I am recruiting on behalf of a long term client experiencing sustained growth and commercial success; they a multi-award winning trading and risk management software provider to the energy and commodities markets.
With offices in Australia, UK, USA and clients in over twenty countries, backed by a European energy exchange company, they are recognised as a global leader in energy and commodity pricing and analytics.
The Role
My client is looking to appoint an experienced QA & Release Manager to join their engineering team full-time in Sydney CBD, reporting to the Head of Engineering.
This hands-on senior role includes leading a small QA team, driving quality engineering best practice, owning release management, and software license administration.
The role is ideal for someone with a strong background in test automation, integration testing and quality engineering.The primary duties and responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:
- Leading, mentoring and developing a small QA team, driving continuous improvement in QA processes and practices.
- Owning and evolving automated testing capability (including an existing Python-based framework), with a focus on integration, regression and end-to-end testing.
- Overseeing test planning, execution and quality reporting across multiple projects.
- Owning and improving the release process, coordinating release readiness, regression testing and production verification across Development, QA and Customer Success.
- Managing application licensing across the product suite, ensuring provisioning aligns with client contracts and coordinating renewals with compliance and account management.
You'll bring 7+ years' experience in Software QA, including 2+ years leading a team, and a genuine passion for robust, well-tested software.
Self-motivated and comfortable working across diverse, international teams, you'll also have:
- A quantitative degree (computer science, engineering or mathematics); ISTQB certification well regarded.
- Strong experience with automated testing frameworks ideally improving existing suites, not just executing tests.
- A solid understanding of integration, API and end-to-end testing, plus SQL Server experience.
- Experience with source control, defect-tracking tools, and driving continuous improvement in a QA/engineering function, including quality metrics reporting.
- Comfortable working across both Waterfall and Agile environments.
- Exposure to quantitative methods/finance, and ideally Python or C#/.NET.
You must have unrestricted rights to work in Australia and be able to come to the Sydney CBD access with ease.
A test of your aptitude will be part of the selection process.
I am interviewing now so please apply online, email jorge@extendconsulting.com.au or contact Jorge Albinagorta on 61 (0) 439 781 736. I would love to share more with you if you are genuinely interested in the role and you meet the position criteria.
As an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, Extend and my client provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected characteristic.
Thank You!
