Senior QA Engineer

Education Perfect is an EdTech platform designed to empower educators and amplify their impact in the classroom. We aim to enable teachers to personalise learning at scale with a range of powerful learning, assessment, and insights tools, helping them and their students reach their full potential.

As an EPeep, you’ll work on projects that have a real impact on students' lives and have the freedom, support and resources you need to develop your skills and grow your career.

As a Senior QA Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the continuous improvement and development of features on our platform. Your primary task will be to meticulously test new functionalities, identify bugs and inconsistencies, and work collaboratively across Product and Engineering teams to address these issues. In addition to your technical responsibilities, this senior role will provide support to the QA Lead, and can involve mentoring and coaching other members of the QA and Engineering teams, making it an exciting opportunity for direct impact on our teams.

Our ideal candidate will be based in Auckland or Dunedin, however we are also open to candidates across NZ. 

What you will do

• Apply analytical skills to ensure that the right things are tested in the most appropriate way
• Play a key role in managing backlogs of defects, identifying, retesting and resolving issues
• Develop test plans within the context of a fluid and innovative environment, in cross-functional teams
• Perform manual testing at all stages including: exploratory, regression, user acceptance testing
• Identify opportunities to automate manually-tested operations, including developing and maintaining existing automated tests
• Collaborate with others to define and resolve issues in advance of frequent releases
• Clearly communicate QA best practice and share knowledge that contributes towards the best quality outcomes
• Make strong contributions throughout the product development lifecycle in collaboration with members across design, product, customer service and engineering

About you

• 6+ years experience in software testing & ISTQB certification
• Sound knowledge of agile principles, quality test frameworks and practices
• Knowledge of existing automated testing frameworks and tools, with a keen eye for identifying enhancements that improve test coverage and efficiency
• Keen attention towards test data metrics, providing key insights that inform data-driven decisions and which advance the team's quality practice
• Capable of envisioning the end-product, impact of change and advocating exceptional experience for the customer
• Proven experience influencing stakeholders, horizontally and vertically, in matters of quality to gain traction for change
• Advanced programming skills for crafting and maintaining sophisticated test scripts, with a focus on long-term maintainability and adaptability
• Experience in integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines, enhancing the seamless flow of quality checks throughout the development cycle
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities, particularly in optimising existing automated tests and troubleshooting complex automation challenges
• Experience, capability and desire to mentor others., while being keen to research and learn for self growth
• Team oriented, with initiative in reaching out to others
• Excellence in communication and information sharing

Equitable opportunities, growth, and development lie at the heart of how we work at EP. We understand that not all applicants may possess all the following attributes so if you think you have what it takes, but are not sure you check every box, we would love to still hear from you!

What we offer

• As our team is based globally, we offer both remote and flexible working arrangements
• For our remote workers, a communication allowance towards your monthly internet or phone charges and $1000 towards setting up your home office
• Three extra days of annual leave during our end of year shut down period, parental leave top ups and a community service day
• Wellness allowance to use on anything to support your mental and physical wellness
• EAP with unlimited sessions
• Employee Equity Bonus Plan
• Employee referral program - $2000 when you refer a new team member
• Ongoing professional development, including opportunities to develop your career into other areas of our business and access to EPs Learning Hub 
• EP support groups - Mana Wahine, DEI, Environmental Impact and Wellness Committees
• The opportunity to work within a growing global business with Diversity Works accreditation, Carbon Net Zero BCorp status, Digital Promise certification, and an unwavering commitment to our mission, people, and community

We celebrate individuality, value diversity, and understand that flexible and remote work opportunities enable our team members to work in a way that fosters creativity and inspires individual brilliance. When you work with us, you're not just joining a company - you're joining a team united by the desire to make a difference.