Quality Assurance Engineer

12 month contract + Likely extension.

Full-time onsite work required – Brisbane CBD / Remote applicants will not be considered

We're partnering with a global technology organisation to recruit an experienced Quality Assurance Engineer.

Joining a high-performing Agile team, you'll play a key role in delivering quality software solutions used in complex, data-rich operational environments. This position combines hands-on testing, test automation, and quality engineering, with a strong focus on improving product quality across the full software delivery lifecycle.

What you'll be doing

- Own end-to-end quality assurance for features and user stories
- Define test approaches and execute testing against acceptance criteria
- Develop and maintain test plans, test cases and quality documentation
- Design, build and maintain automated tests across UI, API and backend services
- Perform API testing, validation and access control testing
- Enhance and support Playwright and Cucumber automation frameworks
- Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines
- Monitor, analyse and resolve automation failures
- Execute regression, exploratory and acceptance testing
- Support test environment and test data management
- Collaborate closely with developers, product managers and team leads
- Communicate quality risks, issues and recommendations to stakeholders
- Champion quality engineering and shift-left testing practices

What you need to bring

- 4+ years' experience in QA and automation testing
- Strong understanding of Agile delivery and the SDLC
- Proven experience designing and maintaining automated test suites
- Strong test design, analysis and risk-based testing skills




- Hands-on REST API testing experience
- Experience testing authentication and role-based access controls
- Proficiency with TypeScript, JavaScript and/or Java
- Strong experience using Playwright
- Experience with Cucumber or BDD frameworks
- Experience supporting CI/CD pipelines, ideally GitHub Actions
- Strong troubleshooting and defect investigation skills
- Experience across both manual and automated testing
- Excellent stakeholder communication skills
- Experience producing test documentation and reporting

Bonus points for

- Experience working on enterprise software products
- Experience modernising or improving automation frameworks
- Exposure to complex, data-intensive platforms
- Strong advocacy for quality engineering best practices

Important to know

- Full working rights required
- This role will require the successful candidate to work on site in Brisbane full time 5 days per week.
- Remote applicants will not be considered.

For a confidential discussion or to learn more please reach out to Lakshmi Dhanarajachar on [0419 721 158](tel:0419 721 158) or [email protected]. If you wish to apply for this position, please submit your resume by clicking the 'Apply Now' button. For further information please contact Amy Watson at Clicks IT Recruitment on [+61 429 171 544](tel:+61 429 171 544).

At Clicks we embrace diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity. First Nations people are encouraged to apply.

We provide reasonable adjustments, including alternate formats to the recruitment process for individuals with a disability. If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process, please call [1300 254 257](tel:1300 254 257) or email [email protected]

📌 Quality Assurance Engineer (Brisbane)
🏢 Clicks IT Recruitment (QLD)
📍 Brisbane