About the company I am partnering with an established New Zealand technology business with a complex software platform used by customers locally and internationally.
They're investing heavily in their engineering capability, with a new technology leadership team bringing fresh thinking to how the platform is built, maintained and improved.
There's a real focus on modernisation, automation and building a more scalable engineering environment.
The role This isn't a traditional Head of QA role where the focus is simply managing testers and overseeing test plans.
They're looking for someone who can take ownership of quality engineering across the platform, challenge how things are currently done and help build an environment where quality is considered throughout the development process.
You'll lead an existing quality team of around 10 people, working closely with the CTO and engineering leaders to improve automation, release confidence and how the business identifies problems before they affect customers.
A big part of the opportunity is moving beyond traditional testing and looking at quality across the entire software lifecycle, including what happens once software is in production.
What you'll be doing - Leading and developing the quality engineering team
- Setting the direction for quality, automation and testing practices
- Building quality into engineering workflows and CI/CD pipelines
- Improving automated testing and reducing reliance on manual processes
- Strengthening production monitoring, observability and early issue detection
- Working with engineering leaders to improve reliability and release confidence
- Helping engineers take greater ownership of quality throughout development
- Identifying opportunities to improve tools, processes and technical standards
About you You'll have a strong background in quality engineering, test automation or software engineering, with experience leading teams and improving how software is built and released.
We're particularly interested in people who understand modern engineering practices and can look beyond traditional QA to consider automation, observability and production reliability.
You'll be comfortable working closely with developers, challenging existing approaches and introducing practical improvements without creating unnecessary process.
Experience with CI/CD, automated testing frameworks and monitoring tools such as Datadog would be valuable.
You don't necessarily need to have held a Head of Quality title before. Someone who's led technical quality initiatives, built strong automation practices and helped engineering teams improve their approach could be equally interesting.
Most importantly, you'll be someone who enjoys solving technical problems, developing people and helping engineering teams build better software.
There's plenty of interesting work ahead, with the opportunity to influence how an established technology business approaches quality as it continues modernising its platform.
Sound like you? Apply now or get in touch with Dom - dom@talent.army for a confidential chat. 
