Thabang Motshoane

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with 5+ years of experience designing scalable test automation frameworks and delivering high-quality software solutions within banking and financial services environments. Expertise in Java, Selenium, Cucumber BDD, Appium, API Testing, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile methodologies. Proven ability to reduce regression testing effort, improve release confidence, and accelerate delivery through automation-first testing strategies.

Oracle Certified Java

Developer with strong experience in web, mobile, API, and enterprise system testing.

Technical Tester at First National Bank (2024-06 – Present)

• Designed and maintained 300+ automated BDD test scenarios, increasing test coverage by 25% and reducing manual regression effort.
• Enhanced Java-based automation framework and collaborated across Agile teams using Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket.

Software Quality Engineer at Inspired Testing (2023-02 – 2024-06)

• Automated kiosk functionality using Selenium, Appium and Cucumber.
• Improved script maintainability and achieved a 98% defect closure rate within sprint timelines.

Technical Tester at First National Bank (2022-06 – 2023-01)

• Developed and maintained automated BDD tests for critical banking modules and improved framework execution performance.

SDET at Command Quality (2021-11 – 2023-01)

• Designed and executed automation tests, improved automation coverage, and collaborated with cross-functional teams on quality strategy.

National Diploma in Information Technology – Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology

National Senior Certificate – Randfontein High School