Senior QA Architect - Automation & Quality Strategy Lead

Vix Technology; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Vix Technology is seeking a senior QA leader to define and drive product-wide quality strategy across Agile teams. You will lead automation architecture, embed shift-left practices and strengthen CI/CD quality gates to deliver robust systems in real-world environments.

You will mentor other QA engineers, build scalable automation frameworks and introduce AI-enabled capabilities, shaping a high-performing quality culture and ensuring quality across complex transport platforms.

Qualifications

• Experience in software quality assurance within complex, Agile development environments.
• Proven expertise designing and implementing automated testing frameworks across functional, API, integration and regression testing.
• Strong experience embedding shift-left quality practices and integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines.
• Demonstrated leadership driving product-wide test strategy, risk-based testing and defect prevention analysis.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive product-wide quality strategy and testing goals across teams.
• Lead automation architecture and build scalable automation frameworks.
• Mentor and elevate QA engineers to implement AI-enabled and advanced testing capabilities.
• Collaborate with engineers, product owners and customers to ensure robust, high-quality releases.
• Shape a high-performing quality culture by measuring risk, coverage and outcomes.

Skills

QA leadership

Automation framework design

CI/CD integration

Shift-left testing

API & integration testing

Risk-based testing

Job description

Vix Technology is seeking a senior QA leader to define and drive product-wide quality strategy across Agile teams. You will lead automation architecture, embed shift-left practices and strengthen CI/CD quality gates to deliver robust systems in real-world environments.

You will mentor other QA engineers, build scalable automation frameworks and introduce AI-enabled capabilities, shaping a high-performing quality culture and ensuring quality across complex transport platforms.