QA Test Analyst (Playwright) | AU | WFH

Location: Work from home, based in Ortigas, Pasig City, Philippines. Required working hours are 7:00 AM–4:00 PM Manila time, aligned with 9:00 AM–5:00 PM AEDT Sydney time.

Company

Australian SaaS software company delivering insurance technology solutions and enterprise-scale platforms to Tier 1 insurers.

What you will do

• Review business requirements and acceptance criteria; create and execute test cases, scenarios, and test plans.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, exploratory, and UAT testing for insurance workflows and customer journeys.
• Identify, document, and manage defects in Jira; participate in sprint planning, refinement, and release activities.
• Maintain existing automated test suites, assist with automation scripts, and improve automation coverage using FitNesse, Playwright, Selenium, and API automation tools.
• Execute performance and load testing with JMeter, validate internal and third-party integrations, and support API testing and production root-cause analysis.
• Support shift-left quality engineering, reusable test assets, test data management, and adoption of AI-assisted testing approaches.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of software testing experience.
• Experience executing manual test cases and a strong understanding of software testing principles.
• Experience with Jira and Agile delivery environments.
• Strong attention to detail and excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with Australian stakeholders.
• Experience with functional testing, regression testing, UAT support, Confluence, FitNesse, JMeter, API testing, SQL queries, and AI-assisted testing.
• Curiosity, willingness to learn new technologies, a strong quality mindset, proactive and self-motivated behavior, and the ability to solve complex problems in collaborative Agile teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with automation testing and exposure to FitNesse, Selenium, or Playwright.
• API testing experience and SQL/database validation skills.
• Experience working on SaaS products, offshore or distributed teams, or in the insurance industry.
• Experience or developing capability with test automation frameworks, AI-assisted testing, prompt engineering, CI/CD pipelines, Azure DevOps, Git, quality engineering practices, and continuous testing.

Culture & Benefits

• Work-from-home arrangement in the Philippines with a schedule aligned to Australian stakeholders.
• HMO, dental, and life insurance for the employee and one free dependent from the first day.
• Option to enroll additional dependents.
• Paid birthday, vacation, medical, and maternity leave; up to six vacation leaves can be converted to cash on anniversary.
• Employee engagement activities including year-end parties, family days, and team building.