Quality Assurance Engineer

Quality Assurance Engineer
12 month contract + Likely extension. 
Full-time onsite work required – Brisbane CBD / Remote applicants will not be considered

We're partnering with a global technology organisation to recruit an experienced Quality Assurance Engineer.

Joining a high-performing Agile team, you'll play a key role in delivering quality software solutions used in complex, data-rich operational environments. This position combines hands-on testing, test automation, and quality engineering, with a strong focus on improving product quality across the full software delivery lifecycle.

What you'll be doing

• Own end-to-end quality assurance for features and user stories
• Define test approaches and execute testing against acceptance criteria
• Develop and maintain test plans, test cases and quality documentation
• Design, build and maintain automated tests across UI, API and backend services
• Perform API testing, validation and access control testing
• Enhance and support Playwright and Cucumber automation frameworks
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines
• Monitor, analyse and resolve automation failures
• Execute regression, exploratory and acceptance testing
• Support test environment and test data management
• Collaborate closely with developers, product managers and team leads
• Communicate quality risks, issues and recommendations to stakeholders
• Champion quality engineering and shift-left testing practices

What you need to bring

• 4+ years' experience in QA and automation testing
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery and the SDLC
• Proven experience designing and maintaining automated test suites
• Strong test design, analysis and risk-based testing skills
• Hands-on REST API testing experience
• Experience testing authentication and role-based access controls
• Proficiency with TypeScript, JavaScript and/or Java
• Strong experience using Playwright
• Experience with Cucumber or BDD frameworks
• Experience supporting CI/CD pipelines, ideally GitHub Actions
• Strong troubleshooting and defect investigation skills
• Experience across both manual and automated testing
• Excellent stakeholder communication skills
• Experience producing test documentation and reporting

Bonus points for

• Experience working on enterprise software products
• Experience modernising or improving automation frameworks
• Exposure to complex, data-intensive platforms
• Strong advocacy for quality engineering best practices

Important to know

• Full working rights required
• This role will require the successful candidate to work on site in Brisbane full-time 5 days per week.
• Remote applicants will not be considered.   

For a confidential discussion or to learn more please reach out to Lakshmi Dhanarajachar on 0419 721 158 or lakshmi.d@clicks.com.au.


If you wish to apply for this position, please submit your resume by clicking the 'Apply Now' button. For further information please contact Amy Watson at Clicks IT Recruitment on +61 429 171 544.
 
At Clicks we embrace diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity. First Nations people are encouraged to apply.
 
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