Senior Quality Engineer – Melbourne

We’re looking for a Senior Quality Engineer to join our IT team in Melbourne on a 12-month maximum term contract.

You’ll help embed quality throughout software development and delivery. Working as part of the engineering team, you’ll lead test strategy and quality engineering improvements, and help deliver high‑quality software solutions.

You’ll have the opportunity to:

- Develop test strategies and approaches, including functional, integration, performance and regression testing.
- Build and maintain automated test scripts and frameworks, and integrate automation with CI/CD pipelines.
- Execute tests, report progress, manage defects and assess testing risks.
- Support test data and setting management, documentation and knowledge sharing.
- Recommend tools and good practice across a range of platforms.

Why Join Us

At Slater and Gordon we offer accessible, world‑class legal services to people from all backgrounds and socioeconomic circumstances, simplifying the legal process and supporting clients at every step.

Here, you’ll be exposed to varied and interesting work, with the opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of everyday people. You’ll join teams where support, mentoring and collaboration are part of how things get done, in a culture that is professional, but still human.

We recognise outstanding performance and offer progressive career pathways. Our pure hybrid model supports different life stages and needs.

Outstanding benefits:

- Paid shutdown leave
- 26 weeks of paid parental leave
- Additional long service leave




- Ongoing wellbeing and development initiatives

What We Are Looking For

- Committed to building quality into software development and delivery.
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with attention to detail.
- Can plan and prioritise work effectively and manage testing risks.
- Communicates clearly and builds constructive relationships with technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
- Takes initiative, shares knowledge and looks for ways to improve processes.

What You Will Bring

- Functional and non‑functional testing, test automation and automated QA scripts.
- Designing or maintaining automation frameworks, and using version control systems such as Git.
- Automation tools such as Playwright or similar, and BDD/TDD practices and tools.
- Performance, security or accessibility testing, and DevSecOps principles.
- Applying AI‑driven testing with appropriate guardrails and governance.

Relevant QA certifications, such as ISTQB, and tertiary qualifications in Computer Science, IT or a similar field are also relevant. Knowledge of Azure, APIs, performance testing tools, containerisation, orchestration or service virtualisation would be beneficial.

Location & Work Type

Melbourne – On Site. 12‑month maximum term contract.

Diversity and Inclusion

Slater and Gordon is committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values diversity and ensures equal opportunities for all. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or other legally protected attributes.

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