Test Engineer (Automation)

Te āhua o te tūranga I The nature of the role

As our new Test Engineer youll be hands-on with both manual and automated testing across functional (API/UI) and non-functional (performance) domains. Youll help shape the quality of our trading and corporate platforms systems that are critical to Contacts growth and our renewable energy future.

Youll work closely with Delivery Leads Product Owners BAs Project Managers and other Testers. Youll be part of a cross-functional team that values transparency open-mindedness and continuous learning.

This is a role where youll get to:

• Define test scenarios and prepare test data
• Execute functional regression integration performance and end-to-end testing
• Contribute to and maintain test automation frameworks (Playwright Appium Postman)
• Use tools like Git CI/CD pipelines Jira and Confluence
• Provide quality feedback and advocate for the user experience
• Influence testing strategy and automation adoption

Youll also get exposure to exciting projects like battery management and SAP upgrades with plenty of opportunities to grow your skills in automation and performance testing.

Qualifications :

Ko wai koe ā kei hea tō aronga I Who you are where youre headed

Youre someone who loves the details and thrives on finding and solving problems. Youre systematic curious and passionate about quality. Youre also a team player whos open transparent and always up for a challenge.

Were looking for someone with:

• Strong fundamentals in software testing ideally supported by ISTQB certification
• Solid experience across functional and nonfunctional testing
• Handson API testing including designing and executing API test scenarios
• Test automation experience using Playwright (preferred) or Selenium
• Experience writing or maintaining automated UI and API tests
• Exposure to performance testing ideally using tools such as JMeter
• Strong attention to detail and experience working in Agile delivery environments

Bonus points if you have:

• Experience with API automation frameworks (not just manual API testing)
• Mobile application testing or automation experience (iOS / Android)
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and Git
• SAP testing or automation experience or exposure to complex enterprise platforms
• Familiarity with RPA tools such as UiPath or PowerApps
• Experience testing within integrated or largescale systems (e.g. trading energy finance)

Well support you to get up to speed with our systems and tailor your development so you grow as you go.

Additional Information :

He kōrero anō Extra Information

We support flexible working where it works for the individual the team and the business. Our main hubs are in Wellington Auckland and Tauranga and this role is best suited to someone who can work flexibly from one of these locations to enable strong in person connection and collaboration. While we do have smaller sites across other centres of Aotearoa proximity to a main hub is important for this role.

Contact is not a place youll stagnate. We are growing and offer superb learning and development opportunities along with a bunch of other perks like free health insurance cover boosted KiwiSaver access to Contact Shares a Good to be Home annual payment toward your home set up & wellbeing a trail-blazing parental leave policy twice yearly payments towards our products if youre a Contact customer and more! 

Applications close on Tuesday 28th April but just like peak demand great talent surges early so if this role sparks your interest power up your application now! 

Here at Contact Energy (Te Mata Hiko) we know our strength lies in developing a sense of belonging - one that helps us attract and retain people with a broad range of perspectives and experiences.

Were committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued respected and empowered to bring their whole selves to work. Our goal is to reflect the diversity of our customers and communities to help build a better Aotearoa New Zealand.

We have a rich community of talented people that we support to thrive at Contact.

Our inclusive hiring process is designed to embrace the diversity of Aotearoa New Zealand ensuring a wide range of perspectives are included in our decision-making and helping reduce bias along the way.

The wellbeing of our kaimahi is super important to us.

We use employee insights to offer a range of initiatives and resources to support physical mental financial and emotional wellbeing including flexible working arrangements employee network groups and a market-leading parental leave policy.

At Te Mata Hiko we want everyone to thrive. We welcome applicants far and wide - of every age stage background and pride. Join us and be part of a team that values your passion and attitude just as much as your experience and skills.

Please note only candidates with the right to live and work in New Zealand will be considered for this role.

Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet 60% of the criteria women and those in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they tick every box. Were not about box ticking so if you think you have what it takes but dont meet everything stated above please still get in touch. Wed love to kōrero.

Te Mata Hiko (Contact Energy) does not accept any CVs received from recruitment agencies where a formal engagement has not been confirmed and agreed to with our Talent the event that unsolicited CVs are submitted by recruitment agencies Te Mata Hiko (Contact Energy) reserves the right to contact these candidates directly and consider them for current/future vacancies without any financial obligation to the recruitment agency in question. This will also apply to any CVs sent directly to line managers.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time