AI‑powered platform building 3D digital twins of utility networks to model, simulate & manage infrastructure.
Lead QA automation, building frameworks for UI/API testing in a SaaS platform.
1 months ago ago
Expert & Leadership (13+ years)
Full Time
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Onsite
Company Size
138 Employees
Service Specialisms
Construction services
Project Management
Consulting
Engineering
Architecture
Design
Technical Services
Sector Specialisms
Energy
Infrastructure
Utilities
Transport
Electric Utility
Network Resiliency
Grid Planning
Disaster Response
Role
Description
test automation
qa architecture
automation framework
quality metrics
ci/cd integration
test strategy
Drive a measurable increase in release confidence and a reduction in manual testing overhead through automation coverage.
Serve as Neara’s trusted quality advisor, ensuring that testing strategies align with business outcomes and product goals.
Translate product test plans into efficient, maintainable automation scripts that enhance release reliability and developer confidence.
Define the testing architecture, infrastructure, and documentation that will scale with the product and the business.
Continuously evolve QA practices to reduce customer-facing bugs, prevent regressions, and validate the accuracy of complex calculations in a sophisticated SaaS environment.
Collaborative: Communicates clearly across teams; builds strong relationships with developers and product managers.
Design, build, and own Neara’s automated testing framework for acceptance and integration testing, ensuring coverage across UI, API, and backend layers.
Build quality metrics and dashboards that clearly communicate release readiness and product health.
Run and champion “Test Parties” to engage teams in collective quality ownership.
Analyse results, identify root causes, and drive the resolution of quality issues through proactive test design.
Select and implement modern test automation tools (e.g. Selenium, Playwright, Cypress), integrating them into our CI/CD pipelines for continuous validation.
Establish and scale the company’s QA automation function from the ground up: Defining the tools, processes, and standards that will guide quality for years to come.
Balance automation with smart manual testing and designing efficient processes for areas that require human validation.
Embed quality early in the development lifecycle by collaborating closely with engineers and product managers.
Requirements
ci/cd
selenium
postman
python
bachelor's
3-5 years
Working knowledge of CI/CD environments (e.g. Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions).
Experience with performance or security testing desirable.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; or equivalent hands-on experience.
Deep hands-on experience with modern test automation frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress).
Proven experience in API test automation using Postman, Insomnia, or custom scripts.
Builder Mindset: Excited to create a scalable automation system from scratch.
Strong software engineering fundamentals with the ability to write clean, maintainable code in Python or JavaScript.
Experience building reports or visualising test metrics using data dashboards.
3–5+ years in a software development or test automation role.
Experience leading or mentoring others in QA automation is a plus, as we expect this function to scale over time.