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Senior QA Engineer

JobtailorDevon Hills, Tasmania🇦🇺AustraliaPosted 8 Sept 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid role offers a fantastic opportunity to shape product quality strategy and lead automation architecture within a reputable technology company, perfect for experienced QA engineers eager to mentor others and drive innovation. You'll thrive by leveraging your expertise in automated testing, shift-left practices, and CI/CD integration to build scalable frameworks and foster a high-performing quality culture. Apply now to make a significant impact and advance your career in a collaborative environment.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Devon Hills, Tasmania, Australia
Agile

Job Description

  • Define and drive product-wide and solution-wide quality strategy
  • Lead automation architecture
  • Embed shift-left testing practices
  • Strengthen CI/CD quality gates
  • Ensure solutions perform through feature verification, integration, acceptance, performance and production testing
  • Collaborate with Agile delivery teams, engineers, product owners, CloudOps and customers
  • Mentor and elevate other QA engineers
  • Build scalable automation frameworks
  • Introduce AI-enabled capabilities
  • Shape a high-performing quality culture
Requirements
  • 4+ years' experience in software quality assurance within complex, Agile development environments
  • Proven expertise designing and implementing automated testing frameworks across functional, API, integration and regression testing
  • Strong experience embedding shift-left quality practices and integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines
  • Demonstrated leadership in driving product-wide test strategy, risk-based testing, and defect prevention analysis
  • Experience testing high-integrity, transaction-heavy systems (e.g. transport, banking, retail, or other mission-critical platforms)
Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in defining and driving quality strategies, implementing automated testing frameworks, and embedding shift-left testing practices within Agile environments. Proven ability to lead teams, mentor QA engineers, and enhance CI/CD quality processes for high-integrity systems.

Highest-signal resume keywords
  • Automated Testing Frameworks
  • Shift-Left Quality Practices
  • CI/CD Pipeline Integration
  • Leadership in Test Strategy
  • High-Integrity Systems Testing
Hard Skills
  • Software Quality Assurance
  • Automated Testing
  • Functional Testing
  • API Testing
  • Integration Testing
  • Regression Testing
  • Risk-Based Testing
  • Defect Prevention Analysis
  • Performance Testing
  • Feature Verification
Soft Skills
  • Mentoring
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Team Leadership
  • Cultural Shaping
Industry Keywords
  • Agile Development
  • Transaction-Heavy Systems
  • Mission-Critical Platforms
  • Quality Culture
  • Feature Acceptance Testing
Tools & Technologies
  • Automation Frameworks
  • Agile Methodologies
  • AI-Enabled Capabilities
  • Continuous Integration
  • Continuous Deployment

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