Quality Engineer - Hawthorn East

We’ve been proudly serving Australian communities since 1914 and have grown to become a top 30-listed company on the ASX with a portfolio of iconic homegrown brands. At the heart of our continued success is over 115,000 team members working across the country, all contributing to bringing our customers smiles. You’ll not only get to see your work make a difference, you’ll be part of a team working together to help Australians eat and live better every day.

About the team

Our Technology team is the backbone of the business, building and maintaining the information technology infrastructure that support Coles Group. As a part of the Technology team, you get the opportunity to work through complex, challenging, meaningful problems using large data sets and new technologies to expand your skills and experience.

About the role

As a Quality Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of high‑quality, reliable and scalable technology solutions. You will apply modern engineering and testing practices, embed quality early in the lifecycle, and drive automation across multiple layers of the technology stack.

Working closely with engineering, product, DevOps and operations teams, you will design effective test strategies, build automated test suites, enhance frameworks and contribute to continuous improvement. This role requires strong technical capability, collaboration and a passion for quality engineering.

Key responsibilities include

• Designing and maintaining automated tests across API, UI, integration and data layers
• Creating effective test strategies based on risk, complexity and business impact
• Partnering with developers to uplift unit, component and contract testing
• Enhancing automation frameworks and integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
• Participating in story refinement and driving shift‑left quality practices
• Supporting non‑functional testing activities including performance, security and reliability
• Collaborating with product, engineering, DevOps and release teams to ensure end‑to‑end quality

About you and your skills

You will bring strong technical and analytical capability with a passion for quality, including:

• Hands‑on experience with automated testing tools such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium or REST Assured
• Experience working with CI/CD toolchains and DevOps practices
• Strong programming or scripting skills across modern languages used in test automation
• Solid understanding of test strategies for unit, API, UI, contract, data and non‑functional testing
• Ability to analyse complex systems, integrations and data flows
• Strong communication, collaboration and problem‑solving skills
• Experience documenting test strategies, contributing to frameworks and supporting continuous improvement

What’s in it for you?

• Flexible working options: We know that work is only one part of your life, so we actively encourage a positive work-life balance and provide hybrid working options to help you achieve it.
• Office perks: Take advantage of our gym facility and fitness classes, free parking, BBQ area, mini-Coles supermarket, fooderie hub where you can sample new products before they hit the shelves, school holiday program and so much more when you come in.
• Discounts: Eligible team members receive 5% discount all year round on your Supermarket and Liquor online and in-store purchases. We also offer additional periods of double discount (10%) at various times throughout the year. As well as hotdeals exclusive to team members that translate into additional savings.
• Reward through recognition: Give and receive recognition, linked to our Coles values, through our digital recognition platform ‘mythanks’. You can accumulate points to redeem in the online shop for exciting gifts and electronic gift cards from an extensive range of retailers.
• Opportunities for learning and development: No matter where you start within our diverse business, you’ll have experiences, exposure, and education to satisfy you. Discover and explore a variety of career development programs and job-specific training.
• Paid parental leave: We understand how important your life outside work is and offer permanent team members paid parental leave to support you in balancing work and family.
• Investment in your future: Our annual team member share plan offer allows eligible team members to make regular pre-tax salary sacrifice deductions to purchase Coles Group shares.

About the recruitment process

We’re continuing to build a gender equitable team, and a culture that is just as diverse, inclusive and welcoming as the communities we serve. We are committed to creating a workplace that is safe and respectful for our team. We encourage applications from people of all ages, cultures (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples), abilities, sexual orientation and gender identities.

We’re happy to adjust our recruitment process to support candidates with disability. For further information and additional contact details visit the ‘Our Recruitment Process’ section of our careers site or email inclusionrecruitment@coles.com.au

Job ID: 179315

Employment Type: Full time