Employment Status: Full-Time Contractual

Engagement: Initial 6-month contract (with potential to extend with the right fit)

Location: Remote

Role Summary

We are looking for a Senior QA Engineer with strong hands-on experience across both Manual and Automated Testing to help ensure the quality and reliability of web and SaaS products.

The ideal candidate is technically strong, detail-oriented, and confident communicating QA findings and testing approaches with developers, stakeholders, and other QA team members.

Key Responsibilities

Test Planning & Manual Testing

- Review requirements, user stories, and designs to understand testing requirements.
- Create test plans, test cases, and acceptance criteria.
- Perform functional, exploratory, regression, and end-to-end testing.
- Identify, document, and track defects through to resolution.
- Participate in Agile/Scrum sprints and QA planning.
- Clearly communicate testing findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

API & Data Testing

- Test REST APIs and webhooks using tools such as Postman or Insomnia.
- Test complex workflows including authentication, checkout, search, dashboards, and CMS functionality.
- Validate data, content updates, and database changes.
- Test edge cases, error handling, and integration scenarios.
- Conduct regression testing before releases.

Automation Testing

- Create, maintain, and execute automated UI and API tests.
- Build reusable automated regression tests for critical workflows.
- Apply automation where it provides meaningful testing value.
- Work with developers to support testing within CI/CD workflows.
- Use automation frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Jest, or Vitest.

Cross-Platform & Accessibility Testing

- Test responsive web applications across Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge.




- Test across desktop, tablet, iOS, and Android devices.
- Perform accessibility checks including keyboard navigation, screen readers, and colour contrast.
- Identify UI, UX, performance, and visual issues.

Requirements

- 5+ years of skilled QA experience.
- Strong hands-on experience in Manual Testing and test case management.
- Solid understanding of Automated Testing and automation frameworks.
- Strong experience in functional, regression, exploratory, integration, and API testing.
- Practical experience with Postman, Insomnia, or similar API testing tools .
- Experience with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Jest, or Vitest .
- Experience working with Agile/Scrum teams and tools such as Jira, Trello, or GitHub.
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and attention-to-detail skills.
- Ability to clearly explain testing decisions, findings, and technical issues.

Nice to Have

- Experience with React, Next.js, Node.js, or Headless CMS.
- Knowledge of WCAG and accessibility testing.
- Basic SQL/database knowledge.
- Experience with CI/CD and GitHub Actions.
- Experience working with e-commerce or SaaS products.
- Experience mentoring or supporting other QA team members.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

- Critical and high-priority bugs are identified before reaching production.
- Testing is completed within agreed sprint and release timelines.
- Test documentation remains clear, accurate, and reliable.
- Automated test coverage is improved for critical workflows where appropriate.
- Production issues are reduced through effective manual and automated regression testing.
- Bugs are reported clearly with accurate steps to reproduce and supporting information.
- QA findings and risks are communicated clearly to the wider team.

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📌 Senior QA Engineer-Manual+Automation (Brisbane City)
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📍 Brisbane City