Senior Quality Engineer - Automation tester 12 months contract

About us At Westpac New Zealand, our purpose is to Help New Zealanders Succeed. As a Bank and one of New Zealand's leading employers, we are passionate about helping people. We are taking action today to create a better future for the people who bank with us, work with us, invest in us or are part of our broader communities. Mŋ te tūranga | About the Role Actively oversee and participate in the delivery and best practice by designing, developing, maintaining, and executing automation/functional test solutions across the WNZL landscape using the most appropriate tool set, and 'best practice' techniques and agile quality engineering practices. Providing thought leadership and peer reviews across the WNZL community in regards to design and implementation of testing strategies & solutions and up-skilling and training of peers regardless of discipline Actively participate in the overall delivery, in line with broader technology and business strategies Review requirements/user stories and technical documentation, participate and drive workshops to ensure understanding and design of test scenarios Educate the wider Business Area on quality and the benefits of different types of testing, ensuring best practice Mentor, coach and support peers and less experienced members of the Business Area Actively engage in the Quality Engineering community to learn and grow and share knowledge and bring others on the journey Maintain oversight of and actively support test delivery to ensure we deliver value to our Customers Proactively give demonstrations/Show & Tells Perform related duties as assigned, within the scope of role and as required by senior leadership Provide ‘Best Practice’ oversight and input into the selection, evaluation and implementation of test tools and utilities Work with other Engineers to promote the capture and reuse of unit test level scripts, test stubs and drivers and other development test objects Provide ongoing through leadership and technical guidance re the practical application and technical tools Nā tāu rourou | What will you bring? Strong programming skills: Java/ JavaScipt/Python/ Experience in UI and API automation testing using Selenium, RestSharp/ RestAssured or similar. Understanding of CI/CD delivery pipelines like Jenkins, AzureDevops Experience with Playwright TDD/ BDD experience Proven experience in the design, implementation, and execution of automated test strategies and solutions Strong testing background in an Agile/DevOps delivery environment Experience of coaching, training and providing quality reviews for less experienced test engineers (and the wider Technology community where required) Our culture is rich with stories of how our people like to help, our customers, our community and each other. This is reflected through flexible working arrangements to ensure that our people have a balance in their life with those things that are important to them. Through ensuring that we provide opportunities to everyone regardless of what society throws at them, we are a safe place to work where you are treated equally and appreciated. #J-18808-Ljbffr