- Initial 12-Month Contract
- Wellington-Based
- Test Automation Leader
What You’ll Be Doing
- Lead the design and implementation of test strategies across teams
- Define and uphold quality assurance and test governance standards
- Support Agile squads with workload planning, documentation, and test design
- Provide hands-on support and unblock technical issues where needed
- Collaborate closely with Product Owners and technical leads to maintain momentum
- Shift-left approach: guide testers and developers on quality best practices
- Extensive hands-on experience with code based test automation, particularly API and microservices testing
- Strong CI/CD knowledge – Jenkins or equivalent tooling
- Background in software development is advantageous
- Excellent understanding of modern quality assurance principles and frameworks
- Ability to mentor team members and enforce coding standards for test automation
- Bonus: Exposure to Node.js, JavaScript-based test tooling, or related scripting
- A pragmatic approach to testing: focused on outcomes over process
- Ability to work across multiple squads and communicate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders
- Experience working in large enterprise environments – ideally banking, insurance, or government
- A collaborative mindset and ability to guide a team while staying hands-on when needed
- If you’re a technically strong Lead Test Automation Engineer who enjoys lifting quality standards and working at pace across high-performing teams, we’d love to hear from you.