Architect - Quality Engineering

Slalom_build forms part of a global consulting company, Slalom. Our tech powerhouse is focused on Engineering, Delivery, and Experience Design in its truest form. Whether that be designing and building a product or platform from scratch or modernising an existing stack – the team focus on quality and scalability.

Slalom_build is a welcoming and inclusive space for people to build their fullest potential. We make cool stuff, with the latest technology, and modern skill-expanding techniques. We encourage inclusion and actively incite a wider divergence of thought, opinion, and background. Slalom_build is a loyal partner for our clients—and the greatest advocate for the future of our people.

Architect - Quality Engineering

Slalom_build's Quality Engineering (QE) capability brings a modern approach to software quality, playing a critical role in high-velocity software engineering teams. We work with current and emerging tools and techniques to help build reliable, scalable software. Our expertise in software quality principles and techniques enables key principles of whole-team ownership of quality, close proximity of software development and test activities, and reliable, scalable test automation.

Our capability is comprised of passionate, flexible technologists who love to practice and hone their craft. As tools evolve and technologies emerge, we work to stay in front of innovation in automated software development and delivery. We work in cross-functional teams to build full-stack solutions across a range of established and emerging technologies and techniques.

An Architect enables themselves and others to deliver high-quality solutions. They have developed a breadth and depth of domain expertise. They evaluate multiple approaches to solve problems and act as a velocity multiplier, actively working to mentor and coach other team members.

Our QE core principles are:

• We believe in a whole team ownership of quality
• We believe Quality Engineers empower teams by bringing a focus on quality
• We believe in the benefit of close proximity between development and test activities
• We believe automation is critical for high quality, high-velocity delivery

So, what will I do?

• Perform testing at client engagements.
• Engage with the client and the team to help shape the project's quality strategy.
• Lead appropriate testing approaches for small to medium-sized projects.
• Produce status reports and quality metrics.
• Assist project teams in determining appropriate quality goals and acceptance criteria.

What will you bring?

• Project experience using an Agile methodology (e.g. Scrum).
• Professional experience in C#, Java, Javascript, Ruby, Python, Kotlin or Swift.
• Any other coding experience would be a bonus.
• A mix of UI Test automation, contract/service / API test automation, and data test automation experience.
• A bonus would be knowledge of monitoring or maintaining system quality in production.
• Mixed experience in various QE-related roles

Please note that this role requires being based in Canberra, holding Australian Citizenship, and having Baseline Security Clearance.

Our Values

Our culture and values reflect each individual _Builder. We are dedicated to encouraging workplace diversity and ensuring all our people, from any background can contribute to their full potential. We wish to build a team that echoes the diversity of the communities we serve, and our values are an active part of our every-day, guiding our decisions.

What keeps us here?

There's work - life and life- life. And we think it's time they got together for good. Calibrated to your needs and to your life, we want every builder to be happy, healthy, supported, and inspired. Every day. For this reason, we offer health and well-being, learning and growth, and tech perks (to name a few). We also provide a welcoming place to connect and share experiences and perspectives through our Employee Resource Groups. So that every builder feels safe to be themselves everywhere.

Slalom prides itself on helping our team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in our team members with competitive and innovative benefit programs and services that meet the unique needs of our diverse workforce