Senior Test Automation Engineer

Posted 01 June 2023
Salary$120.000-$140,000 per annum
LocationWellington
Job type Permanent
DisciplineTesting & QA
Reference700736

Job description

ABOUT THE COMPANY:

This government agency helps protect NZ for all Kiwis and future generations and are in the middle of a huge transformation programme.


ABOUT THE ROLE:

To support this organisation's ongoing transformation work, they have an opportunity for a savvy, technically sound and passionate Test Automation Engineer, preferably at a senior level.  

Using your proven experience as a Test Automation Engineer, you'll use agile development methodology to test, implement and support software solutions to create highly flexible product solutions. As a cross-functional squad member, you'll collectively own your product and have the opportunity to be involved in all aspects of the design, creation, testing and maintenance of the product as well as providing fail and fix application support.  Their squads are agile, impactful and collaborate effectively and efficiently, thanks to our strong focus on team culture, professional development and continuous improvement.

With your robust coding and digital development skills, you will also support and lead technical discussions, and mentor and coach other squad members.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Experience in modern testing practices
  • Testing web applications and APIs
  • Proficiency in JavaScript and Typescript in NodeJS environment
  • Experience testing Kotlin or Java and Spring Boot or similar
  • Experience testing ReactJS and Typescript or similar
  • Working knowledge of public cloud environments such as AWS and Azure
Desirable experience includes:
  • Source control using Git and GitHub
  • Experience in common tool chain elements such as Jenkins
  • Experience using AWS CDK or CloudFormation
  • Containerisation using Docker

WHAT'S NEXT?

Hit apply now, or contact Nicola Stewart on 027 242 9753 for a confidential discussion.