Senior Quality Engineer: Automation & API Testing Lead

Westpac New Zealand Limited; Auckland; On-site; NZD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Westpac New Zealand Limited, located in Takutai Square, is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to lead automation and functional testing for the Lending Transformation team. You will design, develop, maintain and execute automation and functional test solutions using modern tools and agile practices, with a focus on API and integration testing across complex enterprise environments.

As a senior member you will mentor others, champion continuous improvement, and apply AI-enabled quality engineering

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Quality Engineering, Test Automation, or Software Testing.
• Experience defining, implementing, and improving quality practices, standards, and test strategies.
• Hands-on automation across Java stack and API validation.
• Strong SQL skills to validate data across multiple systems.
• Experience with CI/CD and version control (Git).
• Desirable: Lending or banking domain knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain and execute automation and functional tests.
• Lead automation and testing activities in lending transformation projects.
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering best practices.
• Collaborate in CI/CD and release governance and provide quality metrics.

Skills

Quality Engineering

Test Automation

Java

API Testing

SQL

Performance Testing

Git

CI/CD

Tools

Rest Assured

JMeter

Git

CloudBees

Job description

Westpac New Zealand Limited, located in Takutai Square, is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to lead automation and functional testing for the Lending Transformation team. You will design, develop, maintain and execute automation and functional test solutions using modern tools and agile practices, with a focus on API and integration testing across complex enterprise environments.

As a senior member you will mentor others, champion continuous improvement, and apply AI-enabled quality engineering