Senior QA Leader: Automation & Quality Strategy

Vix Technology; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Vix Technology in Melbourne is seeking a senior QA leader to drive product-wide quality strategy across complex, transport-focused systems. You will lead automation architecture, embed shift-left testing practices, and ensure robust testing from feature verification through production release.

Collaborating with engineers, product owners and customers, you will mentor other QA engineers and build scalable automation frameworks, shaping a high-performing quality culture in a fast-evolving

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 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).

Responsibilities

• Define and drive product-wide and solution-wide quality strategy.
• Lead automation architecture and shift-left testing practices.
• Strengthen CI/CD quality gates and ensure robust testing from feature to production testing.
• Mentor QA engineers and build scalable automation frameworks.
• Collaborate with engineers, product owners and customers to deliver robust, resilient systems.

Skills

QA leadership

Automation testing

CI/CD

Test strategy

Agile testing

Job description

Vix Technology in Melbourne is seeking a senior QA leader to drive product-wide quality strategy across complex, transport-focused systems. You will lead automation architecture, embed shift-left testing practices, and ensure robust testing from feature verification through production release.

Collaborating with engineers, product owners and customers, you will mentor other QA engineers and build scalable automation frameworks, shaping a high-performing quality culture in a fast-evolving