Automation-Focused Test Engineer (12mth FTC)

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise; Maungakiekie-Tāmaki; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) is seeking a hands-on Test Engineer to help deliver reliable, accessible, secure digital products from Auckland or Wellington. You will embed quality across the delivery lifecycle, designing, executing and maintaining tests while building test automation.

Working with agile delivery squads, you’ll review requirements, apply risk-based testing, and contribute automated tests to CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, executing and maintaining tests for digital products or services
• Hands-on experience with contemporary test frameworks (Playwright, Cypress)
• Working knowledge of TypeScript/Node.js or similar
• Experience across functional, integration, regression and end-to-end testing
• Experience integrating automated testing into build/deploy pipelines (Azure DevOps)
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Ability to communicate testing risks and results clearly

Responsibilities

• Design, execute and maintain manual and automated tests across digital products and features
• Build and maintain test automation using contemporary tools and frameworks
• Deliver functional, integration, regression and end-to-end testing
• Review requirements and designs to identify risks and testing needs early
• Apply risk-based testing to focus effort on high-impact areas
• Identify and investigate defects and root causes
• Contribute automated tests to CI/CD pipelines
• Support accessibility, performance and security testing
• Explore AI-assisted testing approaches and data preparation
• Provide quality insights to support release decisions

Skills

Test design

Test automation

Programming basics

End-to-end testing

CI/CD

Agile delivery

Communication

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

TypeScript

Node.js

Azure DevOps

Job description

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) is seeking a hands-on Test Engineer to help deliver reliable, accessible, secure digital products from Auckland or Wellington. You will embed quality across the delivery lifecycle, designing, executing and maintaining tests while building test automation.

Working with agile delivery squads, you’ll review requirements, apply risk-based testing, and contribute automated tests to CI/CD pipelines.