Quality Engineering Lead — AI-Driven Quality & Coaching

Bank of New Zealand; Auckland; On-site; NZD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Generous leave

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Bank of New Zealand is seeking a Quality Engineering Lead to shape engineering standards across BNZ Technology. You will establish strategy, governance and capability uplift to raise quality at scale, with a focus on responsible AI-enabled tooling and evidence-based decision making.

The role emphasises coaching and enablement over authority, partnering with delivery teams to embed shift-left practices and robust CI/CD quality controls. Join BNZ to influence quality outcomes across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Experience defining or evolving quality standards in complex environments.
• Deep understanding of SDLC, shift-left testing and automated quality controls.
• Ability to influence engineers and leaders without formal authority.
• Data-driven approach to drive change and prioritisation.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve BNZ’s quality engineering strategy, standards and practices, including test automation, quality gates, test data, observability and CI/CD quality controls.
• Partner with delivery and platform teams to embed modern shift-left quality practices into day-to-day ways of working, tooling and delivery governance.
• Coach engineers and quality practitioners, building communities of practice and practical learning pathways.
• Use evidence and delivery data to measure quality maturity, identify improvements, and connect engineering quality to delivery risk and release confidence.
• Guide the practical and responsible use of AI-enabled engineering tools to strengthen test design, automation, defect analysis and continuous improvement.
• Translate emerging quality engineering and AI-assisted practices into pragmatic guidance, standards and coaching that teams can adopt.
• Work across Technology to ensure quality expectations are integrated into standards, tooling and engineering practices.

Job description

Bank of New Zealand is seeking a Quality Engineering Lead to shape engineering standards across BNZ Technology. You will establish strategy, governance and capability uplift to raise quality at scale, with a focus on responsible AI-enabled tooling and evidence-based decision making.

The role emphasises coaching and enablement over authority, partnering with delivery teams to embed shift-left practices and robust CI/CD quality controls. Join BNZ to influence quality outcomes across the enterprise.