Senior QE Architect – AI-Driven Testing

Slalom; Canberra; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Slalom in Canberra is seeking a Senior Architect - Quality Engineering to lead testing strategy for medium to large projects, partnering with clients and teams to elevate quality and delivery. You will help embed a culture of whole-team ownership of quality and champion automation as a core delivery driver.

You’ll mentor Quality Engineers, drive AI-assisted delivery, and shape governance, risk management and test reporting across platforms to improve velocity, reliability and security.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional testing experience across the full SDLC.
• Experience leading, mentoring and developing teams of Quality Engineers.
• Strong client and stakeholder management across business, product and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop testing strategies for medium to large projects through collaboration with clients and team members.
• Adopt AI assisted engineering practices to accelerate delivery and quality.
• Implement and evolve automation frameworks; drive increased test automation coverage across projects.
• Contribute to project governance by managing risk and test reporting.
• Conduct test reviews and support requirements traceability and test coverage mapping.
• Collaborate with the team to set quality goals and define acceptance criteria.
• Prioritise and execute testing activities aligned to the test pyramid.
• Perform exploratory testing on product builds with the team and customer.
• Facilitate defect triage and guide resolution processes.
• Coach and champion quality practices within a cross-functional team.

Skills

Testing leadership

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

Automation testing

Shift Left

Tools

CI/CD

DevOps

AI-enabled delivery

Job description

Slalom in Canberra is seeking a Senior Architect - Quality Engineering to lead testing strategy for medium to large projects, partnering with clients and teams to elevate quality and delivery. You will help embed a culture of whole-team ownership of quality and champion automation as a core delivery driver.

You’ll mentor Quality Engineers, drive AI-assisted delivery, and shape governance, risk management and test reporting across platforms to improve velocity, reliability and security.