Senior QE Automation Engineer

Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Diversity & inclusion

Learning & development

Competitive compensation

Flexible work arrangements

Generous leave & holidays

Wellness program

Job summary

Publicis Sapient is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer for the Australian Government Digital Modernisation Program. You will own quality from backlog refinement to exploratory testing, automated regression, and delivery evidence, working closely with software engineers, analysts and product owners to ensure high-quality features and timely releases.

The role requires hands-on test automation, strong quality engineering judgement, and experience in API/UI testing within an Agile/Scrum environment.

Qualifications

• Proven hands-on experience as a Senior Quality Engineer or equivalent.
• Experience embedded in Agile/Scrum delivery teams.
• Strong test design for functional, integration, API, UI, and regression testing.

Responsibilities

• Own quality across the delivery lifecycle and ensure release readiness.
• Design and execute risk-based test plans and coverage.
• Build and maintain automated test suites to support continuous delivery.
• Identify, document and triage defects with clear evidence.
• Collaborate with product, analysis and engineering to resolve issues early.

Skills

Quality engineering

Test automation

Agile/Scrum

API testing

CI/CD

Azure DevOps

Requirements analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Cypress

Job description

Company description

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting, and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting, and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.

Overview

Your Role

As a Senior Quality Engineer, you will be embedded within a multidisciplinary Scrum team responsible for delivering high-quality, production-ready product features for the Australian Government Digital Modernisation Program.

You will own quality throughout the delivery lifecycle, from backlog refinement and acceptance-criteria review through to exploratory testing, integration validation, automated regression and delivery evidence. This is a hands-on role requiring strong quality engineering judgement and practical test automation capability.

You will work closely with software engineers, business analysts, Product Owners, the Solution Management Team and other program stakeholders to identify quality risks early, make features testable, automate appropriate regression coverage and provide clear evidence that agreed Sprint and Program Increment outcomes have been achieved.

Your Impact

• Own quality within the Scrum team, from refinement and test planning through to execution, evidence and release readiness.
• Review requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria for clarity, testability and delivery risk.
• Design and execute risk-based functional, integration, API, user interface, exploratory and regression testing.
• Build and maintain practical automated test coverage that supports continuous delivery and fast team feedback.
• Identify, document, triage and retest defects with clear evidence and impact assessment.
• Provide transparent quality reporting across test progress, automation coverage, defects and unresolved risks.
• Collaborate closely with product, analysis, engineering and program stakeholders to resolve issues early.
• Contribute to shared quality ownership, reusable test assets and continuous improvement across the team.

Skills & Experience

• Proven hands-on experience as a Senior Quality Engineer, Senior Test Engineer or equivalent role within complex digital delivery programs.
• Demonstrated experience working as an embedded member of an Agile or Scrum software delivery team.
• Strong experience designing and executing functional, integration, API, user interface and regression tests.
• Hands-on experience developing and maintaining automated tests using Playwright, Selenium, Cypress or an equivalent modern automation framework.
• Experience integrating automated tests into continuous integration and delivery pipelines.
• Experience using Azure DevOps or a comparable platform for backlog, test, traceability and defect management.
• Ability to translate features, user stories and acceptance criteria into effective risk-based test coverage.
• Experience testing APIs, system integrations and end-to-end digital user journeys.
• Strong defect investigation, diagnostic, triage and evidence-capture skills.

Set Yourself Apart With

• Experience delivering digital products within Australian Government departments or similarly regulated environments.
• Experience working within SAFe or another Program Increment-based delivery model.
• Microsoft Azure and modern Microsoft application delivery experience.
• Experience testing Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Power Pages, CRM or case-management solutions.
• Experience automating API and integration testing.

Additional information

• An inclusive workplace that promotes diversity and collaboration.
• Access to ongoing learning and development opportunities.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Flexibility to support work-life balance.
• Generous paid leave and holidays.
• Wellness program and employee assistance.

As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [e-mail]