Test Automation Engineer – Cloud-Native Microservices

Task Recruitment; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Task Recruitment has a Brisbane-based opportunity for a Test Automation Engineer to lead automated testing within CI pipelines. You will design, build, and maintain automated tests across backend, UI, and API layers using Playwright, TypeScript/JavaScript, and defined QA processes.

This 12-month contract offers long-term extension potential and exposure to modern mining tech environments. The role requires 4+ years of automation experience, strong collaboration with engineers, and a

Qualifications

• 4+ years' experience as a Test Automation Engineer developing automated tests that run within CI pipelines.
• Strong experience developing automation using TypeScript or JavaScript (Java, C# or Python also considered).
• Proven experience designing and maintaining reliable automated test frameworks.
• Hands-on experience testing REST APIs, including authentication, authorisation, schema validation and negative testing.
• Hands-on experience using Playwright (or Selenium/Cypress with willingness to transition).
• Experience designing maintainable Page Object Model automation frameworks.
• Experience configuring or supporting CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps or Jenkins.
• Strong Git experience including pull requests and code reviews.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills with the ability to identify root causes of automation failures.
• Strong understanding of Agile software delivery, SDLC, shift-left testing and quality engineering.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end quality for user stories by defining test approach, executing tests against acceptance criteria, and providing clear sign-off and test evidence.
• Create, maintain, and continuously improve test artefacts including test plans, manual and automated test cases, reusable scenarios, and test summary reporting.
• Define and uphold team QA processes and standards, ensuring consistent test practices and fit-for-purpose coverage across the delivery lifecycle.
• Partner with engineers to improve overall product quality through shift-left practices, quality gates, and participation in code reviews.
• Design, build, and maintain automated tests across backend services, and UI and API layers, including REST validation, RBAC permutations, and targeted gap coverage.
• Contribute to and evolve the Cucumber + Playwright automation framework, including migrating and refactoring high-value scenarios from the legacy Cucumber Java suite.
• Enable reliable continuous testing by configuring and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) and monitoring daily automation execution, triaging failures and reducing flakiness.
• Plan and execute regression, acceptance, and exploratory testing as needed, balancing manual verification with automation to maximise coverage and confidence.
• Support test environment readiness and test data management for automation, including setup, maintenance, and ongoing optimisation.
• Collaborate closely with Team Leads, Product Managers, and cross-functional stakeholders to communicate quality status, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Apply a risk-based, strategic QA mindset—defining coverage strategy, influencing quality decisions early, and advocating for quality across the team.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines experience

Automation scripting (TypeScript/Java/

Playwright experience

REST API automation

Git expertise

Agile/SDLC understanding

Troubleshooting

Communication with stakeholders

Tools

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Kubernetes

Job description

Task Recruitment has a Brisbane-based opportunity for a Test Automation Engineer to lead automated testing within CI pipelines. You will design, build, and maintain automated tests across backend, UI, and API layers using Playwright, TypeScript/JavaScript, and defined QA processes.

This 12-month contract offers long-term extension potential and exposure to modern mining tech environments. The role requires 4+ years of automation experience, strong collaboration with engineers, and a