Auckland City, AucklandPropellerhead are a leading software-services company, designing, delivering and maintaining large-scale digital platforms. Our clients include Auckland Transport, New Zealand Rugby, BlinkPay, Starship Children's Hospital, SkyBus, Dimension GRC, Spark, ESR, Ministry of Education, New Zealand Post, and Auckland Museum.Focusing on leanness and flexibility, the team you’ll join will be internally self-organising, allowing you to focus on managing work rather than people.How We Build Software:Taking our lead from the world of software product development, we structure solutions in a product-centric manner; continuously delivering improvements from a backlog of features. These features are taken from real stakeholder needs linked to clear objectives.Our digital platforms are a mixture of custom components and external services that can be combined for a powerful and engaging experience. Our guiding principle is to only write code necessary to deliver experiences unique to users.The Role:We are looking for a capable contract Senior Quality Analyst.This role spans the traditional roles of Business Analyst and Software Tester, and rather than simply checking work that developers have completed, you'll understand software requirements, and will work alongside our developers, service owners, product owners, and also our clients to shepherd requirements from design and build to deployment. You’ll be responsible for documenting the tests that the software will need to pass, carrying out manual tests and helping developers to design automated tests.To be considered for this role, you would have worked in an agile development environment in Business/Systems Analysis or Quality Assurance and are familiar with the development of user stories and other outcome-based methods for describing requirements. You’ll also have clearly demonstrable attention to detail.Main Role Components:Refining business requirements and specifying conditions of satisfactionPerforming Quality Assurance by designing and carrying out software testsEnsuring user stories and all deliverables are completedLeading manual test efforts and assisting with test automationManaging the process of releasing changesOther Skills & Experience Required:The ability and commercial experience that enables you to describe what ‘done’ looks like, and proven experience in eliciting requirementsTechnical troubleshooting including log file analysis and basic data analysisDecent experience in designing test strategy and test plans based around acceptance criteriaExperience with working with clients on defining user stories and confirming acceptance criteriaExperience in analysing data to draw business-relevant conclusions and in data visualisation techniques and toolsStrong written and verbal communication skills including technical writing skillsBenefits:Developer-lead organisationInteresting, diverse, commercially-minded projects for big clientsWorld-class colleaguesEqual opportunity workplace, free from discriminationA culture of collaboration and learningPlenty of office perks and beautifully designed offices in the heart of AucklandWho Is Propellerhead?Our software powers some of the more interesting ideas in government, commercial and non-profit institutions in New Zealand. For each client, we are a technology partner. We believe continuous advances in technology allow us to utilise newer and better ways of solving problems for our clients and their users.Our typical engagements are large-scale, but often start small. We concentrate on the right combination of methodology, architecture, technology, and operating model. We believe software’s ‘natural state’ is live, in front of real users, and used for the purpose it is intended. The earlier we can deliver working software the sooner we are creating value.Culture And Approach:Our teams are technology craftspeople, driven to discover the right combination of methodology, architecture, technology, and operating model.Our company approach is designed to produce maximum value by stepping out of the way and clearing roadblocks for our people. We take influence from Holacracy, Agile, Lean Startup, and Design Thinking, and we deliver solutions in a series of small increments, each iteration providing insights and clarity on user needs.We are problem-solvers who happen to use code.Accredited Employer:We have recently become an Accredited Employer with Immigration New Zealand. This means that if you’re not from New Zealand and want to move here and work for us, you can apply for the Talent Work Visa. These visas are easier to get, are often much faster, and are a direct path to residency.Cover Letter:It's critically important that you submit a cover letter with your application - we cannot progress your application without one. It needs to be at least 200 words, and is your chance to tell us more about who you are and what you value. This is very important to us.You Must Be In Auckland For The Interview:We cannot hire you without meeting you in-person first. Please don't apply unless you can travel to Auckland for an interview. Current European hiring may mean we are in Europe periodically.
