QA Engineer / Software Tester

Role overview

The QA Engineer / Software Tester helps make sure software applications are dependable, accurate, and high-performing. The role partners with development and product teams to uncover issues, confirm that features work as intended, and support the release of software that aligns with business goals and user needs.

Testing and quality assurance

This position involves creating, refining, and carrying out test plans, test cases, and test scripts across functional, integration, regression, usability, and performance testing. Both manual and automated testing are used to confirm expected behaviour, surface defects, and check that quality standards are consistently met.

Defect management and verification

The role is responsible for recording, monitoring, and ranking defects, investigating likely root causes, and working with developers to close issues efficiently. It also includes validating bug fixes and running regression checks to ensure updates do not break existing functionality.

SDLC and release support

The QA Engineer participates throughout the software development lifecycle by reviewing requirements, shaping test strategy, assisting with release validation, and making quality a part of each development stage. The role also supports automation efforts, CI/CD workflows, and ongoing improvements to testing methods and quality benchmarks.

Collaboration and reporting

Close coordination with developers, product managers, business analysts, and other stakeholders is essential to confirm that products satisfy functional needs, performance expectations, and user experience standards. The role also produces test documentation, quality reports, and metrics that help improve visibility and support continuous improvement.

Qualifications and core competencies

Applicants should have a solid grasp of software testing principles, QA practices, SDLC concepts, and defect handling processes. The role requires the ability to build thorough test plans and perform both manual and automated testing.

Tools and technical exposure

Experience with test management tools, bug tracking platforms, automation frameworks, and API testing is important. Familiarity with version control, CI/CD pipelines, and performance testing tools is considered beneficial. Knowledge of web and mobile applications, databases, RESTful APIs, system integration, and software architecture concepts is also useful.

Working style and soft skills

Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving ability, and attention to detail are needed to identify defects, perform root cause analysis, and recommend practical fixes. Clear written and verbal communication, good organisation, adaptability, and the ability to handle several testing tasks at once are important in a fast-moving Agile environment.

Additional information

This opportunity is based in Australia and is structured as part-time, onsite work. No stipend or salary details were provided in the source information. No vacancy count, start date, or duration was mentioned.