QA Automation Engineer (f/m/d)

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

Introducing Thinkproject Platform

Pioneering a new era and offering a cohesive alternative to the fragmented landscape of construction software, Thinkproject seamlessly integrates the most extensive portfolio of mature solutions with an innovative platform, providing unparalleled features, integrations, user experiences, and synergies.

What do we do?

Introducing Thinkproject Platform

Pioneering a new era and offering a cohesive alternative to the fragmented landscape of construction software, Thinkproject seamlessly integrates the most extensive portfolio of mature solutions with an innovative platform, providing unparalleled features, integrations, user experiences, and synergies.

By combining information management expertise and in-depth knowledge of the building, infrastructure, and energy industries, Thinkproject empowers customers to efficiently deliver, operate, regenerate, and dispose of their built assets across their entire lifecycle through a Connected Data Ecosystem.

What your day will look like

About The Role

We are looking for a skilled and detail-oriented Automation QA Engineer to join our QA team and support testing across Web UI, API and Mobile platforms. You will work with modern frameworks such as Playwright and Detox using TypeScript, contributing to both test automation and release manual testing efforts. This is a hands-on role, ideal for someone with solid programming fundamentals, a passion for quality, and the flexibility to contribute across both automated and manual testing workflows.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain reliable, scalable automation scripts for:
• Web UI E2E automation (using Playwright)
• API automation for service-based endpoints (REST)
• Mobile UI E2E automation on iOS/Android (using Detox)
• Load/Performance testing based on product requirements (using k6)
• Work closely with developers and product teams to understand features and define test coverage.
• Execute manual testing during release cycles to ensure regression stability and business readiness.
• Participate in test case design, review, and maintenance (manual & automated).
• Contribute to test planning, defect triaging, and quality reporting.
• Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines and ensure consistent execution.
• Support test data preparation and environment validation.
• Troubleshoot and analyse automation failures, identifying root causes and suggesting improvements.

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in 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:
• e.g.: Playwright, Selenium, Detox, BDD (e.g., Cucumber)
• Good understanding of REST API testing strategies.
• Hand-on experience with CI/CD tools, especially Azure DevOps.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, across both technical and business domains.

Preferred Qualifications

• ISTQB Certification (Foundation level or above)
• Experience with mobile testing on real devices or cloud platform (e.g., LambdaTest)
• Familiar with performance testing tools (e.g., k6, JMeter)

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and performance-based growth path.
• Opportunity to work with modern automation tools and a cross-platform product landscape.
• A supportive, innovative, growth-focused team culture.

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

We are a passionate bunch here. To join Thinkproject is to shape what our company becomes. We take feedback from our staff very seriously and give them the tools they need to help us create our fantastic culture of mutual respect. We believe that investing in our staff is crucial to the success of our business.

Working at thinkproject.com - think career. think ahead.