Senior QA Analyst

Overview

Join a premier financial services company that is actively advancing its technology and digital transformation initiatives. This Senior QA Analyst position is not a conventional quality assurance role; it focuses on enhancing quality throughout the entire software development lifecycle by integrating testing, controls, and quality benchmarks early during delivery.

A crucial part of this role involves understanding the impact of AI-assisted development and AI-generated code on quality assurance. You will be responsible for establishing effective standards to test and govern AI-generated code, while also pinpointing secure and beneficial applications of AI for generating test cases, analyzing defects, automation, and regression testing.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate and enhance testing and quality procedures covering the entire SDLC.
• Develop pragmatic test plans, quality benchmarks, and criteria for release readiness.
• Set guidelines on testing, reviewing, and governing AI-assisted and AI-generated code.
• Identify safe and productive uses of AI in test-case creation, defect analysis, automation, and regression testing.
• Advance test automation efforts and embed quality checkpoints within CI/CD workflows.
• Collaborate with engineering, architecture, security, product management, and delivery teams to foster accountability for quality.

Qualifications and Experience

• Extensive senior-level experience in QA or quality engineering within multifaceted technology environments.
• Profound understanding of the full SDLC, including shift-left testing and quality engineering methodologies.
• Hands-on experience utilizing AI tools in software development, testing, or QA contexts.
• Competence in automated testing, API, integration, regression, and non-functional testing, along with embedding quality controls in CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong communication skills for engaging stakeholders and the capability to influence and challenge established norms.

Experience in financial services or a comparable sector is advantageous.

Applicants are expected to possess a proactive, inquisitive approach, combining enthusiasm for innovation with cautious risk assessment and the ability to translate novel ideas into tangible quality improvements.

Additional Information

Candidates must reside in New Zealand and hold a valid work visa permitting employment within the country.