Senior Quality Engineer

Westpac New Zealand Ltd; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Westpac New Zealand Ltd is seeking an automation-led Quality Engineering leader to design, develop and maintain automated test frameworks and regression suites across UI, API, integration and data layers. You will lead test strategies, ensure quality standards, and drive continuous improvement across the delivery pipeline.

You will coach teams on quality engineering practices, perform data validation, API testing and regression monitoring, and contribute to regulatory readiness including

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Quality Engineering or Testing.
• Experience defining and implementing quality engineering best practices.
• Hands-on automation experience with automation framework design and CI/CD integration.
• API, integration and data testing experience with automated API validation.
• Strong SQL skills and data validation/testing.
• Experience with XML/XPath for test design/automation.
• Proficiency in TypeScript, JavaScript or Python.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead test strategies, quality standards and release criteria.
• Design, develop and maintain automated test frameworks and regression suites across UI, API, integration and data layers.
• Lead defect triage and incident investigations; drive remediation validation.
• Promote shift-left quality practices and automation-first testing with CI/CD pipelines.
• Provide coaching and peer reviews within the Quality Engineering community.
• Validate AML/Financial Crime monitoring changes and regulatory reporting for data integrity.

Skills

Automation framework design

CI/CD integration

Test automation

API testing

SQL data validation

XML/XPath

TypeScript/JavaScript/Python

UI, API, data-layer testing

NetReveal domain knowledge

Education

University degree or equivalent

Tools

Git

Test automation tools

Job description

Mō te tūranga | About the Role

Actively oversee and participate in the delivery of high-quality solutions by designing, developing, maintaining and executing automation and functional test solutions using appropriate tools, best-practice techniques and agile quality engineering practices. This is an automation-led role, and strong, recent hands-on experience designing automation frameworks and building maintainable automated test solutions is a key requirement. Provide thought leadership, coaching and peer review across the Quality Engineering community while ensuring Financial Crime solutions, including NetReveal, meet business, operational and regulatory requirements. Quality Leadership & Test Delivery Define and lead test strategies, quality standards and release acceptance criteria. Plan, coordinate and execute functional, integration, regression, performance, UAT and operational readiness testing. Review requirements, user stories, technical documentation and solution designs to ensure testability and quality outcomes. Provide quality leadership throughout solution design, delivery and release activities. Maintain oversight of test delivery and quality outcomes, proactively identifying and managing quality risks. Coach, mentor and educate team members and stakeholders on quality engineering practices, test automation and quality standards. Actively contribute to the Quality Engineering community by sharing knowledge, standards and best practices. Financial Crime & Data Validation Validate changes impacting AML monitoring, Customer Risk Assessment, Transaction Monitoring, Sanctions Screening and regulatory reporting. Verify end-to-end customer, account, transaction and alert processing. Perform data reconciliation, integration, API validation and testing across source systems, data flows and NetReveal. Validate that Financial Crime controls, detection models and system changes operate in accordance with business and regulatory requirements. Identify quality risks, edge cases and control gaps that may impact compliance, operational resilience or customer outcomes. Automation, Defects & Continuous Improvement Design, develop and maintain robust automated test frameworks, test solutions and regression suites across UI, API, integration and data layers. Lead defect triage, production incident investigation, root cause analysis and remediation validation. Drive continuous improvement in testing efficiency, coverage, quality metrics and engineering practices. Promote shift-left quality practices, automation-first test approaches, CI/CD integration and re-use of testing assets across teams. Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, using Git-based source control and quality gates to provide fast, reliable feedback. Risk, Audit & Release Governance Produce audit-ready testing evidence and maintain end-to-end traceability. Support regulatory reviews, audits, compliance activities and risk assessments. Assess release readiness, quality risks and deployment impacts, providing recommendations for production releases. Ensure changes align with governance, compliance and operational readiness requirements. Support quality reporting, test metrics and quality artefacts to enable informed delivery and risk decisions.

Nā tāu rourou | What will you bring?

Essential 5+ years' recent and relevant experience in Quality Engineering or Testing. Experience defining and implementing quality engineering best practices. Experience coaching, mentoring and providing quality reviews. Strong, recent hands-on automation experience is essential, including automation framework design, development and maintenance, and CI/CD pipeline integration. API, integration and data testing experience, including automated API validation. Strong SQL skills, with experience in data validation, reconciliation, ETL and data-pipeline testing. Risk-based test design, end-to-end traceability and defect management. Experience using XML and XPath for test design, validation and automation. Experience with Git and integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines. Hands-on programming or scripting experience in TypeScript, JavaScript and Python. Experience automating UI, API, integration and data-layer testing. Knowledge of ISO payment message types and associated data validation. NetReveal domain knowledge and experience testing NetReveal solutions. Desirable Financial Crime, AML/CTF or banking experience. Customer Risk Assessment (CRA), Transaction Monitoring or Sanctions Screening experience. Experience delivering complex initiatives in regulated environments.

Ko mātou tēnei | Our Organisation

At Westpac, we’re working together to build a fairer and stronger New Zealand for our people, customers, and communities. For over 160 years we’ve been driven by our purpose to Create Better Futures Together. What makes us unique are the incredible people we’re lucky enough to have walk through our doors every day. The giant ‘W’ on our building doesn’t just stand for Westpac – it says, double you. We’re a place that values, rewards and recognises individuality. Where you can be your whole self, your true self, and your best self. We’re recognised as a place where talent is developed, where passions are fuelled and where ambitions of all shapes and sizes thrive. And it all starts with you! Tono mai ināianei! The people of Aotearoa, New Zealand hail from many cultures and backgrounds. At Westpac New Zealand, we draw on this enormous talent pool to cultivate a team rich in ability and empowered to reach its full potential. Our aim is to be brave challengers, celebrating our differences and relentlessly advocating for our customers. It starts with us – we believe that when we care deeply and do our best for our people, they’ll do their best for our customers. We encourage people from all walks of life to apply, including those who are neurodivergent, have chronic health conditions or disabilities – your attitude and passion are as important to us as your experience, qualifications and capabilities. Mahi tahi tātou, kaha ake tātou | Together Greater Applications close: 2 November 2026 Our culture is rich with stories of how our people like to help, our customers, our community and each other. This is reflected through flexible working arrangements to ensure that our people have a balance in their life with those things that are important to them. Through ensuring that we provide opportunities to everyone regardless of what society throws at them, we are a safe place to work where you are treated equally and appreciated.