Automation-First Test Engineer | Flexible Hours + Extra Leave

Customs; Wellington; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20 days annual leave plus 3 days extra

Discounted Health insurance

Free annual flu vaccinations

Job summary

New Zealand Customs Service is seeking a Test Automation Engineer to lead automation-first testing across the Digital Travel portfolio. You will design and maintain automated tests, integrate them into CI/CD pipelines, and raise quality standards for secure, reliable releases.

You will collaborate with product owners, developers and operations teams, applying risk-based testing to meet functional and non-functional requirements while improving testing practices across a modern cloud-based stack.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, building and maintaining automated tests and frameworks for complex software.
• Familiarity with Agile, Product Management and ITIL methodologies and tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Hands-on experience with modern test automation tools (Selenium, Cucumber, API testing).
• Ability to plan risk-based testing aligned with product goals and requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain automated tests and frameworks across Digital Travel products.
• Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines for rapid feedback.
• Evolve testing patterns to be scalable, maintainable and future-ready.
• Collaborate with product owners, developers and stakeholders to ensure quality and compliance.

Skills

Automation testing

CI/CD pipelines

Agile & ITIL

Test framework design

Communication & collaboration

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Selenium

Cucumber

Rest Assured

Postman

K6

JMeter

Job description

New Zealand Customs Service is seeking a Test Automation Engineer to lead automation-first testing across the Digital Travel portfolio. You will design and maintain automated tests, integrate them into CI/CD pipelines, and raise quality standards for secure, reliable releases.

You will collaborate with product owners, developers and operations teams, applying risk-based testing to meet functional and non-functional requirements while improving testing practices across a modern cloud-based stack.