--- type: Static title: QA & Test Automation Engineer description: Own quality at National Digital — Playwright, CI quality gates, accessibility and performance testing. Part-time, remote Australia-wide. $85k–$95k pro rata. resource: https://nationaldigital.com.au/australia-remote-qa-automation-engineer/ tags: - QA automation engineer jobs Australia - Playwright tester remote Australia - part time QA jobs remote Australia - test automation jobs Gold Coast timestamp: '2026-07-08T06:30:00.000Z' language: en-AU publisher: National Digital author: Cameron Young authorRole: CEO datePublished: '2026-07-07' dateModified: '2026-07-08' pillar: static canonical: https://nationaldigital.com.au/australia-remote-qa-automation-engineer/ --- _Home — QA & Test Automation Engineer_ # QA & Test Automation Engineer ## What does the QA & Test Automation Engineer role at National Digital involve? A part-time (15–25 hours per week), remote QA role open Australia-wide, paying $85,000–$95,000 full-time equivalent pro rata. You'll own Playwright automation, CI quality gates, and accessibility and performance testing across production platforms. _High confidence_ ## QA & Test Automation Engineer – Playwright & CI Quality Gates National Digital is looking for a part-time QA & Test Automation Engineer (15–25 hours per week, remote anywhere in Australia) to own quality across a portfolio of production web platforms. This is an automation-first role: Playwright end-to-end suites, CI quality gates, accessibility and performance testing — plus the judgement to know what still deserves a human eye. As AI-assisted development speeds up how code gets written, disciplined verification matters more than ever; you'll be the person who makes 'it works' mean something. Salary range $85,000–$95,000 (full-time equivalent, pro rata) plus superannuation. - Employment type: Part Time - Location: Remote (Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia) - Contract Details: Part-time / Remote (pro rata) - Hours: 15–25 hrs/week - Salary: $85,000 - $95,000 per year ### Key Responsibilities - Design and maintain Playwright end-to-end and visual regression suites across client platforms - Own CI quality gates — accessibility audits, Lighthouse performance budgets, regression runs - Exploratory testing of new features before release - Verify AI-assisted code changes and automated content pipelines with a sceptical eye - Build pragmatic regression strategy across multiple concurrent platforms - Triage, reproduce and document defects, and pair with engineers on testability ### Requirements - 3+ years in software quality assurance, including hands-on test automation - Strong Playwright experience (or deep Cypress experience and willingness to switch) - Comfortable owning quality steps in CI pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar) - Accessibility testing skills — WCAG 2.2, axe, screen-reader spot checks - API testing experience (REST/GraphQL) alongside UI automation - Risk-based test planning — knowing what to automate, what to explore, what to skip - Clear written communication: bug reports developers thank you for - Tertiary qualification in IT/Computer Science, ISTQB certification, or equivalent demonstrated experience - Based in Australia with full, unrestricted working rights (Australian citizen or permanent resident) - Willingness to complete a National Police Check and provide professional references prior to commencement ### Bonus Skills / Nice to Have - Performance testing experience (k6, Lighthouse CI) - Security testing fundamentals (OWASP) - Contract testing between services - Experience testing LLM-powered features — non-determinism, evaluation frameworks ### Benefits - Genuinely flexible part-time hours (15–25 per week), remote anywhere in Australia - $85,000–$95,000 full-time equivalent, pro rata, plus superannuation - The authority to hold the quality bar — gates you own actually block releases - Small senior team with modern tooling and no QA-versus-dev politics - Pro-rata professional development budget ### How to Apply Send a brief summary of your experience and, ideally, a link to automation work you can share — a public repo, a write-up, or just a war story about a bug that taught you something. **Apply to:** careers@nationaldigital.com.au ## Why this role exists AI-assisted development has made writing code faster — which makes disciplined verification more valuable, not less. 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