QA & Test job roles we recruit.
Quality engineers and test specialists protecting release velocity and customer experience across digital products.
What hiring managers are looking for
Test Automation
Automation is increasingly embedded within modern testing environments. Employers value professionals who can identify appropriate opportunities for automation, develop maintainable automated tests and use automation to improve coverage and delivery speed.
Test Strategy & Planning
Strong QA professionals understand more than test execution. Hiring managers value people who can assess risk, develop appropriate test strategies, define coverage and determine where testing effort will deliver the greatest value.
CI/CD Integration
Testing increasingly forms part of continuous software delivery rather than occurring only at the end of development. Experience integrating testing into CI/CD pipelines helps teams identify issues earlier and release software with greater confidence.
API & Integration Testing
Modern applications depend heavily on APIs, services and integrations. Employers increasingly need QA professionals who can validate how systems communicate and identify problems that may not be visible through front-end testing alone.
Quality Engineering
Quality is increasingly viewed as a shared engineering responsibility rather than a final testing stage. Employers value QA professionals who can work collaboratively with developers and other teams to build quality into the development lifecycle.
Performance & Non-Functional Testing
Functionality is only one measure of software quality. Experience assessing performance, reliability, scalability, accessibility and other non-functional requirements can be particularly valuable across complex or business-critical applications.
Beyond the technical skills
Strong testers are naturally curious. They ask what happens when something doesn't behave as expected - and what hasn't been considered yet.
Hiring managers value analytical thinking, attention to detail and the confidence to challenge assumptions constructively. Just as importantly, QA professionals need to communicate defects and risk clearly without creating unnecessary friction with the teams responsible for resolving them.
Current QA & Test opportunities
Senior API Automation Test Analyst
- Lead API, integration and backend testing across complex ICT delivery teams in a large Australian Government environment
- Build and maintain automated API test suites and reusable frameworks, supporting integration into CI/CD pipelines
- Test RESTful APIs end to end, from requests, responses, data and authentication through to error handling and integration behaviour
Abbie Clarke
Senior Recruitment Consultant
Senior Test Analysts – Generative AI & Test Automation
- Apply Generative AI to test design, automation, coverage and requirements analysis in a hands-on delivery role
- Own test case design, system/integration/regression testing and defect management across Agile programs
- Work with modern test automation tooling including Selenium, Playwright and Cucumber
Natalie Keam
General Manager, Recruitment Services