About the Job
Senior Quality Engineer (9 Month Contract)
Build automation that gives teams confidence to move faster, strengthening quality across the customer journeys that matter most.
Bring strong hands on coding and automation experience across API and web testing, CI/CD and modern quality engineering practices.
Required Skills & Abilities
Zipsters work on a broad range of initiatives, and our skills and experiences all look a little different. What really matters to us is that you’re a great fit with our four Values, and have a desire to learn and grow.
So whether you meet some or all of the desirable attributes below, we’d still love to hear from you:
Strong experience in Quality Engineering, Software Engineering or a closely related engineering role.
Strong hands on coding and test automation capability, including experience building and maintaining API, service and web automation.
Experience embedding automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and using quality gates and feedback to improve release confidence.
A strong understanding of modern quality engineering practices, including risk based testing, testability and building maintainable automation.
The ability to work independently across multiple engineering teams, navigate ambiguity and apply sound judgement as a Senior Engineer.
Strong communication and stakeholder skills, with the ability to make quality risks and technical trade offs clear.
Experience with mobile automation, automation frameworks at scale, observability or production diagnostics would be valuable.
Practical experience using generative AI, coding assistants or agentic workflows within software engineering would be welcomed.
Experience in fintech or another highly regulated environment would be useful, but is not essential.
A mindset that embraces AI and new tools to adapt, learn and grow.
An aptitude for identifying and managing risks. Whether you are a People Manager or an Individual Contributor, we are all leaders at Zip, therefore effective risk management is important to how we run our business and part of all our roles.
Our values in your DNA: Customer First, Own It, Stronger Together and Change the Game
As we write this next exciting chapter in our story, we will continue to move at pace and embrace change. For you, this might mean opportunities to learn new skills with hands-on experience, broader responsibilities, or the buzz of seeing your work impact customers faster.
Zip is a place where you’ll get out exactly what you put in. When you join the team, we'll do our best to make sure you can be yourself and surround yourself with smart, friendly colleagues and leaders who have your back, so that you can make the big things happen.
Zipsters tell us these are just some of the best things about working here. You’ll also receive:
25 days paid leave annually, including birthday leave and quarterly wellbeing days
16 weeks paid parental leave for primary carers, and 4 weeks for supporting carers
Family support policies including miscarriage bereavement leave and domestic violence leave
Mental health and wellness initiatives, including $299 annual wellbeing allowance, free access for you and family members to our EAP service Sonder, discounted private health insurance, and great rates on fitness sessions through ClassPass
2 days paid volunteering leave per year
Access to the Flare Benefits Hub and Novated Leasing for savings across lifestyle, essentials and wellbeing
Fee-free Zip products, and discounts with Zip merchant partners
Team social events, epic offices, free breakfast daily, and weekly free lunches
