KPMG

Senior QA Engineer

To turn knowledge and understanding of information, industries and business trends into value for our firms' clients, our people and the capital markets

  • Software Engineering

  • Full-time

  • Office | Sydney, NSW, Australia

  • Visa sponsorship · No

  • Junior · A role for someone with some basic skills, good motivation and ability to learn. Typically 1-2 years of experience is required.

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Welcome to KPMG. We are a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services across a wide range of industries, government and not for profit sectors. KPMG provides a full range of services tailored to meet the unique needs of mid-sized, fast growing and family owned businesses.

In Australia, KPMG has a long tradition of professionalism and integrity, combined with our dynamic approach to helping clients in a digital-driven world. We have approximately 6,700 people, including over 400 partners, with 13 offices around the country.

About the role

Your Opportunity   You'll be working as part of a highly talented and agile team, and be responsible for multiple aspects of QA across the KPMG Origins platform. You'll be maintaining and innovating QA processes to drive technological advancements and business outcomes.   Key responsibilities:  

  • Work in a highly agile team
  • Collaborate closely with engineers, UX designers, BAs and other stakeholders
  • Manage test scenarios and bugs
  • Follow and improve QA processes with the team
  • Perform automated and manual testing - regression, functional and exploratory
  • Evolve automation of the platform to reduce manual tasks
  • Do peer code review of the automation tests

  How are you extraordinary?  

  • Have a passion for QA, curious and courageous
  • Eager to learn and proactively seek knowledge about new technologies and frameworks to find better solutions to technical problems
  • Strong attention to detail with the ability to approach problems in a logical and structured way
  • Continuous improvement mindset (if you think something can be improved, you will speak your mind and provide a real way forward to achieve this)
  • Kind, positive, keen to share knowledge and help others
  • Good communication skills

  Qualifications  

  • Proven experience with software quality assurance for web applications
  • Confidence with JavaScript or TypeScript
  • Production experience implementing end-to-end tests for a web application (preferably using Cypress or Playwright)
  • At least 3+ years of professional experience as a Test Analyst
  • Strong communication skills
  • Attention to details
  • Experience managing test scenarios and bugs
  • Manual Testing Experience - Regression, Functional and Exploratory
  • Experience with test automation
  • Experience in backend testing (POSTMAN API, Swagger or another API clients)
  • Bonus: experience managing test cases in TestRail

What you'll be responsible for

  • Stakeholder Engagement

    Partner with stakeholders to understand specifications, business requirements, and communicate insights

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    Scripting and Automation

    Develop scripts and automated workflows to improve the efficiency and accuracy of repeated tasks

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    Test Engineering

    Create and implement code tests and software test automation

Skills you'll need

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    Collaboration

    Works with others by being open, clear in communication and listening to achieve goals

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    Numerical problem solving

    Works with numerical information and performs mathematical calculations to solve problems

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    Attention to detail

    Accurately identifies and rectifies discrepancies or errors that exists in information and deliverables

Meet the team

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