Quality Assurance Engineer
12 month contract
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 within a complex, data-rich enterprise platform. 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.
Working within a team focused on modern data platform capabilities, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to the quality of large-scale data processing solutions and help ensure the reliability, accuracy and performance of business-critical systems.
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
Validate data flows, data pipelines and data transformations across distributed systems
Perform automated data validation and data quality testing
Verify the accuracy, completeness and integrity of data moving between systems
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
Robust understanding of
Agile delivery
and the
SDLC
Proven experience designing and maintaining automated test suites
A proactive and self-sufficient approach, with the ability to identify blockers, engage stakeholders and drive outcomes independently
Strong collaboration skills and a track record of working effectively within Agile teams
Experience testing data-intensive applications or platforms would be highly regarded
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
Working within enterprise-scale software environments
Modernising,



optimising or scaling automated testing frameworks
Exposure to complex, high-volume and data-intensive platforms
Championing quality engineering principles and shift-left testing practices
Testing data platforms, data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes or distributed data processing solutions
Supporting event-driven architectures and real-time streaming environments
Building or executing automated data validation and data quality testing
Knowledge of modern data technologies including Apache Flink, Apache Spark, Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake and Kafka
Understanding of data transformation, lineage and end-to-end data quality concepts
Highly desirable technology experience
Apache Flink
Apache Spark
Apache Iceberg
Delta Lake
Kafka or other event/streaming technologies
Data pipelines, ETL/ELT or distributed data processing
Automated data validation and data quality testing
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.
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📌 Quality Assurance Engineer (Queensland)
🏢 Clicks It Recruitment
📍 Queensland