Senior QA Engineer - Hybrid with Automation Lead

Cadence Connect; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Cadence Connect is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to establish a dedicated quality function from scratch in our Brisbane-based organization. Reporting to the Solutions Architect, you will own QA from day one, shaping approach, introducing practical processes, and building scalable automation.

As the go-to person for quality across every release, you will collaborate with developers, product managers and stakeholders, defining QA strategy, plans, and standards while driving improvements to tools

Qualifications

• 5+ years across manual and automated testing, including regression and release testing in an agile team.
• Experience as a QA Analyst or QA Engineer, ideally having established QA where none existed before.
• Solid automation experience with Playwright, or a comparable tool.
• Confidence writing and reviewing test code in JavaScript or TypeScript.
• The ability to work autonomously and take ownership of outcomes.
• Clear communication skills, including explaining technical issues to non-technical people.
• A collaborative approach, with the confidence to push back when quality is at risk.

Responsibilities

• Setting a QA strategy that fits how the product and business operate.
• Writing test plans and test cases for new and existing functionality.
• Creating and documenting QA standards and ways of working.
• Building and maintaining automated test suites, with manual testing where it adds value.
• Logging and tracking defects, and working with developers to resolve them quickly.
• Recommending improvements to tools, workflows and testing approaches.
• Coaching others on QA practice as the team expands.

Skills

QA strategy

Test planning

Automation testing

Communication

Autonomy

Tools

Playwright

JavaScript

TypeScript

Job description

Cadence Connect is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to establish a dedicated quality function from scratch in our Brisbane-based organization. Reporting to the Solutions Architect, you will own QA from day one, shaping approach, introducing practical processes, and building scalable automation.

As the go-to person for quality across every release, you will collaborate with developers, product managers and stakeholders, defining QA strategy, plans, and standards while driving improvements to tools