Senior Test Engineers - 12-month contract

About us

At Southern Cross Travel Insurance (SCTI), we’ve got your back in the moments that matter. We are part of the Southern Cross group of brands which all focus on wellbeing. This means we support our people to do and be their best every day.

SCTI is proud to be the market leader in New Zealand and growing in Australia, and we’re just getting started. Travel is changing, and so are our customers’ needs. That’s why we’re here with real care, reassurance, and smart solutions to keep people moving confidently. We’re travellers at heart, and we bring that spirit into everything we do - innovating, improving, and going further together.

Our culture is inclusive and values driven. We empower our people to make decisions, share ideas, and succeed. When you join SCTI, you’re joining a team that’s passionate about creating extraordinary outcomes for our customers and for each other.

About the roles:

We’re looking for Two Senior Test Engineer to help deliver digital change with confidence and quality across SCTI’s systems.

One Engineer will support our Data team - so will have experience in this area and enjoy this scope of work, which is heavily manual automation, however we do require you have automation experience as well

One Engineer will support the Business Enablement team - so will have experience across all areas of testing, e.g. API, front end, back end, data and strong automation experience

You’ll combine hands-on testing with a broader quality engineering focus, contributing ideas, strengthening practices and helping shape quality within our growing agile squad structure.

You’ll join a collaborative team where you can work independently, raise issues early and bring fresh thinking to continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities:

Plan and deliver risk-based functional, integration, regression, system, data, API and release testing.

Create clear test plans, cases, scripts, data, reports and release evidence.

Identify, triage and retest defects with developers, vendors, technical business analysts and stakeholders.

Contribute to test automation, CI/CD-aligned practices and sustainable quality improvements.

Communicate testing progress, risks, defects and release readiness clearly.

Share knowledge, lift testing capability and apply SCTI’s policies and compliance requirements.

About you:

You’re a well-rounded tester who enjoys solving problems, collaborating and considering quality from every angle. You can move confidently between manual, exploratory, API and automated testing, translating requirements into clear test scenarios.

You’ll bring curiosity, sound judgement and a practical improvement mindset. Experience with our exact systems is not essential, but you’ll need to apply your skills thoughtfully, communicate clearly and stay focused on customer outcomes.

Proven experience testing digital products, web applications, APIs and customer-facing platforms.

Strong test planning, defect management and release-readiness experience in agile or similar delivery environments.

Practical experience with test automation and quality engineering, ideally using Playwright.

Experience with API and performance testing tools such as Postman and JMeter, plus Azure DevOps or similar platforms.

CI/CD and DevOps-aligned testing experience would be an advantage.

Clear communication, strong attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities.

A collaborative mindset and confidence to constructively challenge and build trusted relationships.

Why you’ll love working with us

We believe work should fit around life, not the other way around. When you join SCTI, you’ll enjoy perks that make a real difference for you and your whānau:

Flexibility that works - hybrid working options so you can work from home part of the week

* 50% off Auckland Trasport

Because when we say we’ve got your back, we mean it - at work and in life.

Our commitment to diversity

Just like the places our customers travel to, our people are wonderfully diverse. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where every voice is heard and every perspective is valued. Applications are welcome from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and walks of life.

Want to apply?

If you’re ready to help shape quality digital experiences that make a real difference for travellers, we’d love to hear from you.

Applicants for this position must meet legal requirements to work in New Zealand.