Senior QA Automation Engineer - Hybrid Role

Robert Half Australia; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Robert Half Technology are partnering with a well-known Brisbane brand located in Brisbane's inner-north, who are expanding their technology team with the addition of a Senior QA Tester.

You will join an established QA function, hands-on and automation-focused, leading testing initiatives across multiple applications while uplifting automation maturity and embedding continuous testing within the delivery lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a QA Automation/Senior Test Engineering role.
• Strong UI and API automation capabilities.
• Experience with Selenium, Cypress, Playwright.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (TypeScript, C#, Java, Python).
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD (Azure DevOps, GitLab, Jenkins).
• Excellent debugging and analytical skills.
• Strong cross-functional communication.
• Performance testing experience is a plus (JMeter, k6, LoadRunner).

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain and scale automation test frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress etc.)
• Build automated regression, integration and end-to-end test suites
• Work within CI/CD environments to ensure continuous quality checks
• Perform API and microservices testing (Postman/RestAssured/Swagger)
• Conduct defect analysis, triage and root cause investigations
• Collaborate with development teams to embed a shift-left QA approach
• Measure automation performance, reliability and coverage
• Contribute to ongoing QA tool uplift, standards and best practices
• Mentor and knowledge-share with the existing QA tester

Skills

QA Automation

UI & API automation

CI/CD experience

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Communication

Debugging

Cross-functional

Automation maturity

Lead testing initiatives

Tools

Selenium

Cypress

Playwright

Postman

Swagger

RestAssured

Job description

Robert Half Technology are partnering with a well-known Brisbane brand located in Brisbane's inner-north, who are expanding their technology team with the addition of a Senior QA Tester.

You will join an established QA function, hands-on and automation-focused, leading testing initiatives across multiple applications while uplifting automation maturity and embedding continuous testing within the delivery lifecycle.