Contact Energy Ltd

Test Engineer – Automation

Contact Energy Ltd

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: New Zealand

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Job Level

Junior

Tech Stack

AndroidiOSJMeterRPASelenium

About the role

  • 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

  • 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
  • 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