Quality Assurance Engineer

Kia ora!

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Intermediate Quality Assurance Engineer (QA) to join our dynamic team at Air New Zealand. This role is vital to ensuring that our technical teams deliver high-quality solutions that align with our core values of excellence and customer focus. As a QA Engineer, you will apply your expertise in both test automation and manual testing to help enhance our testing capabilities and ensure the highest standards of quality across our software delivery process.

Role Responsibilities:

• Use agile methods (KANBAN, SCRUM) throughout the development process.
• Design, develop, and execute automation scenarios based on requirements.
• Maintain and monitor existing automation and regression testing.
• Apply software engineering principles to test engineering.
• Guide the team through test analysis, design, planning, and execution.
• Identify defects and assist in their resolution.
• Collaborate with technical teams to diagnose issues and enhance software design.
• Ensure tests adhere to established processes, standards, and guidelines.
• Continuously improve testing processes and methodologies.

Requirements:

• 3-5 years of QA experience with a focus on test automation.
• Strong experience with Java automation frameworks, CI/CD, test-driven development, and testing technologies.
• Proficiency in test automation tools and frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Rest Assured, JUnit, TestNG).
• Solid understanding of technical stacks (Restful APIs, SOAP APIs, databases, SQL, Kafka).
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, best practices, and toolsets.
• Proven experience working collaboratively with software product teams.

What We Offer:

• Opportunity to play a pivotal role in ensuring high-quality software delivery.
• Collaborative environment focused on continuous improvement.

Take flight and apply today! Please note, applications close 14/09/2025.

At Air New Zealand, we are proudly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and believe in creating a truly inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves and thrive. Our people are our greatest asset – because while everything else we do in our operation can be replicated by our competitors, it is our people that truly set us apart. We are firm believers in celebrating the differences and diversity of thought our people bring to their roles. We encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds, including those with a disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or are neurodiverse to apply for our roles.

If you have encountered any accessibility barriers and require further information or reasonable accommodations to our recruitment process, please reach out to the recruiter listed on this job advert so they are able to support you to freely participate equitably in our recruitment and selection process.

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