Senior Qa Engineer

About the role

At CES, we have ambitious targets to keep billions of drink containers out of landfill and transform them into resources that can be used again and again.

Our QA Engineers are a vital part of the CES team! You’ll work with the QA and Release Manager and the Engineering Team to add value across different areas of the business in a fast-paced, passionate working environment. This role entails about 50/50 manual to automation, with the goal to decrease the ratio of manual testing down to 10/90.  You will also support the QA and Engineering teams in moving to BDD testing. 

We are looking for aSenior QA Engineer whocan plan testing strategies, identify and reduce risks, and implement automation where it’s needed most. This is an exciting role that is, in part, about converting teams from old school mentality to the new school of shift left, CI/CD and BDD. 

If you’re a skilled Senior QA Engineer or hands-on Test Lead looking for a role where you can leverage your strong modern test framework experience and have a bigger impact as an individual – this could be a great fit for you!

The key deliverables of the role:

• Drive and lead testing efforts on your team, including supporting and driving BDD test approach
• Identify, write, and execute high value automation testing
• Ensure quality for all deployments, willingness to participate in technical sign-off and business acceptance.
• Confidence in being involved early on in software engineering process (comfortable checking unit testing)
• Mentor other quality engineers on how to use and contribute to automated and BDD testing
• Design and build testing frameworks.
• Plan the testing approach armed with a strong understanding of product vision and needs.
• Ensure adequate test coverage end to end including dev testing, automation and manual exploratory testing.
• Drive the continuous improvement of tools, systems and methodologies used within the team.

About you:

• 5+ years of advanced testing experience with at least 2 years of automated testing experience
• Experience with BDD test approach and framework (ie Cucumber, Gherkin) is required for this role 
• Experience owning software testing from design to deployment
• Experience developing and executing testing and automation strategies; setting milestones and incremental targets
• Experience in Playwright, Cypress, or JS/TS preferable.
• Experience integrating new and existing tests into CI/CD pipelines
• Understanding of Object Oriented Programming and the architecture of web software
• Experience in API (SOAP/Rest) testing using tools such as Postman, Newman, SOAPUI, Ready API
• Skilled in Web, Database testing (SQL), integration and regression testing.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence
• Experience working in Agile scrums and familiar with Agile / product development
• Knowledge of Kubernetes eco system/Containers (Docker)

Why work with us?

• We are an IT-led organisation with a high performing team working for purpose – our contribution to recycling and the circular economy positively impacts communities and the environment.
• We offer flexible working arrangements to help you fit work around your life - our IT team get together twice a week in our office to collaborate (and enjoy the incredible harbour views!).
• CES has an exponential and rapid growth plan, so there are lots of development and learning opportunities.

The recycling industry is growing exponentially, and it needs great people to support its growth. If you'd like to be considered for this role, please apply now!

About CES      

Accelerating the transition to a circular economy

We are proud to be an active contributor in the circular economy through container deposit schemes (10c refund for eligible drink containers). We help our scheme partners to recycle close to 10 million drink containers every day, diverting them from landfill into the circular economy.

Our technology and services enable the circular lifecycle of drink containers. We have a large in-house software engineering team using modern technology stacks to develop and support our products. As well as a suite of SaaS products, our range of business services includes accounting, payments, brand & marketing, materials trading, HR, customer service and support.

CES was formed in 2017 as a joint venture between Lion and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and has grown rapidly. We are headquartered in North Sydney, near public transport with beautiful harbour views. Our teams are passionate about our mission to ensure valuable materials are recycled and not wasted. We provide an inclusive culture, hybrid and flexible working and career development to bring the best out in our people.

Originally known as Container Exchange Services, we have rebranded to Circular Economy Systems to recognise our vision to be leaders in the transition to a circular economy.

To learn more, please visit our website: https://circulareconomysystems.com and follow our LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/company/circulareconomysystems for industry and company updates!

NOTE:  We can only consider candidates with full Australian work rights in place; no agencies please!