QA Automation Engineer — AI-Driven Testing

Planit; Wellington; On-site; NZD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

AI training

Certification pathway

Job summary

Planit - An NRI Company in New Zealand is seeking an experienced automation tester to join our consultancy-driven team. You’ll design, build and maintain automated tests across API, UI, and data layers, ensuring reliable risk-based coverage and fast feedback.

You’ll work on AI-assisted testing initiatives, collaborate with client teams on-site, and contribute to scalable frameworks and accelerators that deliver measurable quality improvements for complex SaaS platforms.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with open-source test automation tools.
• Experience designing and integrating automation in CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to build automation frameworks, not only use tools.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain automated tests across API, services, UI and data layers.
• Engineer automation for CI/CD pipelines and fast feedback.
• Apply AI-assisted testing to enhance design, maintenance and orchestration.
• Contribute to frameworks, starter kits, accelerators and patterns.
• Collaborate with client teams on-site to improve confidence and safety of releases.
• Engage with Planit's automation practice to mentor others.

Skills

Selenium

Playwright

Webdriver.io

CI/CD integration

Test automation

Tools

Jenkins

Octopus

GitHub

Job description

Planit - An NRI Company in New Zealand is seeking an experienced automation tester to join our consultancy-driven team. You’ll design, build and maintain automated tests across API, UI, and data layers, ensuring reliable risk-based coverage and fast feedback.

You’ll work on AI-assisted testing initiatives, collaborate with client teams on-site, and contribute to scalable frameworks and accelerators that deliver measurable quality improvements for complex SaaS platforms.