Automation Engineer

• Fixed-term opportunity until October 2026
• Melbourne CBD location (Hybrid)
• Join a supportive and progressive team

About Us

Sportsbet is a leading Australian e-commerce business in the online wagering sector, bringing excitement to over 2 million Aussies. We do this by living our values to create an innovative entertainment brand, trailblazing products and best-in-class platforms that deliver great experiences to our customers.

We have over 1,300 team members at Sportsbet but as part of the Flutter Group, we're a true global player.

Committed To Responsible Gambling

Our commitment to responsible gambling is genuine and demonstrated through the wide range of responsible gambling initiatives and tools.

We're proud to be the leaders in responsible gambling in our industry, not just locally, but globally.

About the role

At Sportsbet, the Quality Assurance (QA) team delivers comprehensive testing services to the business including but not limited to raise the "culture of quality" across the company. We take pride in the fact that the products we deliver to our customers is of the highest standard.

Automation Engineers are embedded into our engineering teams. They are working closely with the developers, business analysts and other stakeholders to achieve the highest quality results. At Sportsbet, we're dynamic and embrace change. To adapt, you always need to find new ways of speeding up testing without compromising quality. This involves not only automation, but dealing with CI/CD jobs, stabilising test environments, doing component performance test. Quality is a mindset; your role is to spread this culture.

During your daily routine, you will:

• Make sure our products behave as expected.
• Work towards uplifting the automation framework and maintaining it.
• Break things and put them together.
• Collate constructive feedback from the business and other stakeholders about areas to improve on and build upon these frameworks to better the automation capabilities.
• Introduce and leverage off AI tooling within the automation space.
• Be a driver of influence and change.
• Establish and own the automation roadmap in collaboration with the Lead Engineer.
• Contribute to building test automation framework and establish best practices for the feature team QAs.
• Perform regular peer-reviews for shared codebase and maintain high code quality.
• Identify key areas of our delivery model that automation can make the right impact.
• Identify risks, issues and dependencies in project or feature development.
• Promote automation techniques and quality mindset.

About You

• Can-do, initiative-taking attitude with the ability to provide solutions.
• Ability to speak up and question "tradition" by suggesting ideas to enhance processes.
• Be a self-starter and able to self-manage – taking ownership and empower them to deliver results.
• Experience with building test automation frameworks from the ground up.
• Mentoring and development of automation engineers.
• Growth mindset and ahead of the curve with future automation initiatives.
• Ability to establish and own automation roadmap in collaboration with the Lead Engineer.
• Experience in using the Gatling tool to design and execute performance tests for optimizing server-side performance.
• Strong programming knowledge in JavaScript / Typescript (preferable) / Java.
• Strong experience in developing and deploying API test automation suites Jest, Appium and/or other API test automation frameworks.
• Experience working with Node design patterns and multiple Node libraries.
• Experience with setting up and working with CI/CD tools like Jenkins and Bamboo.
• Exceptional understanding of Agile.

The Perks

We work hard and play hard, so along with a competitive salary here's some of our other perks:

• 25 days annual leave pro-rata (that's right, a whole extra week)
• Weekly concierge service including free massages, manicure/nail appointments – all onsite
• Daily fresh fruit, free breakfast, sparkling water and Kombucha on tap in the office
• End of trip facilities with an onsite table tennis and pool table
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program and a Circle In membership

Our Focus on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We're an inclusive employer who welcomes you for who you are, as you are – so, if you require adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know in your application or contact us if you'd like to discuss this in more detail.

If you think you'd be a great fit but don't necessarily meet everything in the job description, please still get in touch.

Read more about our contribution to Flutter's global Positive Impact Plan.

What's the Green Tick Feeling?

Well, it's different for everyone, yet unites us all. It's the feeling you get when you succeed, no matter what success looks like to you. It could be developing your career, it could be working on an industry leading project, or it could be making it to school pick up in time. It's all the little and big things that make you feel like you're Thriving working at Sportsbet.

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we review candidates within one-two weeks of advertising. Be sure to check out our Instagram page, Sportsbet LinkedIn page as well our careers website for more information and insight into our culture.