Work-Force
Whether you are a seasoned QA Tester or stepping into the role for the first time, there is space for you in Kathu. The team hires on merit and across communities in Northern Cape.
What This Role Involves
The QA Tester position is part of an ongoing recruitment drive across Northern Cape. The brief has been shaped carefully, with a focus on delivery in Kathu and across the it jobs space.
Expect a structured first ninety days, with onboarding milestones, regular check-ins, and an early focus on getting comfortable with the systems and processes that underpin the Kathu team.
Tools, systems and information are there to support the role rather than slow it down. The company continues to invest in the technology that backs its Kathu teams, and the new QA Tester will feel that from the first week.
Growing With Us
Career progression here is real, not a slogan. The it jobs space in Kathu offers a clear runway from delivery into team leadership and beyond, and managers sit down with each team member regularly to map out the next step in Northern Cape.
Training is a mix of formal courses, structured on-the-job learning and exposure to broader projects, all geared at building practical skills.
Internal mobility is encouraged. People who start in Kathu have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across Northern Cape.
What We Offer
You will join a team that values respectful collaboration, honest feedback and shared wins. The Kathu colleagues take pride in supporting one another and in doing the it jobs side of the business properly, day in and day out.
Recognition matters here. Strong performers are noticed quickly, and many promotions across the business have started in the Kathu teams.
Benefits are clear and consistent. Beyond the package on offer, the role includes the supports you would expect from an established South African employer in Northern Cape.
Your Team
Notably, the team you will be working with is fast-paced and energetic. Things move quickly across the Kathu office, and the people who thrive here are the ones who plan ahead, communicate openly and pick up the slack when Northern Cape operations get busy.
Collaboration is the default working mode. Whether picking up a quick query or working through a complex project, you will find colleagues willing to lean in and help.
Line management is hands-on without being heavy. Expect regular one-to-ones, honest feedback and the support needed to do good work consistently.
Your Role
- Investigate and resolve user-reported support tickets at L2 and L3
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for reliable, repeatable releases
- Collaborate with product and design teams during sprint planning
- Write clean, testable code that follows the team’s coding standards
- Manage user access, identity and endpoint security across the estate
- Implement security best practices in line with POPIA obligations
- Diagnose and resolve production incidents within agreed SLAs
- Mentor junior engineers through pairing and structured feedback
Minimum Requirements
- Exposure to monitoring and observability tooling
- Strong proficiency in Java, C#, Python, JavaScript or TypeScript
- Comfortable working in agile delivery teams
- 2-5 years’ commercial software development experience
- Experience with Git, branching strategies and pull-request workflows
Potential is considered alongside experience, so candidates who tick most of these boxes should still be considered.