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You will be responsible for designing and executing comprehensive test strategies that span manual, automation, API, regression, and release validation testing across the platform.\nThe ideal candidate brings strong hands-on experience with both manual testing practices and modern test automation frameworks, with a solid understanding of CI/CD integration, API testing, and end-to-end quality assurance across web applications. You will collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and DevOps engineers to ensure the highest levels of product quality and a reliable, release-ready codebase throughout the development lifecycle.\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES\nManual Testing\nDesign, write, and execute detailed test cases and test plans for functional, regression, integration, and exploratory testing of web applications.\nPerform cross-browser and cross-device compatibility testing to ensure consistent user experiences.\nConduct end-to-end manual validation of user stories and acceptance criteria, working closely with product and design stakeholders.\nIdentify, document, and track defects using issue-tracking tools (e.g., Jira), ensuring clear reproduction steps, severity classification, and timely resolution.\nParticipate in sprint ceremonies including backlog grooming, sprint planning, and retrospectives to ensure quality is built into every stage of the process.\nAutomation Testing\nDesign, develop, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks for web applications using tools such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, or equivalent.\nWrite clean, reusable, and maintainable automated test scripts in TypeScript or JavaScript.\nIntegrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions) to enable continuous testing on every build.\nMonitor and analyse automated test results, investigate flaky tests, and maintain a high level of automation coverage across critical user journeys.\nContribute to test strategy discussions and advocate for automation-first approaches where appropriate.\nAPI Testing\nDesign and execute comprehensive API test suites for RESTful services using tools such as Postman, RestAssured, or equivalent.\nValidate request/response payloads, status codes, authentication flows, and error handling across API contracts.\nCollaborate with backend developers to review API specifications and flag potential issues before implementation.\nAutomate API test collections and integrate them into the CI/CD pipeline for continuous API quality validation.\nRegression Testing\nOwn and maintain the regression test suite, ensuring comprehensive coverage of core platform functionality.\nExecute full and targeted regression cycles ahead of each release, clearly documenting scope, results, and sign-off status.\nIdentify areas of the application most susceptible to regression risk and prioritise automation coverage accordingly.\nTrack and report regression metrics over time to support continuous quality improvement.\nRelease Validation\nAct as the quality gate for each release, coordinating release validation activities across environments (dev, staging, production).\nPrepare and execute release checklists, smoke tests, and sanity checks to confirm production readiness.\nWork with DevOps and engineering leads to validate deployments and sign off on go-live readiness.\nDocument release test outcomes and communicate clearly to stakeholders on quality status and any outstanding risks.\nQuality Engineering & Collaboration\nCollaborate with developers, product managers, and designers to define acceptance criteria and establish a shared definition of done.\nChampion a quality-first culture within the team through proactive defect prevention, shift-left testing practices, and continuous feedback.\nMaintain up-to-date test documentation, including test plans, test reports, and traceability matrices.\nMentor junior QA team members and contribute to QA best practices and internal knowledge sharing.\nREQUIRED TECHNICAL SKILLS\nDomainSkills & TechnologiesMust / PreferredManual TestingTest case design, exploratory testing, UAT, regression, cross-browser testing MustAutomation FrameworkPlaywright, Cypress, or Selenium; Page Object Model (POM); reusable test architectureMustLanguagesTypeScript, JavaScriptMustAPI TestingPostman, RestAssured or equivalent; REST API validation, contract testingMustCI/CD IntegrationGitHub Actions or equivalent; integrating test suites into build pipelinesMustDefect ManagementJira or equivalent; defect lifecycle, severity classification, reportingMustTest ManagementTestRail, Zephyr, or equivalent; test plans, traceability matrices, test reportingMustRegression TestingRegression suite ownership, coverage strategy, scheduled regression cyclesMustRelease ValidationRelease checklists, smoke/sanity testing, environment validation, go-live sign-offMustPerformance TestingJMeter, k6, or equivalent for load and performance validationPreferredSecurity TestingBasic OWASP awareness, vulnerability scanning basicsPreferredCloud & DevOpsAWS or Azure - deployment environments; Docker basics for local test environments PreferredAI / Dev ToolsAI-assisted test generation (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor)PreferredObservabilityLog analysis, AppInsights, or ELK stack for identifying failures post-deployPreferredQUALIFICATIONS & CERTIFICATIONS\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.\n4-7 years of hands-on QA experience covering both manual and automation testing in production web application environments.\nDemonstrable experience building and maintaining automation frameworks using Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium.\nHands-on experience with API testing using Postman or equivalent - this is a mandatory requirement.\nProven ownership of regression test suites and release validation activities in an agile delivery context.\nExperience working in agile, cross-functional product teams - ideally in a global or client-facing delivery context.\nPreferred Certifications:\nISTQB Foundation Level or Advanced Level (Test Analyst / Technical Test Analyst)\nPlaywright or Cypress official certifications (where available)\nAny relevant cloud or DevOps certifications (AWS, Azure, GitHub Actions)\nSOFT SKILLS & CULTURAL FIT\nStrong written and verbal communication skills - able to articulate test findings, risk assessments, and quality status clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.\nComfortable working independently during IST hours while collaborating with international clients and team members across different time zones.\nHigh sense of ownership over quality outcomes - proactively identifies gaps and drives issues to resolution without constant supervision.\nCollaborative team player who actively participates in sprint ceremonies, code reviews, and cross-functional quality discussions.\nCurious, growth-oriented mindset - proactively upskills on new testing tools, frameworks, and AI-enabled QA practices.\nWHAT WE OFFER\nOpportunity to work on real-world product engineering for Pickles - one of Australia’s leading vehicle remarketing platforms.\nExposure to modern web architectures and the full software delivery lifecycle in a fast-moving, collaborative engineering team.\nTechnically strong team with a culture of code quality, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing.\nCompetitive compensation, professional development support, and access to emerging AI development tools.\nFlexible working arrangements - hybrid options available depending on location.\nAbout Softobiz\nSoftobiz is a technology firm. We build software and run dedicated offshore teams - Global Capability Centres - for a portfolio of international clients across multiple markets. We are looking for an Operations Manager to run the operations of the whole business: the delivery\nengine behind our GCCs, and the day-to-day running of the company itself. Just as important, we want someone who treats operations as something to be continuously sharpened - not just kept running. A core part of this role is reviewing how we work, redesigning processes that are manual or inefficient, automating them, and bringing AI deeply into how the operation runs. We are a technology company and we expect our operations to reflect that. Strategy and commercials sit with leadership; your job is to make the operation run, make it run better over time, report on it clearly, and escalate the right things at the right time. 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