Quality Engineering Leader: AI-Driven Testing & Delivery

Hatch; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Australian Payments Plus is seeking a Quality Engineering Manager to lead the Quality Engineering team, shape testing strategy and ensure high-quality payment experiences across the product lifecycle.

You will champion test automation, AI-enabled testing and collaborate with engineering, product and operations to embed quality across delivery while supporting agile practices and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Up to 10+ years’ experience as a Senior or Lead Quality Engineer, or in an equivalent role.
• A bachelor’s degree in engineering is preferred, or an alternative pathway into engineering.
• Payments or financial technology experience is an advantage, but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of Quality Engineers, building a collaborative, accountable culture and strengthening capability across the Quality Engineering cohort.
• Set and drive AP+’s Quality Engineering strategy, aligning testing approaches and technical decisions with product objectives and business priorities.
• Oversee the design, execution and analysis of testing across levels and types. Review requirements and specifications to shape test coverage, prioritise risk and ensure results are clear to delivery teams.
• Advance test automation and the use of AI-enabled coding, refactoring and test practices to improve delivery speed and coverage while maintaining software quality.
• Partner with engineering, product and operations teams to embed functional, non-functional and security quality practices throughout the delivery lifecycle and support continuous delivery.
• Evaluate and improve testing tools, frameworks and ways of working. Stay hands‑on to support test execution across teams, and represent Quality Engineering with AP+ stakeholders, customers and vendors.

Skills

Quality Engineering Leadership

Testing Strategy

Automation & AI in Testing

Agile Methodologies

Stakeholder Communication

Payments/FinTech Experience

Hands-on Testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Australian Payments Plus is seeking a Quality Engineering Manager to lead the Quality Engineering team, shape testing strategy and ensure high-quality payment experiences across the product lifecycle.

You will champion test automation, AI-enabled testing and collaborate with engineering, product and operations to embed quality across delivery while supporting agile practices and continuous improvement.