Senior SDET: Automation, API & UI Testing Lead

Wayfaring; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Wayfaring in Melbourne, Australia, is seeking a seasoned QA/Software Engineer to own test strategy across UI, API and integration tests. You will translate requirements into solid test plans and build automated suites with Playwright, enhancing reliability and coverage.

Collaborate with software engineers, review specs, investigate failures and drive quality through the full SDLC. Candidate should have 5+ years of experience, strong REST/HTTP knowledge, and a degree in CS or related field.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in software engineering and/or QA
• Hands-on experience with Playwright building test frameworks
• Solid API test automation experience with REST/HTTP
• Comfortable in an AWS/CI environment
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Responsibilities

• Translate requirements and user stories into test plans and test cases
• Collaborate with software engineers to review code testability and specs
• Design, build and maintain automated test suites covering UI, API and integration testing
• Continuously improve and extend existing test automation frameworks
• Investigate test failures, document defects and track to resolution

Skills

Software QA experience

Playwright

REST/HTTP concepts

CI/CD concepts

Test automation framework

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Playwright

AWS

Job description

Wayfaring in Melbourne, Australia, is seeking a seasoned QA/Software Engineer to own test strategy across UI, API and integration tests. You will translate requirements into solid test plans and build automated suites with Playwright, enhancing reliability and coverage.

Collaborate with software engineers, review specs, investigate failures and drive quality through the full SDLC. Candidate should have 5+ years of experience, strong REST/HTTP knowledge, and a degree in CS or related field.