Software Test Engineer

United States Digital Space LLC; North Sydney Council; On-site; AUD 80,001 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Dipole, an Australian ICT and Telecom networks specialist, seeks an experienced Software Test Engineer to deliver reliable, secure software across enterprise environments. The role covers planning, designing and executing manual and automated testing for applications, APIs, integrations and end-to-end processes.

You will collaborate with developers, business analysts, product owners and DevOps to ensure quality through the software delivery lifecycle and CI/CD pipelines, contributing to QA

Qualifications

• Analyse business and technical requirements to design effective test strategies and cases.
• Perform functional, system, integration, regression, smoke and end-to-end testing across apps and APIs.
• Design, develop and maintain automated test suites for CI/CD.
• Coordinate API and integration testing across enterprise applications.
• Execute tests across development, test, UAT and prod-like environments.
• Track defects, perform root cause analysis and verify fixes with developers.

Responsibilities

• Analyse business and technical requirements and develop appropriate test strategies, plans and test cases.
• Perform functional, system, integration, regression, smoke and end-to-end testing.
• Design, develop and maintain automated test suites.
• Perform API and integration testing across enterprise applications.
• Execute testing across development, test, UAT and production‑like environments.
• Identify, document, prioritise and track defects through to resolution.
• Perform defect analysis and support root cause investigation.
• Work closely with developers to reproduce issues, validate fixes and improve software quality.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and coordinate testing with business stakeholders.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Maintain test data, test environments and testing documentation.
• Produce test execution reports, defect metrics and quality dashboards.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand‑ups, reviews and retrospectives.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes, frameworks and automation.
• Ensure testing activities align with organisational security, quality and governance standards.

Skills

Test Automation

API Testing

CI/CD

Test Management

Databases

Version Control

Cloud Exposure

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

Postman

REST Assured

SoapUI

Python

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

C#

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

JIRA

Confluence

TestRail

SQL

Git

Azure

AWS

Job description

About the companyWe are a wholly Australian owned and operated ICT and Telecom networks specialist delivery business. Dipole operates locally, regionally, and internationally. Our capabilities span across Telecommunications, Finance, Insurance, health, Public Services, Print / Digital Media, Broadcast and Supply Chain. the company is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Software Test Engineer to support the delivery of reliable, secure and high-quality software solutions across enterprise environments.

The role will be responsible for planning, designing and executing manual and automated testing across applications, APIs, integrations and end-to-end business processes. The successful candidate will work closely with developers, business analysts, product owners and DevOps teams throughout the software delivery lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse business and technical requirements and develop appropriate test strategies, plans and test cases.
• Perform functional, system, integration, regression, smoke and end-to-end testing.
• Design, develop and maintain automated test suites.
• Perform API and integration testing across enterprise applications.
• Execute testing across development, test, UAT and production‑like environments.
• Identify, document, prioritise and track defects through to resolution.
• Perform defect analysis and support root cause investigation.
• Work closely with developers to reproduce issues, validate fixes and improve software quality.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and coordinate testing with business stakeholders.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Maintain test data, test environments and testing documentation.
• Produce test execution reports, defect metrics and quality dashboards.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand‑ups, reviews and retrospectives.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes, frameworks and automation.
• Ensure testing activities align with organisational security, quality and  governance standards.

Technical Skills

Candidates should have experience across several of the following:

• Test Automation: Selenium, Playwright, Cypress or equivalent

API Testing: Postman, REST Assured, SoapUI or equivalent

Programming/Scripting: Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript or C#

CI/CD: Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or equivalent

Test Management: JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps, TestRail or equivalent

Databases: SQL and database validation/testing

Version Control: Git

Cloud: Azure or AWS exposure desirable

Job Type: Full‑time, Permanent

Salary: From 80,001 to 90,000 AUD per annum plus Superannuation.

Pay: $80,001.00 – $90,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person