Job Description
AYAN InfoTech is looking for Senior Test Architect / QE Architect to join an exciting project based in Melbourne. The role offers you the opportunity to contribute towards an extremely well structured and mature workplace, working on sophisticated enhancement projects.
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Role:
Senior Test Architect / QE Architect
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Location:
Melbourne
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Contract Duration:
6 Months with high possible extensions
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Experience:
7+ Years
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Job Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Senior Test Architect to lead quality engineering across multiple squads and vendor teams within a complex enterprise environment. This role is responsible for defining and governing the end-to-end testing strategy, driving automation excellence, and embedding quality throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
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The ideal candidate will be a hands-on technical leader with deep expertise in API and UI automation using Playwright, strong experience in CI/CD pipelines, and a proven track record in delivering quality outcomes across large-scale, integrated platforms. Experience with
Salesforce Service Layer is mandatory
, while exposure to other Salesforce Clouds is highly desirable.
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Key Responsibilities:
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Define and govern enterprise-wide test architecture, automation frameworks, and quality engineering practices.
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Provide technical leadership across multiple agile squads and vendor delivery teams.
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Act as the Quality Engineering representative, influencing quality decisions from requirements through to production.
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Design, review, and optimise automation frameworks for API, UI, integration, and end-to-end testing.
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Conduct code reviews and establish engineering standards to improve maintainability, scalability, and reusability of automation assets.
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Drive CI/CD quality gates and integrate automated testing into delivery pipelines.
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Continuously improve test execution efficiency through parallelisation, framework optimisation, service virtualisation, and intelligent test selection.
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Partner with Product, Architecture, Development, DevOps, and Platform teams to embed quality into every stage of the SDLC.
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Define and implement risk-based testing strategies across complex distributed systems and environments.
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Mentor and uplift Quality Engineers, Test Leads, and vendor teams through coaching and technical guidance.
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Provide oversight for environment, test data, and release testing strategies.
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Champion best practices across functional, integration, API, performance, accessibility, security, and operational testing. Mandatory Skills & Experience
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10+ years of Quality Engineering and Test Automation experience, including Test Architecture leadership roles.
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Expert-level experience in Playwright (TypeScript) for UI automation.
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Strong experience designing and implementing API automation frameworks.
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Extensive experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, Git, and automated quality gates.
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Proven experience leading testing across multiple squads, programs, and third-party vendor teams.
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Strong understanding of modern test architecture patterns, automation framework design, and enterprise-scale quality engineering.
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Experience working in complex environments involving multiple applications, integrations, and deployment pipelines.
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Hands-on experience with Salesforce Service Layer testing (mandatory).
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Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills. Desirable Skills
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Experience with Salesforce Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Sales Cloud, or other Salesforce products.
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Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
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Knowledge of performance, accessibility, security, and contract testing.
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Experience with service virtualisation and microservices testing.
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Exposure to AI-assisted testing and modern Quality Engineering practices.
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Exposure to IVR, Chatbot, Agentforce and SAP testing
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Contact: ***************** for more details.
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Please note we will be able to contact only shortlisted candidates for this role. We thank you in advance for your interest.
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📌 Senior Test Architect / Qe Architect - Melbourne
🏢 Ayan Infotech Pty
📍 Melbourne