About the role

Quality Automation Engineer Build the framework. Shape the quality culture. Make an impact.
📍 Wellington | Hybrid
Are you a strong intermediate tester or early-career Senior who is ready to take ownership of automation?
This is an opportunity to step into a hands-on Quality Automation Engineer role where you won't simply maintain someone else's testing framework. You'll help build the automation approach from the ground up.
You'll work closely with developers and delivery teams to make quality part of the development process, not something that happens at the end. From designing automated test suites to integrating quality gates into CI/CD pipelines, you'll have the opportunity to genuinely influence how software is built and released.
What you'll be doing🔧 Build & own test automation

• Design and build automated tests across integration, API, end-to-end and regression testing
• Help establish the automation framework, tools and best practices
• Write clean, maintainable test code that developers can work with
• Identify gaps in coverage and focus testing where the biggest risks are

🚀 Bring quality into CI/CD

• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines
• Develop practical quality gates that give the team confidence without slowing delivery
• Work with developers to investigate test and pipeline failures
• Improve test execution times and feedback loops

🧠 Think beyond automated testing

• Get involved early in requirements and design discussions
• Carry out exploratory and risk-based testing where automation isn't enough
• Test APIs and integration's across multiple systems
• Contribute to security and performance testing

🤖 Explore AI-assisted testing

• Experiment with AI tools to improve test coverage and efficiency
• Look at ways AI can support test generation, test data and regression analysis
• Help the wider team understand where AI can genuinely add value to quality engineering

🤝 Be part of the engineering team

• Work closely with Developers and delivery teams
• Bring a quality mindset into planning, reviews and retrospectives
• Share ideas and help establish better testing practices
• Communicate risks clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders we're looking forWe're open to a strong intermediate tester or an early Senior who has a solid technical foundation and wants to take the next step.

You'll ideally bring:

• Commercial experience with test automation
• Experience across integration, API, end-to-end or regression testing
• Good scripting or coding ability
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with tools such as Azure DevOps and GitHub
• An understanding of version control and modern software development practices
• A genuine interest in automation, quality engineering and emerging AI testing tools

You don't need to have built an entire automation function before. What's important is that you're technically capable, curious, and excited by the opportunity to build something.
The person we're looking forYou're someone who:

• Enjoys figuring out how things can break
• Thinks about edge cases and failure scenarios
• Takes pride in writing good, maintainable test code
• Can challenge developers constructively and work collaboratively
• Wants to be involved earlier in the development process
• Is interested in how AI is changing the testing landscape
• Knows that good QA isn't about being a blocker, it's about helping teams deliver with confidence

Why this role?⭐ Build the automation framework from scratch
⭐ Real influence over testing strategy and tooling
⭐ Work closely with developers rather than sitting in a separate QA function
⭐ Opportunity to bring AI into modern testing practices
⭐ Great step for a strong intermediate looking to move into Senior territory
If you're a tester who wants more ownership, more technical involvement and the opportunity to build something rather than simply maintain it, this could be a great next move.