Automation Test Engineer

Posted 12 October 2020
SalaryNZ$90000.00 - NZ$100000.00 per annum
LocationAuckland
Job type Permanent
ReferenceJN -102020-71694_1602471265

Job description

ABOUT THE COMPANY:

A well-funded software startup, operating in a very cool sector. They are going from strength to strength and have expanded globally, with some high profile clients in their field. Working here means working with talented, fun colleagues who love everything gaming. Although you can be fully remote from anywhere in NZ, you'll still get together with the team online and in-person for fun team events.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Working from the comfort of your own home, you will bring your proven problem-solving skills and passion for technology to this brand new role. As the company's first Automation Test Engineer you will work with the team to build on their existing test frameworks and help facilitate new initiatives within the development team to improve testing, code quality and practices.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Oversee and participate in the functional and test automation delivery by designing, developing, maintaining and executing functional and automated test solutions
  • Assist with the build and deployment of the company's cloud-hosted Point of Sale and SaaS solution (Google Cloud Platform)
  • Assist with designing highly available and scalable systems with the tech leads
  • Ensure high-quality APIs are developed by collaborating with the developers to be consumed by user-facing technologies and internal services
  • Automation to remove menial activities from your day (test, build, deploy and repeat)

ABOUT YOU:

  • Strong testing fundamentals including manual testing
  • Experience with integration testing of applications
  • Experience with JavaScript essential and Java highly desirable
  • Experience with Cypress and ideally Selenium
  • Experience working as a tester across a range of architectures (e.g. API testing, UI testing, application security and performance testing)
  • The ability to identify and drive use of best practices in code, testing testability and maintainability
  • Experience with CI/CD tools that are all about pipeline as code, preferably Gitlab, and configure automated tests to execute reliably and efficiently in CI/CD
  • An understanding and passion for the gaming industry

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?

  • Remote work, but regular paid trips for fun team activities
  • Great team culture
  • Lots of autonomy, no micromanagement here
  • Grow with the business

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?

  • Remote work, but regular paid trips for fun team activities
  • Great team culture
  • Lots of autonomy, no micromanagement here
  • Grow with the business

WHAT'S NEXT?

Please apply online or contact Claire Lowe for more details on or 021 206 5083