Senior QA Engineer

Jobtailor; Perth; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior QA lead to define and drive product-wide quality strategy and lead automation architecture. You will embed shift-left testing, strengthen CI/CD gates, and ensure testing across feature verification, integration, performance, and production.

Collaborate with Agile teams, mentors QA engineers, and introduce AI-enabled capabilities to shape a high-performing quality culture. Experience with high-integrity, transaction-heavy systems and leadership in test strategy are

Qualifications

• 4+ years’ experience in software quality assurance within complex, Agile development environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive product-wide and solution-wide quality strategy.
• Lead automation architecture.
• Embed shift-left testing practices.
• Strengthen CI/CD quality gates.
• Ensure solutions perform through feature verification, integration, acceptance, performance and production testing.
• Collaborate with Agile delivery teams, engineers, product owners, CloudOps and customers.
• Mentor and elevate other QA engineers.
• Build scalable automation frameworks.
• Introduce AI-enabled capabilities.
• Shape a high-performing quality culture.

Skills

Automation Frameworks

Shift-Left QA

CI/CD Integration

Test Strategy Leadership

High-Integrity Testing

API Testing

Functional Testing

Tools

AI-Enabled Capabilities

Continuous Integration

Continuous Deployment

Job description

• Define and drive product-wide and solution-wide quality strategy
• Lead automation architecture
• Embed shift-left testing practices
• Strengthen CI/CD quality gates
• Ensure solutions perform through feature verification, integration, acceptance, performance and production testing
• Collaborate with Agile delivery teams, engineers, product owners, CloudOps and customers
• Mentor and elevate other QA engineers
• Build scalable automation frameworks
• Introduce AI-enabled capabilities
• Shape a high-performing quality culture

Requirements

• 4+ years’ 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 in driving product-wide test strategy, risk-based testing, and defect prevention analysis
• Experience testing high-integrity, transaction-heavy systems (e.g. transport, banking, retail, or other mission-critical platforms)

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in defining and driving quality strategies, implementing automated testing frameworks, and embedding shift-left testing practices within Agile environments. Proven ability to lead teams, mentor QA engineers, and enhance CI/CD quality processes for high-integrity systems.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Automated Testing Frameworks
• Shift-Left Quality Practices
• CI/CD Pipeline Integration
• Leadership in Test Strategy
• High-Integrity Systems Testing

Hard Skills

• Software Quality Assurance
• Automated Testing
• Functional Testing
• API Testing
• Integration Testing
• Regression Testing
• Risk-Based Testing
• Defect Prevention Analysis
• Performance Testing
• Feature Verification

Soft Skills

• Mentoring
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Team Leadership
• Cultural Shaping

Industry Keywords

• Agile Development
• Transaction-Heavy Systems
• Mission-Critical Platforms
• Quality Culture
• Feature Acceptance Testing

Tools & Technologies

• Automation Frameworks
• Agile Methodologies
• AI-Enabled Capabilities
• Continuous Integration
• Continuous Deployment