QA Automation Engineer (f/m/d)

JobSpace; Auckland; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Performance-based growth

Hybrid working

Thinkproject Academy

Free English lessons

Unlimited learning

Social events

Job summary

Thinkproject is seeking an Automation QA Engineer to join our Auckland IT Quality Management team. This full-time role focuses on automated testing across Web UI, API, and Mobile platforms using Playwright and Detox in TypeScript, with opportunities to contribute to manual testing as needed.

You will develop scalable automation scripts, integrate them into CI/CD, and collaborate with developers and product teams to ensure regression stability and high-quality software releases.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on automation testing across Web, API, and Mobile platforms.
• Strong manual testing skills, including exploratory and E2E regression testing.
• Solid REST API testing understanding.
• Experience with CI/CD tools, especially Azure DevOps.
• Excellent communication and collaboration across technical and business teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automation scripts for API, web, and mobile tests.
• Implement API automation for REST endpoints.
• Create mobile UI end-to-end automation using Detox.
• Conduct load/performance testing using k6.
• Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines and ensure reliable execution.
• Support test data preparation and environment validation.
• Participate in test planning, defect triage, and quality reporting.

Skills

Automation testing

Web UI testing

API testing

Mobile testing

CI/CD

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering

Tools

Playwright

Detox

k6

JMeter

Azure DevOps

Job description

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Auckland (NZ) IT Quality Management, Quality Assurance Fulltime

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:
• 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.

What You Need To Fulfill The Role

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.
• 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.

What We Offer

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.

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