Senior Quality Engineer – Test Automation & CI/CD

Slater and Gordon Lawyers; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Learning & development

Parental leave 26 weeks

Long service leave

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

Slater and Gordon is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to join our IT team in Melbourne on a 12-month maximum term contract. You’ll lead test strategy, quality engineering improvements and help deliver high‑quality software solutions.

In this role, you’ll build automated test scripts, integrate automation with CI/CD pipelines, execute tests, manage defects and advise on tooling and best practices across platforms. You’ll collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to ensure quality is built in.

Qualifications

• Is committed to building quality into software development and delivery.
• Brings strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with attention to detail.
• Can plan and prioritise work effectively and manage testing risks.
• Communicates clearly and builds constructive relationships with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Takes initiative, shares knowledge and looks for ways to improve processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop test strategies and approaches, including functional, integration, performance and regression testing.
• Build and maintain automated test scripts and frameworks, and integrate automation with CI/CD pipelines.
• Execute tests, report progress, manage defects and assess testing risks.
• Support test data and environment management, documentation and knowledge sharing.
• Recommend tools and good practice across a range of platforms.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Testing

Test strategy

Communication

Education

ISTQB certification

Computer Science/IT degree

Tools

Playwright

Git

BDD/TDD

DevSecOps

Azure

API testing

Performance tools

Containerisation

Orchestration

Job description

Slater and Gordon is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to join our IT team in Melbourne on a 12-month maximum term contract. You’ll lead test strategy, quality engineering improvements and help deliver high‑quality software solutions.

In this role, you’ll build automated test scripts, integrate automation with CI/CD pipelines, execute tests, manage defects and advise on tooling and best practices across platforms. You’ll collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to ensure quality is built in.