Quality Assurance Leader

Career Opportunities: Quality Assurance Leader (13872)

Requisition ID: 13872 Posted by: Freightways Information Services Department: FIS EP QA Location: Freightways House, Level 1 North, Auckland City, New Zealand Type: Permanent Full Time Industry: Information and Communication Technology About Freightways At Freightways, our mission is to provide our senders and receivers with exceptional customer experience. We follow a digital-first approach, enabling our customers via simple, effective self-service solutions. We want our customers innovating and leading, just as much as we do. Based out of the Freightways head office, our wider team enjoys a busy environment in the middle of iconic brands. We have a friendly and flat feel to our organisation's structure, and “Why not?” is something you might hear followed up by the arrival of cake and food as the team looks to celebrate our wins! The Role Our team is looking for a skilled and detail-oriented quality assurance practice lead, who can champion quality for us while working alongside other QA engineers to improve our testing practices. This is an opportunity to bring your experience to large-scale, integrated systems and innovate in the freight and logistics space to deliver world-class solutions for Freightways and be a key part of delivering a completely tested solution. Liaising with stakeholders at all levels of the corporation, external testing partners, and end users, you’ll find yourself turning “test speak” into English.

1. Planning of deployment test cycles (Functional/non-functional, system integration, and business assurance testing).
2. Applying appropriate testing approaches to ensure business outcomes including:
   • Hands-on end-to-end user testing.
   • Automated test scenarios.
3. Working with your team to build a culture of continuous improvement.
4. Mentoring and training team members to encourage a collaborative workspace for your peers to excel.
5. Giving and receiving honest constructive feedback.

What we're looking for We are looking for someone who has a passion for testing technology, continuous improvement, and enjoys a collaborative approach, who likes to stay hands-on and keep up with new trends and technologies. We also value someone who can be our authentic quality champion and share that knowledge to grow other people in the team. As the practice lead, we need you to be a leader and help to deliver high-quality solutions for Freightways.

1. Excellent communication skills, comfortable discussing ideas with teammates, stakeholders, and customers – we need your strong voice of quality in our teams.
2. Ability to be pragmatic and identify the appropriate level of testing.
3. Experience with SQL and NoSQL.
4. Understanding of continuous integration and deployment practices.
5. Experience monitoring scalable platforms using New Relic or a similar tool.
6. Familiarity with Test-Driven/Behaviour-Driven Development.
7. Significant knowledge and understanding of the Scrum framework and Agile principles.
8. Proven hands-on experience with:
   • Test management tools such as Azure Test Manager.
   • Software quality assurance processes.
   • API testing experience and best practices, Postman/Swagger.
   • Automated testing experience, SpecFlow, Playwright, or similar.

Are you still wondering why this is the opportunity for you? With strategic products, solid teams, and ownership to drive our roadmap, the Express Package development teams are on a very exciting journey. Our team enjoys:

1. Competitive salaries with regular review periods.
2. Free onsite parking.
3. Flexible working available and a mature culture to maintain work-life balance.
4. In-house training and personal development programs with your career in mind.
5. CAKE and snacks as we celebrate our staff.

Apply! If you are interested in learning more about this role, please click apply and follow our application process to speak with us. #J-18808-Ljbffr