XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd | Contract
Senior Test Architect/QE Architect
Melbourne, Australia | Posted on 10/08/2026
XPT SoftwareAustralia PTY Ltd, incorporated in ****, is a Software Services company
XPT works with topclients across Australia in Banking, Insurance, Telecom,Retail, Energy, Mining and Manufacturingdomains.
We have 120+technocrats in Australia working at our clientlocations.
XPT SoftwareAustralia is part of group companies which has globalpresence across India & Europe.
We have served100+ clients globally, fulfilling their onsite-offshoreneeds.
Job Description
We are seeking an experiencedSenior Test Architect to lead quality engineering across multiple squads andvendor teams within a complex enterprise environment.
This role is responsiblefor defining and governing the end-to-end testing strategy, driving automationexcellence, and embedding quality throughout the Software Development Lifecycle(SDLC).
The ideal candidate will be a hands-on technical leader with deepexpertise in API and UI automation using Playwright, strong experience in CI/CDpipelines, and a proven track record in delivering quality outcomes acrosslarge-scale, integrated platforms.
Experience with
Salesforce Service Layer is mandatory
,while exposure to other Salesforce Clouds is highly desirable.
Key Responsibilities
Define and govern enterprise-wide test architecture,automation frameworks, and quality engineering practices.
Provide technical leadership across multiple agilesquads and vendor delivery teams.
Act as the Quality Engineering representative,influencing quality decisions from requirements through to production.
Design, review, and optimise automation frameworksfor API, UI, integration, and end-to-end testing.
Conduct code reviews and establish engineeringstandards to improve maintainability, scalability, and reusability ofautomation assets.
Drive CI/CD quality gates and integrate automatedtesting into delivery pipelines.




Continuously improve test execution efficiencythrough parallelisation, framework optimisation, service virtualisation, andintelligent test selection.
Partner with Product, Architecture, Development,DevOps, and Platform teams to embed quality into every stage of the SDLC.
Define and implement risk-based testing strategiesacross complex distributed systems and environments.
Mentor and uplift Quality Engineers, Test Leads, andvendor teams through coaching and technical guidance.
Provide oversight for environment, test data, andrelease testing strategies.
Champion best practices across functional,integration, API, performance, accessibility, security, and operational testing.
Mandatory Skills & Experience
10+ years of Quality Engineering and Test Automationexperience, including Test Architecture leadership roles.
Expert-level experience in Playwright (TypeScript)for UI automation.
Robust experience designing and implementing APIautomation frameworks.
Extensive experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOpspractices, Git, and automated quality gates.
Proven experience leading testing across multiplesquads, programs, and third‐party vendor teams.
Strong understanding of modern test architecturepatterns, automation framework design, and enterprise-scale qualityengineering.
Experience working in complex environments involvingmultiple applications, integrations, and deployment pipelines.
Hands‐on experience with Salesforce Service Layertesting (mandatory).
Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
Experience with Salesforce Service Cloud, ExperienceCloud, Sales Cloud, or other Salesforce products.
Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure,or GCP.
Knowledge of performance, accessibility, security,and contract testing.
Experience with service virtualisation andmicroservices testing.
Exposure to AI-assisted testing and modern QualityEngineering practices.
Exposure to IVR, Chatbot, Agentforce and SAP testing.
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