Test Automation Engineer

Southern Cross Health Insurance is shaping a healthier Aotearoa New Zealand. Our purpose is simple: empowering our members to live well for longer. We're here to give peace of mind through timely access to quality care, inspire healthier living, and lead positive change across the health system. As a New Zealand-owned, member-based organisation, we're building a future where wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do -- delivering exceptional value for our members and creating an environment where our people thrive.

Now is an exciting time to join us. You'll be part of a high-performing, values-driven team where people are at the heart of everything we do -- and in return for your talent, you'll have the opportunity to grow, make an impact, and be proud of the difference your work makes.

About The Role

We're looking for an experienced Test Automation Engineer to join our Platforms Services team in Auckland.

In this role you'll play a key part in ensuring the reliability, stability, and security of our software applications and platforms, working across multiple teams with exposure to a broad, modern technology stack.

What You'll Do

• Design, build, and maintain automated tests across UI, API, and mobile platforms using our internal automation frameworks
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous integration and delivery
• Ensure system quality, performance, and security through effective automated and performance testing practices
• Write clean, maintainable automation code aligned with our coding and release standards
• Analyse automation results and metrics to identify issues, report progress, and drive improvements
• Contribute to the ongoing maintenance and enhancement of our automation frameworks
• Champion automation best practices within squads and our QA Community of Practice (CoP)
• Mentor junior QA engineers and help foster a strong engineering culture
• Participate actively in agile ceremonies to keep testing integrated throughout the delivery lifecycle

What We're Looking For

• Seasoned hands-on experience in test automation at a senior level, across API, Web, and Performance testing
• Strong programming skills with experience in C#, Selenium, Playwright, RestSharp, Postman, or equivalent frameworks
• Practical experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines with meaningful quality gates
• Familiarity with platforms such as Snowflake, OpenShift, Azure, and hybrid on-prem/cloud environments
• Comfortable working in a BAU/operations environment focused on platform stability and reliability
• Clear communicator who can collaborate effectively with developers, engineers, and stakeholders
• An interest in incorporating AI-assisted approaches into automation practices
• Testing, Agile, or Azure certifications are desirable

Our values who we are and what’s important to us.

Ngākau nui. Āhurutanga. Tikanga.

Join a team that's always there, always real, always true. If you thrive in a purpose-driven, diverse and supportive culture, we think you’ll love working with us.

What We Offer You

• five days of wellbeing leave per year (pro-rated for part-timers)
• health insurance for you and your immediate whānau
• life insurance cover and discounts on pet and travel insurance
• extra parental leave benefits and financial wellbeing support
• ability to participate in our workplace wellbeing programme.

But that’s not all. If you need more time to support your whānau, we offer work-life balance, a hybrid environment and each year you have a volunteer day to spend with your team contributing to a cause or community of your choice.

This role is Auckland based, and while we appreciate interest from candidates in other locations, we’re unfortunately not able to consider remote options for this position. Have questions? Check out our FAQs for help with the application and recruitment process.

We are proud to be Rainbow Tick accredited, and we facilitate an active employee-led Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Forum which supports many diverse groups including our Māori network, Pasifika Collective, Neurodiversity and Whānau Support networks.

If you share our commitment and passion, we'd love to hear from you.