Quality & Reliability Engineer - FinTech/SaaS (JB5507)

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Salary: Market Related
Job Type: Permanent
Sectors: IT
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Employer: Kontak Recruitment

Quality & Reliability Engineer - FinTech/SaaS (JB5507)
Location: Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, Gauteng
Salary: Market Related
Employment Type: Permanent
Workplace: In-Office (possible remote flexibility)

If you're a quality-obsessed engineer who thrives on structure, process, and reliability - this one’s for you!

Join a fast-growing FinTech/SaaS company providing cutting-edge software solutions that help companies manage and automate employee share incentive plans across global markets. With a reputation for excellence and innovation, this team is building a world-class, secure, and scalable platform, and they’re looking for a hands-on Quality & Reliability Engineer (QRE) to take ownership of the development lifecycle and delivery pipeline.

As the QRE, you’ll work at the intersection of development, QA, and operations, driving automation, strengthening deployment practices, and improving the platform’s resilience and performance.

This is a role for someone who takes pride in clean systems, builds with purpose, and wants to drive quality at scale. You'll have the freedom to optimise processes, work with a supportive, high-calibre team, and make meaningful contributions from day one.

Minimum Requirements:
Grade 12 or equivalent.
Completed degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or IT, with strong academic performance.
6 months to 5 years of experience in a software development or related role.
Portfolio of work, such as personal projects, GitHub links, apps, or other technical contributions that showcase your skills and interest in the field.
Strong experience with CI/CD tools and automation (e.g. GitHub Actions, CircleCI).
Hands-on experience with PaaS environments such as Heroku Pipelines.
Solid programming skills in Python and shell scripting.
In-depth understanding of automated testing, static analysis, and security scanning.
Familiarity with monitoring tools (e.g. Sentry), deployment methodologies, feature flags, and rollback procedures

Key Responsibilities:
Maintain and enhance CI/CD pipelines, ensuring smooth, repeatable deployments.
Monitor application health, incident alerts, and system uptime metrics.
Define and enforce SLIs and SLOs (e.g. MTTR, CFR, availability targets).
Implement testing frameworks, static analysis, and coverage thresholds.
Improve tooling to support faster, safer delivery and developer productivity.
Assist with production incident handling and root cause analysis.
Support secure, compliant deployments aligned to global standards.

Ready to grow your career in an environment that values excellence and innovation? Apply now!

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About Kontak Recruitment

Kontak Recruitment is a Pastel Certified Recruiter which specializes in the recruitment of personnel on all career levels including the placement of temporary, contract as well as permanent staffing. We enjoy the personalized approach with regards to out candidates focusing on their needs and requirements as well as a personalized approach with our clients in delivering an excellent service.

Kontak Recruitment conducts business in an ethical and honest manner. We aim at building long term relationships that are to the mutual benefit of all parties. We offer a responsible and personalized service to clients and candidates. We encourage an employment environment that provides equal opportunities for all employees. All positions and applications remain confidential protecting the rights and interests of both the client and the candidates.

Our core focus is delivering a staffing solution in the niche fields of Pastel Consultants,finance as well as office support. As part of this service offering we include extensive reference and qualification checks as well as a criminal and credit check. Our focus is quality and we will present the most efficient and integrated ways of satisfying the skills need within the company.

Permanent staff placements – We strive to find the right fit and providing support to client and candidate during the first three months of the employment.

Temporary and Contract placements – We offer immediate access to staff on all levels on a flexible basis. Kontak Recruitment administers the payroll and all statutory returns.

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