Lead QA Engineer

• A true QA tech lead role without people management responsibilities
• Exposure to AI-powered testing and MCP-based approaches that are still rare in most organisations
• Greenfield initiatives alongside meaningful modernisation work

The opportunity to join our team

We currently have a new and rare opportunity to step into a true QA technical leadership role at a time when we are reimagining how quality engineering is done. In this role you will help shape how testing evolves across our customer-facing platforms, combining strong fundamentals with genuinely cutting-edge approaches such as AI-driven testing, Playwright MCP, and autonomous test agents.

Rather than managing people, this role is about setting direction, coaching other testers, and lifting the maturity of QA practices end to end. You will work closely with our Engineering Lead, to trial, introduce, and scale modern testing capabilities that allow teams to work smarter while dramatically improving coverage and confidence.

If you are excited by greenfield work, new technology, and being trusted to lead QA strategy without the burden of people management, this role will genuinely stand out. The focus is on building robust, full-coverage testing suites that balance automation, manual testing, performance, accessibility, and AI-assisted approaches, while playing a critical coaching and mentoring role for testers and engineers across the team.

• Lead the design and evolution of QA strategies covering unit, integration, end to end, performance, and accessibility testing (and others where relevant)
• Drive the adoption of modern testing tools, with a strong focus on Playwright and Playwright MCP
• Explore and implement AI-assisted testing approaches, including natural language test creation and autonomous test agents that generate test reports
• Balance innovative approaches with strong traditional testing fundamentals, including manual and automated regression testing
• Build and maintain high-quality automated test suites using TypeScript and complementary tooling
• Champion performance testing using tools such as Locust, with Python-based test development
• Coach and uplift other testers and engineers in QA best practices, tooling, and testing strategy
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, improving how tests are executed, reported on, and maintained

What You Bring to This Role

To succeed in this role, you will bring deep QA experience combined with an appetite for innovation.

• Significant experience in test automation, with strong hands-on capability
• Strong experience with Playwright, or the ability to transition from Selenium or similar frameworks
• Experience or exposure to Playwright MCP, AI-driven testing, or emerging QA tooling is highly regarded
• Good working knowledge of TypeScript and modern JavaScript-based frameworks
• Working knowledge of Python, particularly for performance testing tools such as Locust
• Strong experience across multiple testing types including unit, integration, end to end, accessibility, and performance testing
• Experience working with APIs, including REST and authentication concepts
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Git-based workflows, ideally using GitHub Actions
• Experience in regulated environments such as financial services is advantageous but not essential
• A curious mindset, with a genuine interest in learning, experimenting, and sharing ideas

Find the better way

What gets us excited about working here? Helping people feel good about their money as one of Australia’s leading financial wellbeing organisations. From those starting out to those retiring. As your team, we’ll show up for you and together we will create financial wellbeing for every Australian. Because we know people who are confident about their financial future live better lives.

If this sounds like your kind of career, you sound like our kind of person. With us, you’ll do work that builds your technical know-how and challenges our entire industry to move forward. Along the way, you’ll be free to explore new ideas and technology, solve problems in a team, and independently to get great things done. Around here, we like to call it “putting our fingerprints on the future”.

People-inspired tech

Deep expertise combined with creativity can take on the trickiest of problems. Join our team of brilliant minds and mentors as we explore our way to innovation and apply technology in more human ways than ever.

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To Apply

Read more here about why you should join our team.

Applicants will be required to provide evidence of their eligibility to work in Australia, and at a minimum be required to undertake police and basic credit checks as a condition of employment.

Please note that applications from agencies will not be considered at this time.

We acknowledge and celebrate the richness that individual differences bring to our team. If you need assistance or an adjustment during the application process, please reach out and let us know.