Test Engineer – Automation

Contact Energy Ltd

Test Engineer executing both manual and automated testing across functional and non-functional domains for Contact's growth and renewable energy future. Collaborating in cross-functional teams and contributing to quality assurance.

Posted 4/14/2026full-timeRemote • 🇳🇿 New ZealandJuniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AndroidiOSJMeterRPASelenium

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Hands-on with both manual and automated testing across functional (API/UI) and non-functional (performance) domains
Help shape the quality of trading and corporate platforms
Work closely with Delivery Leads, Product Owners, BAs, Project Managers, and other Testers
Define test scenarios and prepare test data
Execute functional, regression, integration, performance, and end-to-end testing
Contribute to and maintain test automation frameworks (Playwright, Appium, Postman)
Use tools like Git, CI/CD pipelines, Jira, and Confluence
Provide quality feedback and advocate for the user experience
Influence testing strategy and automation adoption

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong fundamentals in software testing, ideally supported by ISTQB certification
Solid experience across functional and non‑functional testing
Hands‑on API testing, including designing and executing API test scenarios
Test automation experience using Playwright (preferred) or Selenium
Experience writing or maintaining automated UI and API tests
Exposure to performance testing, ideally using tools such as JMeter
Strong attention to detail and experience working in Agile delivery environments
Bonus points if you have experience with API automation frameworks (not just manual API testing)
Mobile application testing or automation experience (iOS / Android)
Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and Git
SAP testing or automation experience, or exposure to complex enterprise platforms
Familiarity with RPA tools such as UiPath or PowerApps
Experience testing within integrated or large‑scale systems (e.g. trading, energy, finance)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Free health insurance cover
Boosted KiwiSaver
Access to Contact Shares
‘Good to be Home’ annual payment toward home setup & wellbeing
Trail-blazing parental leave policy
Twice yearly payments towards products if you’re a Contact customer
Flexible working arrangements
Superb learning and development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

manual testingautomated testingfunctional testingnon-functional testingAPI testingtest automationperformance testingUI testingregression testingintegration testing

Soft Skills

attention to detailcollaborationadvocacy for user experienceinfluencecommunication

Certifications

ISTQB certification