Senior Quality Architect AI-Driven Testing & Automation Lead

Anson McCade; Canberra; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Anson McCade is seeking a Senior Architect to lead quality engineering strategy for complex software delivery. The role requires hands-on automation, coding, CI/CD and modern engineering practices.

The ideal candidate will build automation frameworks from scratch, drive coverage across UI, API, service and data testing, and embed quality throughout the SDLC. Active AGSVA NV1 or higher clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Broad Quality Engineering experience with hands-on automation and software engineering capability.
• Experience designing and implementing testing strategies for large projects.
• Proven ability to build and evolve automation frameworks from scratch and select modern tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement testing strategies for medium to large projects.
• Define quality approaches across the full software lifecycle.
• Build automation frameworks from scratch and evolve them for scalable test automation.
• Drive automation coverage across UI, API, service, contract and data testing.
• Lead, mentor and coach Quality Engineers.

Skills

Quality Engineering

Automation Frameworks

Automation Tools

Test Automation

Non-Functional Testing

Agile Delivery

DevOps & CI/CD

AI-Assisted Engineering

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Quality Strategy

Tools

Cypress

Playwright

Job description

Anson McCade is seeking a Senior Architect to lead quality engineering strategy for complex software delivery. The role requires hands-on automation, coding, CI/CD and modern engineering practices.

The ideal candidate will build automation frameworks from scratch, drive coverage across UI, API, service and data testing, and embed quality throughout the SDLC. Active AGSVA NV1 or higher clearance is required.