QA Automation Engineer – Intermediate

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Leave

Development allowance

Flexible Hybrid Working

Social & Office Culture

Job summary

Harmoney seeks a QA Automation engineer to join our Auckland-based engineering team and help build, maintain, and scale high-quality fintech products using AI-driven testing workflows.

You’ll design and implement automated tests across UI, API, and integration layers, apply modern frameworks like Playwright and Cucumber, and collaborate with developers, product owners, and QA peers to embed quality throughout the lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years' experience in QA, test automation, or a similar engineering role.
• Hands-on experience developing and maintaining automated tests.
• Experience with Playwright and Cucumber.
• Experience with API testing and automation tools.
• Proficient in AI-assisted testing frameworks and AI-based test execution tools.
• Ability to design and execute agentic test plans.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, maintain, and improve automated test frameworks and test suites.
• Develop reliable automated tests across UI, API, integration, and end-to-end layers.
• Write clean, reusable automation code using solid software practices.
• Build automation that provides fast feedback to developers and the team.
• Identify opportunities to increase automation coverage and reduce manual testing.
• Maintain automation frameworks, utilities, test data, and tools.
• Contribute to automation strategy and determine testing levels.
• Leverage AI-powered tools for test generation and maintenance.

Skills

QA automation

Playwright

Cucumber

API testing

AI-assisted testing

Agentic testing

Automation frameworks

Tools

Playwright

Cucumber

AI testing tools

API testing tools

CI/CD tooling

Job description

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Harmoney is a pioneer in fintech and a leading online direct-to-consumer lender across New Zealand and Australia. We are reimagining financial services using data, automation, and intelligent decisioning to deliver friendly, fair, and simple products. Join a high-growth team where you’ll tackle interesting challenges that make a genuine difference in our customers' lives every day.

About Harmoney

Harmoney is a pioneer in fintech and a leading online direct-to-consumer lender across New Zealand and Australia. We are reimagining financial services using data, automation, and intelligent decisioning to deliver friendly, fair, and simple products. Join a high-growth team where you’ll tackle interesting challenges that make a genuine difference in our customers' lives every day.

About the Role

We’re looking for a QA Automation to join our Auckland-based engineering team and help us build, maintain, and scale reliable, high-quality fintech products by leveraging modern AI technologies and agentic workflows.

This is an automation-first and AI-first engineering role. You’ll be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining automated test solutions across UI, API, integration, and end-to-end layers while incorporating modern AI tools and agentic testing workflows into our engineering practices. You’ll work closely with software engineers, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to identify quality risks early and build quality into the product throughout the development lifecycle.

This role is ideal for a QA professional who has strong hands-on automation experience and wants to continue developing their skills in a modern fintech environment.

What You'll Do

Automation & Engineering

• Design, build, maintain, and improve automated test frameworks and test suites.

• Develop reliable and maintainable automated tests across UI, API, integration, and end-to-end layers.

• Write clean, reusable, and well-structured automation code using appropriate software engineering practices and design patterns.

• Build automation that provides fast and meaningful feedback to developers and the wider engineering team.

• Identify opportunities to increase automation coverage and reduce reliance on repetitive manual testing.

• Maintain and improve test automation frameworks, utilities, libraries, test data, and supporting tools.

• Contribute to automation strategy and help determine the right level of testing across Unit, Integration, API, and Functional layers.

• Leverage AI-powered tools for automated test generation, framework optimisation, and suite maintenance.

API, Integration & Functional Testing

• Design and execute tests for APIs, services, integrations, and critical business workflows.

• Validate data flows, business rules, system integrations, and customer journeys.

• Perform functional, regression, integration, system, and end-to-end testing.

• Investigate failures and defects, identify root causes, and work closely with developers to resolve issues.

• Ensure automated tests provide reliable and actionable results.

• Utilise AI tools to assist in rapid test case generation, intelligent coverage gap analysis, and automated defect root-cause analysis.

CI/CD & Release Quality

• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and development workflows.

• Help establish and maintain automated quality gates.

• Monitor automated test results and investigate failures.

• Support release testing and provide clear visibility of quality, risks, and release readiness.

• Manage and maintain test environments and test data to support reliable test execution.

• Help ensure releases operate satisfactorily when deployed to production.

• Integrate AI-based quality analysis and automated risk assessment into deployment pipelines.

Collaboration & Delivery

• Work closely with Product Owners and engineers to understand requirements, acceptance criteria, technical designs, and potential quality risks.

• Contribute to quality discussions during planning, refinement, design, development, and release activities.

• Participate in Agile ceremonies including stand-ups, planning, refinement, reviews, and retrospectives.

• Communicate testing progress, risks, defects, and blockers clearly and proactively.

• Participate in knowledge-sharing sessions, technical demonstrations, and engineering discussions.

• Proactively suggest improvements to automation, engineering practices, processes, and product quality.

• Guide team members in adopting AI-driven testing workflows and agentic testing best practices.

What We're Looking For

We’re looking for someone who combines QA expertise, automation capability, and software engineering thinking.

• 2–5 years' experience in QA, test automation, software testing, or a similar engineering role.

• Strong hands-on experience developing and maintaining automated tests.

• Experience with one or more modern automation frameworks such as Playwright and Cucumber.

• Experience with API testing and automation tools and practices.

• Proven proficiency in AI-assisted testing frameworks and hands-on experience with AI-based test execution tools.

• Strong capability to design, implement, and execute agentic test plans and intelligent testing workflows.

• Strong time management and communication skills.

• Ability balance a passion for quality and continuous improvement with prioritisation and pragmatism

The Perks:

• Health Insurance: Company-paid Health Insurance (Southern Cross Wellbeing One) including cover for pre-existing conditions and mental health support.

• Leave: Enjoy your Birthday off, sick leave from day one, and 2 additional Wellness Days annually

• Development: A dedicated $1,000 annual training allowance plus company supported AI upskilling and workshops.

• Flexible Hybrid Working: We champion a genuine work-life balance with flexible working hours and a hybrid WFH model, giving you the space to manage your professional and personal commitments seamlessly.

• Social & Office Culture: Milestone and cultural lunches, barista coffee machine, free bookable parking, snacks and regular company events

Keen to Apply?

If you're ready to make a genuine impact, apply now with your CV and a brief cover letter.

To be considered for this role you must be a New Zealand citizen, permanent resident or have a valid work visa.

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