Senior Quality Engineer - Automation tester 12 months contract

Westpac New Zealand Ltd

Westpac on Takutai Square Hapori Pōneke Until 10/9/2026 First posted August 10, 2026 Last posted August 10, 2026
Job description

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. 

Mō 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)

About this role

Summary

Design and execute automation testing strategies; mentor peers; promote best practices in agile environment

Job title

Senior Quality Engineer - Automation tester 12 months contract

Experience level

senior level

Industry

banking

Location requirements

On-site in Wellington; remote not specified

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

JavaJavaScriptPythonSeleniumRestSharpRestAssuredPlaywrightJenkinsAzureDevopsTDDBDD

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

automation testingAPI testingUI testingCI/CDprogramming
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Unknown location

On-site

Unknown location

On-site