Automation Tester

Job Description
About the role
– 12 month, full-time fixed term contract
We're on an exciting journey to bring together our products, services, and technology under one brand. Our Test Analysts will directly contribute to delivering our member digital ecosystem that drives a great customer experience and underpins our strategic vision to be a technology-enabled bank.

As a
Test Analyst in Lending
, you will play a key role in ensuring the integrity and reliability of systems supporting
home loans and residential lending products
. Working closely with the Test Manager, you will be responsible for creating and maintaining manual/automated and functional tests across the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), with a particular focus on loan origination, assessment, approval, and servicing processes. Your day will include reviewing test coverage, identifying regression gaps, and supporting the testing of complex lending scenarios across multiple systems.

This fast-paced role operates in a dynamic banking environment, requiring strong attention to detail, stakeholder collaboration, and expertise in integration technologies and testing approaches relevant to lending platforms.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Test, deploy, monitor and troubleshoot in distributed environments
• Develop modern object-oriented automation frameworks.
• Review and/or produce detailed test plans, test cases and manual or automated test scripts.
• Perform manual or automated end to end testing, identifying and reporting defects to the Test Lead/Test Manager.
• Identify and automate manual test cases where necessary
• Review requirements, design and architecture documents and provide feedback to stakeholders on completeness, correctness, traceability and testability.
• Develop comprehensive reusable test assets for use in, but not confined to, Unit Testing, System Testing, Data testing, Systems Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Production Verification Testing (PVT).
• Use exploratory testing to enhance the overall testing capabilities.
• Experience in the following tools and technologies will be highly regarded : Java, Typescript, Rest Assured, Postman, TOSCA, Playwright
• Provide guidance to project test teams on our test standards, guidelines, related processes, templates and work instructions.

About You
You will have at least two years of experience in software testing, preferably within a banking or financial services environment with a focus on
lending systems
. You're comfortable navigating complex loan products and understand the end-to-end lifecycle of home and residential loans. Experience with
loan origination platforms, credit assessment engines, serviceability calculators
will be highly valued.

You thrive in fast-paced, dynamic settings, with the ability to juggle competing priorities and adapt to evolving requirements. Your strength lies in structured, risk-based testing and stakeholder collaboration. While manual and functional testing is your core skill set, experience in automation frameworks is highly regarded.

Location
Whilst our primary office locations are in Adelaide and Brisbane, we are pleased to be able to consider applications from employees within Australia for this role. We also encourage you to put thought into how the work may be undertaken given your location and what support you may require.

Why You'll Love Working With Us
People First Bank – our new brand – says exactly what we're all about: people. We're committed to supporting and growing our team and creating an outstanding work environment.

You'll have access to financial and lifestyle benefits to support your success and individuality:

• Flexibility and hybrid working arrangements.
• Enhance your salary with discounts on banking, health insurance, and shopping across Australia.
• Advance your career with training, study support, and project opportunities.
• Competitive leave benefits that empower employees to take time for themselves and loved ones.
• Wellbeing support with our Employee Assistance Program, wellbeing leave, mental health app, and mental health ambassadors' program .
• Make a difference with paid volunteering, Workplace Giving, and diverse community initiatives.
• Be recognised for your contributions through our peer-driven recognition program.

A bit about People First Bank:
In March 2023, People's Choice and Heritage Bank merged to form Heritage and People's Choice Limited - Australia's leading mutual bank. We are now on an exciting journey to bring together our products, services, and technology under a single brand - People First Bank.

We have over 700,000 members and 1,900 employees, with dual head offices in Adelaide and Toowoomba, an Australian-based contract centre and branches across five states.

With a vision 'To deliver positive change through banking', People First Bank serves members and contributes to the community, while offering an inclusive, flexible work environment. We're big enough to make an impact; but agile enough to influence and do interesting work.

Apply Online Now
If this sounds like you, this could be the next step in your career. Click 'Apply' now and submit your application, including a cover letter and current resume.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion and support candidate requests for adjustments to enable everyone to equitably participate in our selection process.