Senior Test Automation Lead: AI-Driven Quality & CI/CD

HCLTech - Australia and New Zealand; Wellington; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

HCLTech - Australia and New Zealand is seeking a seasoned Lead for automation strategy and governance. The role focuses on driving framework development, quality engineering initiatives, and cross-program automation across UI, API, mobile, and integration testing.

You will mentor teams, enforce quality standards, and push for DevOps and CI/CD adoption to shorten release cycles while improving product quality. Experience with AI-driven testing is a plus.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in test automation.
• Experience leading automation strategy and governance.
• Strong expertise in modern automation frameworks and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead automation strategy, framework development, and quality engineering initiatives across multiple applications and programs.
• Drive CI/CD, DevOps, and Continuous Testing adoption to accelerate release cycles and improve product quality.
• Ensure comprehensive automation coverage across UI, API, Mobile, Integration, and Regression testing.
• Mentor automation teams, enforce quality standards, and drive automation governance and best practices.
• Leverage AI-driven testing approaches to improve test efficiency, coverage, productivity, and overall quality outcomes.

Skills

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

Appium

API automation

Automation frameworks

Job description

HCLTech - Australia and New Zealand is seeking a seasoned Lead for automation strategy and governance. The role focuses on driving framework development, quality engineering initiatives, and cross-program automation across UI, API, mobile, and integration testing.

You will mentor teams, enforce quality standards, and push for DevOps and CI/CD adoption to shorten release cycles while improving product quality. Experience with AI-driven testing is a plus.