QA / Test Engineer
careers / QA / Test Engineer
At MadeCurious, we specialise in meaningful work which will enable our partners to adapt in a fast- changing world. We create solutions which solve challenging and meaningful problems across various domains. If you want to grow, learn and be surrounded by awesome colleagues who care deeply about what they do, you’re looking in the right place.
The Role:
MadeCurious has a new and exciting position available for a QA/Test Engineer.
This position is not your average QA position and lends itself more towards critical thinkers and test advocates who can work across multiple platforms and partner engagements.
As a QA/Test Engineer, you will be working alongside our delivery teams to design, develop and execute comprehensive test plans ensuring we can meet or exceed quality standards. You’ll also need to be our QA flag-waver, supporting our delivery teams and engineers to adopt quality assurance best practice and inject a test and quality mindset into everything we do.
This is a unique position which will require you to front foot QA in the development process, often working with business analysts, product owners and partners to develop requirements and associated test plans to ensure successful project outcomes.
We incorporate automation into our development pipelines and candidates who are able to demonstrate knowledge, experience and are passionate about automated frameworks for API or web based testing will have an advantage.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop, maintain and execute automated and manual tests plans and scripts.
- Execute functional, regression and integration tests identifying and documenting any defects or issues.
- Drive test process setup, documentation, control and reporting mechanisms
- Work with existing teams, product managers and business analysts to understand QA and testing needs and look for potential risks and issues.
- Build and maintain test automation suites integrated into existing CI platforms.
- Develop and mentor test capability within the organisation, ensuring alignment with existing and emerging standards, trends and best practice.
- Use testing tools and techniques to identify, track, and resolve defects
- Review and analyse test results to identify trends and areas for improvement
- Communicate test progress, results, and issues to project stakeholders
- Ensure we identify and manage testing risks to the best of our abilities via resourcing, timelines, coverage, performance or reliability
- Ensure Test and QA practices align with our agile process
Skills and Qualifications:
- Strong knowledge of software testing principles and techniques
- Experience with test planning, execution and delivery
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Experience with managing automated tests running in development pipelines
- Automation experience with any of the following frameworks or tooling: Cypress, Selenium, Cucumber, Postman, - Ready API, Behat, PyTest, Playwright or Mocha
- Experience with cloud environments such as Azure and/or AWS (preferred)
- Experience with CI/CD platforms such as Circle CI, GitLab and GitHub.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (preferred)
We understand that a lack of confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job, but we also know there's no such thing as the 'perfect' candidate. Our employment philosophy is pretty simple. We look for the right people and then do what it takes to get them on board and keep them around. We’re prepared to invest in the right people to help realise their potential.
About us:
We cherish our culture, so every hire we make is carefully considered. We are a team of curious-minded people who support each other, hold robust debates and don’t mind helping each other move house on the weekend. We thrive on challenges, we view our successes (and failures) as opportunities for growth, and we never, ever want to stop learning. We value mindset over skill set and we believe the team is more powerful than the individual.
We are an equal-opportunities employer, we don’t just accept our differences, we celebrate our diversity and grow through sharing our unique experiences and perspectives. We are wholeheartedly committed to creating an inclusive environment that offers each of us the chance to thrive.
If this role sounds like one that might make you excited to come into work every day, and you want to find out more about what we can offer you, send us your application and let’s talk.
If you have made it this far and are still interested, please upload your CV and cover by hitting the 'apply now' button.
This role will be based in our Ōtautahi Christchurch office, so being based in Aotearoa New Zealand with the right to work here is key.
Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.
(no recruiters please)