Senior Automation Tester

6 days ago


Wellington City, New Zealand BNZ Full time

Worker Type:
Permanent

Here at BNZ, it's about more than just banking. We work together in an agile, energising environment to create innovative solutions through our promise "If you can imagine a better future, let's find a way."

We support wellbeing, flexible working and have a generous leave offering. There is the opportunity for growth, learning and career development. No two days are the same.

Customer, Onboarding and Identity Domain (COI) is responsible for digitally identifying, authorizing, capturing, storing and protecting information about our customers. The Maverick team Make it easy for our consumers to manage customer information through safe and simple services.

This is a Wellington based hybrid role with three days in the office and two days where you can work flexibly.

Mō te Tūranga | About the Role

We sat down with the People Leader (who you would report to) and they told us the following about the role:
What are 5 day to day tasks the person in this role will complete?
- Technical Expertise/ Task: Creating automation test framework creation, prepare the automation test script, execute and maintain them. Report & track the defect until closer.
- Strategic thinking: Designing scalable automation frameworks, implementing shift-left testing, and ensuring high test coverage.
- Problem Solving: Handling flaky test, debugging efficiently, and optimizing test execution for faster feedback.
- Leadership & Collaboration: Mentoring juniors, collaborating with engineers, and improving the automation strategies to align with business goal.
- Business Impact : Reducing the manual effort, improving release cycle & quality and tracking key metrics like defect leakage and automation ROI.

What is the team culture and environment like?

Our team culture is collaborative, innovative, and results-driven. We prioritize open communication, continuous learning, and accountability, ensuring everyone feels empowered to contribute. The environment is fast-paced yet supportive, fostering teamwork and problem-solving.

We value inclusivity, respect diverse perspectives, and maintain a balance between high performance and well-being to drive both individual and business success.

Here are the expected responsibilities:

- Working with BA’s and developers to create automated checks using existing tools.
- Working with their agile team to develop a common understanding of the business requirements, and understanding underlying business intent, procedures and systems.
- Clearly communicating defects to the business and their agile team.
- Contributing to a shared focus on creating great user experiences.
- Participating in agile ceremonies including stand up, retrospective, planning and demonstration. Undertaking non-testing related activities to assist the team to deliver on its commitments.
- Actively leading testing principles and practices with their agile team. Keeping up to date and sharing new developments to testing and agile practices, along with new technologies used in delivering solutions to users.
- Undertake timely engagement and ongoing communication with key stakeholders to ensure requirements are being met and expectations are being managed.

What is your management style?

My management style is collaborative and results-driven. I adapt my approach based on the situation—coaching when needed and delegating to build trust. My focus is on delivering high-quality results while ensuring team growth and efficiency."

What is the most challenging thing about this opportunity?

What technical skills are REQUIRED for this role?
- 5+ Years proven experience designing and creating automation frameworks using Java, JavaScript, Junit, Maven, Gradle, JMeter tools and SQL.
- Strong JAVA coding skill in automation testing experience with Java microservices.
- Strong experience in test automation framework, especially for API testing (Rest Assured, postman),
- Experience in Cypress and Playwright framework, and CI/CD integration.
- Experience in testing integration solutions on AWS / Azure.
- Experience in Banking or financial services with good analysis and problem Solving
- Strong communications and interpersonal skills.

Why did the last person leave this role?

Change in career.

Nau Mai ki te Pēke o Aotearoa | Come to the Bank of New Zealand
- Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini" - Success is not the work of an individual, but the work of many.”_

Closing Date: 24 April 2025



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