Senior Automation Test Engineer — Playwright/TypeScript Lead

Avanti Finance Group; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

KiwiSaver contributions

Gym access

End of trip facilities

Fresh fruit in the office

Job summary

Avanti Finance is seeking a Senior Automation Test Engineer to lead the quality engineering for our core lending and fintech systems in New Zealand. You will architect and evolve a Playwright/TypeScript framework, set project direction, and partner with developers and product teams to deliver robust automated testing.

You’ll own testing strategy, define standards, and drive CI/CD integration in Azure DevOps, mentoring peers and introducing AI-assisted approaches to improve testability and

Qualifications

• 6+ years in software testing with at least 3–4 years in a senior automation engineering capacity.
• Expert-level, production experience with Playwright combined with JavaScript or TypeScript — this is the core of the role.
• Strong JavaScript/TypeScript proficiency - interfaces, generics, async/await patterns, modular code design.
• Deep experience with the Page Object Model (POM) and other scalable framework design patterns.
• Hands‑on API testing - REST and/or GraphQL using tools such as Postman, Supertest, or similar.
• Experience building and maintaining automation within Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines.
• Solid understanding of Git - branching strategies, pull request workflows, code reviews.
• Experience with test management tools - Xray for Jira, TestRail, or equivalent.
• Strong defect lifecycle management and root cause analysis skills.
• Working knowledge of BDD/Gherkin and feature-file-driven automation.
• Familiarity with environment configuration - .env management, test data strategies, and secrets handling.
• Exposure to performance or load testing tools (k6, JMeter, or similar).

Responsibilities

• Architect and continuously improve our Playwright/TypeScript automation framework.
• Design end-to-end, API, and integration tests for web apps and backend services.
• Define automation standards and best practices across the team.
• Integrate and maintain automated tests within Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines.
• Lead shift-left quality initiatives — embedding testability requirements early in design and development.
• Drive meaningful regression and smoke test coverage across multiple product workstreams simultaneously.
• Conduct test impact analysis and risk-based testing decisions for complex releases.
• Mentor and upskill developers and junior QA engineers on automation best practices.
• Evaluate, recommend, and implement new testing tools, frameworks, and AI-assisted approaches.
• Own test strategy documentation, coverage reporting, and quality metrics dashboards.
• Support security and integration testing across APIs and third‑party platforms.

Skills

Playwright/TypeScript

JavaScript/TypeScript

API testing

CI/CD pipelines

Git workflows

Test management tools

BDD/Gherkin

Automation framework design

Tools

Docker

Postman

Supertest

Job description

Avanti Finance is seeking a Senior Automation Test Engineer to lead the quality engineering for our core lending and fintech systems in New Zealand. You will architect and evolve a Playwright/TypeScript framework, set project direction, and partner with developers and product teams to deliver robust automated testing.

You’ll own testing strategy, define standards, and drive CI/CD integration in Azure DevOps, mentoring peers and introducing AI-assisted approaches to improve testability and