Senior Quality Engineer - Exploratory Testing

About the Position

We're on a mission to be a Force For Good, through our People, Products, and Purpose at Nuix. This extends to our People. We're fiercely passionate, love working at pace, thrive in ambiguity, live, and breathe outside of the box, and above all are good humans. We're determined to make a positive difference in the world, whether through our solutions which help the top companies, governments, and agencies find the truth and combat illegal activities, or through our people who care about contributing and giving back both within, and outside, of Nuix. We are a Force For Good. We're selective about who comes on board, and you should be too. But if the above sounds like a match, get in touch today and get ready for the possibility of starting a once-in-a-career journey.

Responsibilities

• Exploratory Testing Strategy: Design and implement a structured exploratory testing framework across all Nuix products using Session-Based Test Management (SBTM), risk-based heuristics, and charter-driven exploration.
• Risk-Prioritized Cross-Product Coverage: Work across product teams prioritized by risk signals - defect escape rate, release cadence, coverage gaps, and business criticality. Not all products at once, but a deliberate, data-driven prioritization of where exploratory testing adds the most value.
• Roadmap Influence: Have a seat at the table for QE roadmap planning, Go/No-Go release decisions, and sprint planning. Contribute directly to FY27 QE goals including embedding quality throughout the SDLC.
• Testing Pyramid Rebalance: Champion the shift from heavy end-to-end testing toward a healthier testing pyramid with stronger integration and unit-level exploratory techniques.
• Gap Identification: Systematically identify and document critical gaps in test coverage, feeding directly into the QE Gap Analysis tracker. Prioritize gaps by risk and business impact.
• AI-Assisted Testing: Evaluate and pilot AI-assisted exploratory testing tools as part of the AI-DLC operating model.
• Mentorship & Uplift: Mentor the Junior QE members and offshore SDETs. Uplift exploratory testing skills across the QE organization through workshops, pairing sessions, and documentation.
• Stakeholder Communication: Partner with QE Managers, Dev leads, and Product to ensure exploratory findings drive quality improvements.

Requirements

• 8+ years in Quality Engineering, SDET, or Software Testing roles
• Deep expertise in structured exploratory testing (SBTM, heuristics, risk-based test design, charter creation)
• Microservices testing experience
• A good understanding of CI/CD processes
• Experience testing both SaaS and on-premises products
• Excellent written and verbal communication - ability to articulate risk and quality trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Nice to Have

• eDiscovery, legal tech, or data processing domain experience
• Any Test Framework
• Performance testing awareness
• AI/ML model testing or NLP testing experience

We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Hybrid work options (minimum of 3 days in the Sydney office per week)
• Opportunity to work in a dynamic and purposeful company culture

About the Company

Nuix is an equal opportunities employer. Don’t let imposter syndrome hold you back! We welcome all applications and are a flexible employer. We strive to make any required adjustments where possible to make the process fair and equitable for everyone. If you need any accommodations throughout the interview process, please note this in your job application.

Nuix is on an incredible journey of transformation, aligning our strengths with our ambitions to pursue greater opportunities. As we expand our global team and extend our skills and expertise, we are unified as one Nuix team guided by our shared values.

Nuix Vision

Finding Truth in a Digital World.

Nuix Mission Statement

Nuix creates innovative software that empowers organizations to simply and quickly find the truth from any data in a digital world. We are a passionate and talented team, delighting our customers with software that transforms data into actionable intelligence.

Nuix Values

• TAKE OWNERSHIP
• RESILIENT
• UNAFRAID
• TEAM NUIX
• HERO OUR CUSTOMERS

We believe in these principles and seek to weave them into the fabric of our daily work at Nuix. In doing so, we co-create a dynamic and purposeful company culture that we can be proud of and want to belong to.

Nuix is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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