QA Tester

Posted recently. Role: QA Tester. Location: Colesberg, Northern Cape. The team is hiring and seeks a candidate who can step in and deliver from week one.

Overview

This QA Tester role sits within the it jobs function in Colesberg. It offers a defined scope, clear measures of success, and the support of an experienced team across Northern Cape.

Communication runs both ways. Managers across the it jobs team in Northern Cape make time for one-to-ones, and people are expected to speak up early when something needs attention.

Reasonable working hours and respectful planning are part of how the role runs. The team values strong delivery, and load is balanced fairly across the it jobs group in Colesberg.

Stakeholders for this position include line managers, peers across the it jobs team and trusted external partners. Building those relationships early makes the next twelve months in Colesberg much easier.

Our Commitment to Transformation

Inclusion is a core part of how the team operates. This is an equal-opportunity employer, and candidates from all communities — including women, youth and persons living with disabilities — are encouraged to apply for this role in Colesberg.

Practical steps back the words. Structured EE reporting, transformation initiatives and learnership programmes give real opportunities to candidates from across Northern Cape.

B-BBEE compliance is more than a scorecard here. It informs how the business invests in skills development, supplier diversity and community engagement across the country.

Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Colesberg.

Your Workplace

The environment is hybrid-friendly where the role allows, with collaborative tooling, modern source-control workflows and a strong emphasis on shared ownership of code and incidents.

Health, safety and well-being are taken seriously. Current policies and procedures are maintained, and the Colesberg site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.

On top of that, the working environment is set up to give the team the focus needed for deeper work, while keeping collaboration and quick problem-solving close at hand.

A respectful, professional environment is the standard in Northern Cape. Bullying, harassment and unfair conduct have no place here, and managers are trained to act decisively when concerns are raised.

Why Join Us

Few roles let you see the impact of your work as quickly as this one. Every shift, project and decision in Colesberg contributes to real outcomes for clients and colleagues across the it jobs space in Northern Cape.

Recognition matters here. Strong performers are noticed quickly, and many promotions across the business have started in the Colesberg 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.

Importantly, the company reinvests in its people: paid training, internal moves and the chance to take on bigger projects are all part of how careers in Colesberg keep progressing.

Based in Colesberg

Importantly, the role is based in Colesberg, close to the Sishen mining hub. Public transport links and parking are within easy reach, making the daily commute manageable for candidates living across Colesberg and the broader Northern Cape region.

If you are relocating, the team can share practical pointers on neighbourhoods, transport and the typical pace of life in Colesberg, Northern Cape.

Many candidates already living within reach of Colesberg cite the location as one of the role’s quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local Northern Cape economy.

Accessibility is taken seriously: where the role allows, the team works toward a balance of in-office presence and flexibility for candidates based in and around Colesberg.

Day in the Life

Your day tends to start with a quick standup, where the team shares progress and surfaces blockers. From there, you settle into focused build time, breaking tickets into manageable chunks and pairing with colleagues when something gets thorny. Afternoons mix code reviews, planning discussions and the occasional production incident — everyone pulls together, fixes the issue and feeds the lessons back into the next sprint. By the time you sign off, you’ve shipped value, learned something new, and left clean code behind you.

Notably, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Northern Cape operations throw up the unexpected.

Beyond that, the Colesberg office buzzes through peak hours and settles into focused, productive lulls in between, giving you time to plan and reset before the next stretch of work.

No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Colesberg.

Your Role

• Plan and execute infrastructure upgrades with minimal downtime
• Diagnose and resolve production incidents within agreed SLAs
• Collaborate with product and design teams during sprint planning
• Optimise database queries and back-end performance hot-spots
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for reliable, repeatable releases
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical design discussions

Candidate Profile

• Comfortable working in agile delivery teams
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code
• Relevant IT qualification (degree, diploma or recognised certifications)
• 2-5 years’ commercial software development experience
• Hands-on experience with relational and NoSQL databases
• Good written and verbal communication for technical and non-technical audiences
• Reliable home internet for hybrid work where applicable

Each application is reviewed carefully, and strong matches against the criteria above will move forward in the process.