QA Engineer
Kanopi
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Melbourne • Australia
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About the role
- Test automation & quality
- Design, build and maintain automated tests across unit, integration and end-to-end layers
- Ensure testability and reliability are built into features from the start
- Improve and maintain CI/CD pipelines to increase build reliability and streamline releases
- Diagnose, reproduce and track defects in collaboration with engineers
- Support engineers to write maintainable, effective automated tests
- Contribute to engineering best practices, quality metrics and continuous improvement
Requirements
- 4+ years in software engineering or QA automation
- Proven experience designing and implementing automated test frameworks
- Hands-on experience improving CI/CD pipelines in agile, cross-functional teams
- Experience working in a startup or fast-moving digital environment
- Strong automated testing skills (unit, integration and end-to-end)
- Experience with modern testing frameworks (e.g. Playwright, Cypress, Pytest)
- Working knowledge of CI/CD, cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) and DevOps tooling
- Familiarity with TypeScript, Node.js and Python-based backends and React frontends
- Deep understanding of testing methodologies and automation best practices
- Solid grasp of modern software delivery, reliability and performance principles
- Awareness of software security and data protection fundamentals
- Sees QA as an engineering discipline, not a gate at the end
- Pragmatic, thoughtful and focused on improving systems and workflows
- Takes ownership of quality and enjoys collaborating and sharing knowledge
- Passionate about automation, CI/CD and continual improvement
Benefits
- We offer a warm and collaborative work culture with big time vision.
- Our aim is to create an environment in which everyone is included in decisions and opportunities, regardless of your role, age, or how long you've been with the company.
- Everyone's opinion is welcome, and we're firm believers in discussions and radical candor.
- Equity package as a valued member of the company.
- We trust our people. This means we focus on outcomes and provide a truly flexible workplace.
- We have team members around the globe, so you may need to attend an early morning or early evening meeting occasionally.
- You will work alongside an experienced team who will challenge you everyday (and expect you to challenge them back).
- We’re big fans of learning new things, which is why we give you the support and professional development to help you achieve your career goals, learn and grow.
- We offer time and support to take courses, read books, or attend events, and we have a career development framework in place.
- We value flexible work and healthy boundaries. That’s why we support the right to disconnect.
- While some after-hours availability may occasionally be required - for example, to respond to critical system issues, urgent client queries, or time-sensitive project needs - we aim to keep this to a minimum and always prioritise balance.
- We offer a hybrid working model, combining time together in our CBD-based office with the flexibility to work remotely.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
test automationautomated test frameworksCI/CD pipelinesautomated testingunit testingintegration testingend-to-end testingtesting methodologiesautomation best practicessoftware delivery principles
Soft Skills
collaborationownership of qualitycontinuous improvementpragmatic thinkingthoughtfulnessfocus on workflowsengineering best practicescommunicationproblem-solvingadaptability