We’re partnering with a technology-led organisation at a genuine inflection point. A legacy platform is being actively retired, with focus shifting to modern platforms, improved tooling, and more intentional engineering practices. To support that transition, we’re looking for a Quality Engineer who is automation-first, thinks in systems, and cares deeply about platform health and reliability.
This is not a traditional manual QA role, and it’s not DevOps. It’s a modern Quality Engineering role in a small, highly collaborative environment where quality, reliability, and delivery are shared responsibilities and where people take real ownership of the platforms they support.
About the role:
You’ll be embedded within a close-knit engineering team, working day to day with developers and platform specialists. Quality isn’t a gate at the end here — it’s part of how the platform is designed, built, and operated.
We’re looking for someone who naturally looks at system health: where APIs might be failing, where performance or run-time is degrading, and what signals in logs, metrics, or alerts suggest risk before it becomes an incident. You’ll help the team reason about reliability during change, not just test for it.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Designing, building, and maintaining automated test suites, with a strong focus on Cypress
- Supporting quality and stability as legacy systems are decommissioned and new platforms are introduced
- Monitoring platform health using logs, metrics, and alerts, and contributing to observability practices
- Identifying failure points early (API issues, performance bottlenecks, integration risks) and helping resolve them
- Contributing to improved engineering standards, test strategies, and ways of working
- Working closely with engineers in a hands-on, collaborative team environment
About you:
Personality fit matters. This is a small, approachable team that values open communication, shared problem-solving, and comfortable people being involved across the stack.
You’ll likely be someone who:
- Has strong experience in automation testing, particularly with Cypress
- Brings a quality engineering mindset rather than a test-only approach
- Is comfortable working with observability or monitoring tools and platform signals
- Thinks about reliability, performance, and failure modes, not just test coverage
- Communicates openly and works through problems collaboratively
- Is adaptable, proactive, and comfortable operating during change
- Takes ownership and is happy to contribute beyond a narrow role definition
- Values being part of a small but high-impact team where your contribution is visible
What’s on offer
- A role within a boutique, friendly engineering team
- The opportunity to be part of a meaningful platform transition and modernisation effort
- Real influence over how quality, automation, and reliability are embedded in new systems
- A collaborative, people-first culture with flexible working
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If you’re a Quality Engineer who enjoys automation, thinks in platforms, and wants to work closely with engineers to build reliable systems during change, this is a genuinely interesting opportunity.
Apply Now!
To find out more, please get in touch with Teresa Jordan on +64 27 376 4884 for a confidential chat.
To apply for this vacancy, you MUST be a New Zealand citizen, resident, or have already secured the right to work in New Zealand and therefore hold a valid visa.
At the appropriate stage, we will request your references. We ask that you do not include them on your CV when applying.
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