XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd | Contract

Senior Test Architect/QE Architect

Melbourne, Australia | Posted on 10/08/2026

- XPT SoftwareAustralia PTY Ltd, incorporated in 2016, 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 operationaltesting. 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.

· Strong 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.

· Robust understanding of contemporary 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).

· Solid stakeholder management and influencing skills.Desirable 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.

📌 Senior QA Architect: API/UI Automation (Melbourne)
🏢 Xpt Software Australia
📍 Melbourne