Hybrid Software Test Engineer – Local Government

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About the role

  • Collaborate with a cross-functional team of software engineers to implement automated solutions to identify potential issues early in the development process.
  • Take ownership of designing, developing, and enhancing test infrastructure and frameworks.
  • Ensure your team has the right tools to deliver high-quality products to users.
  • Take a proactive approach to ensuring overall product quality within your functional domain, lead the testing community by developing standards, mentoring software test engineers, and promoting best practices.
  • Tackle complex and critical testing scenarios, troubleshooting issues to ensure seamless software delivery.
  • Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for web applications, API, and backend systems.
  • Conduct API testing using tools such as Postman, Insomnia, or K6, validating functional and performance aspects of services.
  • Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other colleagues to enhance product design, testability, and implementation strategies.
  • Work closely with development teams to integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Participate in code reviews to drive continuous improvements in test automation quality, analyze test results, report bugs, and collaborate to resolve issues quickly.

Requirements

  • Experience in test automation, with a focus on developing and maintaining reliable, scalable automated test frameworks using Playwright
  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript
  • Solid understanding of API architectures, including REST and gRPC, with expertise in testing and validating API requests and responses
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests with CI/CD tools
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with exceptional attention to detail
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure
  • Experience with Agile development methodologies
  • Proficiency in .NET (C#) is preferred
  • Knowledge of containerisation tools (e.g. Docker) and orchestration frameworks (e.g., Kubernetes)

Benefits

  • We're all different - and we love this about us.
  • We provide an inclusive, safe, and welcoming environment to all Civicans - there are heaps of opportunities to enable you to grow and be your best.
  • Giving culture - we encourage you to "give back" with benefits such as our Days of Difference leave where you can volunteer for a charity of your choice.
  • Flexible Work - we have the technology and tools to support you to work from home and come into our offices now and then to catch up and socialise with colleagues.

Job title

Software Test Engineer – Local Government

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Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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