Talent International – Auckland, North Island
Join a high-performing engineering squad working on complex backend microservices that power large-scale digital customer experiences. This is a great opportunity for a Senior Test Engineer – or a strong Intermediate looking to step up – to play a key role in uplifting automation, improving test coverage, and ensuring quality across a cloud-native, microservices-based environment.
About the Role
You’ll join the Messaging Squad within a modern cloud environment, working closely with Developers, QA, SRE, Product and Architecture teams. Your focus will be on both manual and automated testing across backend microservices, with a strong emphasis on C# automation and API-level testing.
The role is available now, and the team is ready to onboard the right person as soon as they’re able to start.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Designing, developing, and executing automated tests using C#
- Expanding and maintaining automation frameworks
- Conducting API, integration, backend and microservices testing
- Completing manual testing where required (approx. 40%)
- Identifying, raising, triaging and documenting defects
- Collaborating with Developers, Team Leads, Product Owners and QA
- Contributing to CI / CD testing practices
- Ensuring test cases, documentation and automation are kept to a high standard
- Supporting production incidents when required
- (For Seniors) Mentoring junior / intermediate testers and contributing to testing strategy
Key Skills & Experience
Must-Have
Strong automation experience using C# (recent or within last 3-4 years)Hands-on experience in cloud environments (purely on-prem backgrounds unsuitable)Strong API testing capabilityExperience with CI / CD pipelinesStrong understanding of QA fundamentals, defect management and documentationNice to Have
Performance testing experience (e.g., JMeter)Familiarity with TDD / BDDExposure to mobile testing (not essential)Who This Will Suit
A Senior Test Engineer who wants to own automation, influence best practices, and work across a modern cloud-native microservices domainOR a high-level Intermediate Test Engineer with strong automation skills who is ready to step upSomeone who enjoys close collaboration in a cross-functional squadA tester who is comfortable working in ambiguous or evolving environments and improving testing maturityWhy Join This Team?
Work on meaningful backend systems within a modern cloud tech stackHigh visibility role within a growing engineering functionSupportive Engineering Team Lead and collaborative squadReal opportunity to uplift automation coverage and leave your markStrong culture of learning, quality and continuous improvement#J-18808-Ljbffr