QA Automation Engineer

The purpose of this role is to develop test automation as part of teams that design, build, and enhance products. Working as part of a shift-left QA culture you will work alongside developers to create automated functional, regression, and performance tests. Collaborate in small non-hierarchal teams that work together to own designs, plans, and execution.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Test Automation: Designing, developing, and maintaining automated test scripts and frameworks for functional, regression, and performance testing of software applications.
• Test Planning: Collaborating with QA and development teams to plan, prioritize, and execute automated test cases, ensuring comprehensive test coverage across various platforms and environments.
• Tool Selection: Support the tech leads in evaluating and selecting appropriate automation tools and technologies and implementing them to streamline testing processes and improve efficiency.
• Defect Management: Identifying, reporting, and tracking defects, collaborating with developers to troubleshoot issues, and verifying defect fixes.
• Continuous improvement: Participate in a culture of learning and leveraging feedback loops for continuous improvement.
• Ownership: Collaborate in small non-hierarchal teams that work together to own designs, plans, and execution.
• Delivery: Frequent delivery of small slices of customer value, enable rapid and reliable software releases where code changes are automatically built, tested, and deployed.
• Values: Live our company values of Kaitiakitanga, Innovation, Passion and Respect.

What You'll Bring: 

• 5+ years of experience in test automation - you’ve been around the block and know what good looks like
• 5+ years of experience in C#, TypeScript/JavaScript, or Python
• Hands-on with Selenium, Puppeteer, or Playwright - whatever gets the job done
• You’ve owned QA in dev teams before - from frameworks to feedback loops
• Able to design and evolve automation frameworks that scale
• Comfortable working with CI/CD setups and improving pipelines
• You can coach others on automation and raise the quality bar across the team
• Great at debugging tricky issues and finding the root cause fast
• A tertiary education in software engineering is required

Bonus Points For:

• Experience with TestComplete
• Familiar with Docker or other containerized environments
• Confident navigating Linux systems
• Some exposure to performance or load testing tools like JMeter, k6, or Gatling

Why Join ICT?

• Be part of an innovative company that’s shaping the future of security and access control
• A strong focus on mental health, wellbeing and work life balance including subsidized gym memberships
• Regular team events and engagement activities
• Career pathways and opportunities for upskilling across engineering, sales, and support.