Job Title QA Test and Automation Engineer - Ashurst Advance Location Brisbane Description About Ashurst Advance: Ashurst Advance is a global leader in the delivery of innovative and digitally enabled legal services. Leveraging our deep experience across delivery, managed services, digital, legal operations and flexible resourcing, we work seamlessly with our legal advisory and risk consulting teams to provide fully integrated solutions to address our client's most complex legal challenges. The future of legal services is at the centre of the firm's strategy, and we want to attract the best talent to help us achieve our objectives and grow our unique offering. By joining us you will be at the forefront of change in the legal industry and part of a team devoted to innovation, global collaboration, diversity, and growth. We also offer award winning Learning & Organisational Development and Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging programs and a range of benefits including, subsidised gym membership, discounted health insurance, complimentary health and wellbeing support programs, study support, annual bonuses (in accordance with our bonus scheme), flexible working, and 26 weeks parental leave, to name a few. About the role: Ashurst Advance Digital (AAD) is the firm's technology and experience powerhouse. We work with our New Law business to develop differentiated services for our clients, whilst embedding digital as a competency for the whole firm through developing and enabling future-fit tools, capabilities and mindsets. Ashurst Labs is the community within AAD responsible for the firm's experimentation environment, designing, developing and managing digital platforms, products and solutions, together with the curation, ownership and governance of platforms used by Ashurst Advance. It does this through the three disciplines of software development, product management, and data science. As a result of strategic growth, we are currently looking to hire a QA Test and Automation Engineer in either Brisbane or Melbourne. This is a junior, hands-on role where you will own the testing of new solutions built within Microsoft Azure, from APIs and integrations to low-code tools such as Microsoft Power Platform and M365 (SharePoint). You will be expected to manage end-to-end testing independently, working within cross-functional agile teams to deliver client-facing solutions and internal initiatives. As legal work is increasingly digitised, there is an urgent need for new solutions that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of how we solve our clients' problems. You will be right at the centre of that effort. Day to day, your responsibilities will include: Contributing to the development and execution of test strategies under the guidance of senior team members, ensuring the quality and performance of software solutions. . Creating and maintaining automated test scripts to streamline the testing process, improve efficiency and increase test coverage. Performing manual testing to identify and resolve defects, while actively identifying opportunities for automation. Prioritising and tracking defects using bug tracking tools and support the delivery of software solutions that meet quality standards and timelines, escalating issues to senior colleagues as appropriate. Please review the job description attached to the role on our careers site as it goes into more detail about the role and what we can offer. About you: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. 3-5 years' experience in software testing, with exposure to both automated and manual testing methodologies, and the confidence to manage end-to-end testing independently. Proficiency in testing tools and frameworks such as Playwright, Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, or similar. Experience with programming languages such as Python, .Net, Java, or similar for automated testing. Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, and DevOps practices. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, a high attention to detail, and the ability to communicate effectively with developers, product managers and other stakeholders. Comfort adapting quickly in an agile environment, being hands-on and sharing knowledge with peers. Australian Citizenship or Permanent Residency. We value diverse perspectives at Ashurst, so even if you don't feel you meet all of the requirements, we still encourage you to apply. If you require any support and adjustments to participate equitably in our recruitment process or in the workplace, we encourage you to contact: globalresourcing@ashurst.com for a confidential conversation. If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply directly to Ashurst. We prefer to talk with you personally and are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies. LI-AWF LI-Hybrid Additional Documents Job description Download
