activities for assigned systems, products, or delivery streams.
- Ensure functional and non-functional testing is executed in line with agreed standards and timelines.
- Validate test coverage across applications, integrations, APIs, and data flows.
Test Automation & Technical Quality:
- Implement and maintain automated tests using approved frameworks and tools.
- Integrate automated test execution into CI/CD pipelines in collaboration with engineering teams.
- Support shift-left testing practices through early involvement in requirements and design reviews.
Defect Management & Quality Assurance:
- Oversee defect identification, logging, prioritisation, and resolution tracking.
- Ensure that quality gates and exit criteria are met before releases are approved.
- Provide clear quality status reporting to delivery and programme stakeholders.
Team Leadership & Delivery Management:
- Lead, coach, and support QA engineers and testers within the team.
- Allocate work, manage capacity, and ensure delivery commitments are met.
- Drive adherence to QA standards, tools, and ways of working.
Collaboration & Continuous Improvement:
- Work closely with developers, business analysts, product owners, and architects to improve quality outcomes.
- Contribute to retrospectives, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Provide input into testing processes, tools, and practices to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
- Degree or diploma in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience (essential).
- ISTQB Foundation certification (essential).
- 5 –7+ years’ experience in software testing and quality assurance (essential).
- Hands-on experience with test automation, test management tools, and defect tracking systems (essential).
- Experience working in Agile and DevOps delivery environments (preferred).
- Hands-on experience with test automation, test management tools, and defect tracking systems (essential).
- Experience working in Agile and DevOps delivery environments (preferred).
Our Group is committed to creating, embracing, and preserving a diverse workplace that values the unique talents, perspectives, backgrounds, and abilities that enrich our organisation. A place where everyone matters and feels included.
We are committed to Employment Equity when recruiting internally and externally.
Please take note that by responding to this application and providing your personal information, you confirm your express and informed consent for Shoprite Checkers (Pty) Ltd and all its subsidiaries and affiliates companies to process your personal information for the Company to consider your application for this position. All Personal Information which you provide to the Company will be used and/or retained only for the purposes for which it is collected, whereafter it will be permanently destroyed. Your information is only retained if it is required by law or where you have given consent to us to retain such information for an extended period.
If you don’t hear from us within 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful. Any personal information collected as part of your application will be destroyed, securely, in accordance with South African legislation.
Title: QA Engineering Team Lead
Company: Shoprite Holdings Ltd
Location: Brackenfell
