Senior Quality Engineer

westpacnz; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Westpac New Zealand in Auckland is seeking an experienced Quality Engineering leader to design, develop, maintain and execute automation and functional test solutions. This automation-led role requires hands-on experience building maintainable test frameworks and guiding a QA community to meet regulatory and business needs.

You will lead quality engineering across AML and regulatory testing, drive CI/CD pipeline integration, and mentor teammates while delivering end-to-end test coverage and

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Quality Engineering or Testing.
• Experience defining and implementing quality best practices.
• Experience coaching and providing reviews.
• Strong hands-on automation incl. framework design and CI/CD integration.
• API testing, data testing and automated validation.
• Strong SQL skills for data validation and ETL testing.
• Risk-based test design and end-to-end traceability.
• Experience with XML/XPath for test design and automation.
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on scripting in TypeScript, JavaScript and Python.
• Experience automated UI, API, integration and data-layer testing.
• Knowledge of ISO payment message types and data validation.
• NetReveal domain knowledge and testing experience.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead test strategies, quality standards and release criteria.
• Plan and execute functional, integration, regression, performance and UAT testing.
• Review requirements and designs to ensure testability and quality.
• Provide quality leadership during design, delivery and release activities.
• Oversee test delivery and proactively manage quality risks.
• Coach and mentor team members on quality practices and automation.
• Share knowledge and best practices within the Quality Engineering community.
• Validate AML/CRA/Transaction Monitoring changes and regulatory reporting.
• Design, develop and maintain automated test frameworks across UI, API, integration and data layers.
• Lead defect triage and remediation validation.
• Drive CI/CD integration and fast feedback through gates.

Skills

Quality Engineering

Test Automation

CI/CD

API Testing

SQL

Data Validation

ETL Testing

NetReveal

Git

TypeScript

JavaScript

Python

Automation Frameworks

UI Testing

Tools

NetReveal

Git

CI/CD Pipelines

XML/XPath

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