Test Automation Engineer

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We're partnering with a large, well-known New Zealand organisation to secure a Senior Test Automation Engineer for an initial 3-month contract. We're looking for a seasoned contractor with a proven track record. This role will play a key part in strengthening automation capability across a modern engineering environment delivering customer-facing digital platforms.
You will join a high-performing technology team and work closely with developers, product teams, and delivery leads to build scalable automated testing frameworks across web, mobile, and service layers.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys hands-on automation development, improving testing practices, and working within modern engineering environments.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design, develop, and maintain automated testing frameworks across web, mobile, and API layers
  • Implement robust automation solutions within modern CI/CD pipelines
  • Collaborate with engineering and product teams to embed automation across the delivery lifecycle
  • Develop reusable automation components to improve efficiency and test coverage
  • Maintain and manage automated test artefacts within enterprise test management platforms
  • Contribute to quality engineering best practices and uplift automation maturity
Required Experience
  • 8+ years’ experience delivering test automation in modern full-stack environments
  • Strong experience automating web applications, mobile platforms, and microservices
  • Strong programming capability in at least one OOP language:
    • Java
    • JavaScript
    • TypeScript
  • Must have proven experience implementing automation frameworks such as:
    • Playwright
    • Appium
  • Experience working with enterprise test management tooling, such as:
    • Jira / Xray
    • Zephyr
    • qTest
    • Azure DevOps (ADO)
    • ALM or similar
What’s on Offer
  • Opportunity to work with one of New Zealand’s most recognised organisations
  • Highly collaborative engineering environment
  • Modern technology stack and mature delivery practices
  • Immediate start available
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Work type:  Contractor

Date posted:  06-Mar-2026

Location:  South Auckland - Auckland | Tāmaki-makau-rau

Reference:  4016148

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