Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Air New Zealand; Māngere-Ōtāhuhu; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Air New Zealand is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to join our Auckland Airport Campus team. You will lead automation initiatives and ensure high-quality software aligns with our customer-focused standards.

You will design, develop and maintain automation scripts, mentor QA engineers, and collaborate with architects, developers and BA’s to improve testing processes in an Agile environment. The role requires 5+ years in senior QA automation, strong Java testing skills, Selenium/Playwright

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a Senior QA Automation role.
• Experience building test strategies for complex tech environments.
• Hands-on Java automation with modern frameworks.
• Mentoring and guiding QA engineers.
• Collaborative work across product teams in Agile.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and execute new automation scenarios from requirements.
• Maintain and monitor existing automation and regression testing.
• Apply software engineering principles to testing for value.
• Collaborate with architects, software engineers, QA and BA’s to improve design for automation.
• Contribute to strategic direction and roadmap of automation tools and processes.
• Ensure manual and automated tests adhere to standards and guidelines.
• Facilitate user acceptance testing to verify requirements and stories.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to QA engineers.

Skills

Java

CI/CD

Test automation

QA mentoring

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Rest Assured

JUnit

TestNG

Job description

At Air New Zealand, we're constantly evolving, embracing innovation, and pushing boundaries to create extraordinary experiences for our customers and employees. As we continue to grow and transform, we're seeking individuals who are passionate about making a difference and playing a key role in our journey. This is why we are excited to offer the opportunity to join the QA team and help drive our digital transformation efforts forward.

To support our shift to a more agile and innovative way of working, we are looking for aSenior QA Engineer. This role is critical to ensuring that our technical teams deliver high-quality solutions that align with our core values of excellence and customer focus. We need someone who can lead by example and bring their expertise to the table to help us enhance our testing capabilities and ensure the highest standards of quality.

This role is based at our Auckland Airport Campus office.

Key Responsibilities

• Use agile and lean methods (e.g. KANBAN, SCRUM, etc.) and get involved with all parts of the development process from inception through to release.
• Design, develop and execute new automation scenarios from functional and technical requirements and change requests.
• Maintain and monitor existing automation and regression testing, including ongoing refactoring of test suites.
• Apply software engineering principles to test engineering to ensure maximum ongoing value of implemented test suites.
• Work with technical teams (architects, software engineers, QA’s and BA’s) to diagnose issues and enhance the software design to best facilitate automation.
• Actively contribute to the strategic direction and technical roadmap of our software automation toolset and automated testing processes.
• Ensure both manual and automated tests adhere to testing processes, standards, and guidelines.
• Facilitate user acceptance testing to ensure that all requirements, features, or stories have been fully tested and accepted by the stakeholders prior to deployment.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to QA engineers.

Work Experience

• 5+ years experience as a Senior QA Automation within a technology business environment.
• Significant experience with testing of software and practical experience developing a test strategy within a complex technology environment.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java automation frameworks, CI/CD, test-driven development, and testing technologies.
• Strong experience in test automation tools and frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Playwright, Rest Assured, JUnit, TestNG).
• Experience using testing, continuous integration and delivery toolsets to obtain fast quality states.
• Experience in being a technical mentor to others.
• Experience in working effectively and collaboratively across software product team disciplines and intra-team dependencies.
• Solid knowledge of current quality assurance methodologies, best practices, and toolsets.
• Solid knowledge of automation models and approaches.
• In-depth understanding of SDLC and first-hand experience within an Agile team.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Applications close at 11:59pm 11 November 2026.

Additional Information

At Air New Zealand, we are proudly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and believe in creating a truly inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves and thrive. Our people are our greatest asset - because while everything else we do in our operation can be replicated by our competitors, it is our people that truly set us apart. We are firm believers in celebrating the differences and diversity of thought our people bring to their roles. We encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds, including those with a disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or are neurodiverse to apply for our roles.

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