Automation QA Engineer — Web/API/Mobile | Hybrid & Learning

Thinkproject; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Work from abroad

Flexible working hours

Thinkproject Academy

Free English lessons

Unlimited learning

Headspace community access

Women’s Network

Corporate volunteering

Social events

Job summary

Thinkproject is seeking an Automation QA Engineer to join our QA team in a hybrid setup in Auckland. You will automate Web UI end-to-end tests with Playwright, API tests for REST services, and Mobile UI tests with Detox, while contributing to load testing with k6 and CI/CD integration using Azure DevOps.

The role blends hands-on automation with manual testing during releases, requiring strong programming fundamentals and collaboration with developers and product teams to ensure quality across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 3+ years of hands-on automation testing across Web, API, and Mobile platforms.
• Solid manual testing skills, especially for exploratory and E2E regression testing.
• Strong coding skills in TypeScript or JavaScript; experience with modern automation frameworks.
• Good understanding of REST API testing strategies.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools, especially Azure DevOps.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical and business domains.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain reliable, scalable automation scripts for Web UI, API, and Mobile platforms.
• Create and run Web UI E2E automation using Playwright and API automation for REST endpoints.
• Implement mobile UI E2E automation on iOS/Android using Detox.
• Perform load/performance testing based on product requirements using k6.
• Collaborate with developers and product teams to understand features and define test coverage.
• Execute manual testing during release cycles to ensure regression stability and readiness.
• Design, review, and maintain test cases (manual & automated).
• Contribute to test planning, defect triaging, and reporting; integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Prepare test data and validate environments; troubleshoot automation failures and propose improvements.

Skills

TypeScript/JavaScript

REST API testing

CI/CD

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Detox

k6

Azure DevOps

Job description

Thinkproject is seeking an Automation QA Engineer to join our QA team in a hybrid setup in Auckland. You will automate Web UI end-to-end tests with Playwright, API tests for REST services, and Mobile UI tests with Detox, while contributing to load testing with k6 and CI/CD integration using Azure DevOps.

The role blends hands-on automation with manual testing during releases, requiring strong programming fundamentals and collaboration with developers and product teams to ensure quality across