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

Strong 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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At Clicks we embrace diversity, inclusion and equal chance. 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 *** or email***********@clicks.com.au

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📌 Quality Assurance Engineer (Brisbane)
🏢 Clicks It Recruitment
📍 Brisbane