Planit – An NRI Company
Where Quality Is Seen, Not Heard
At Planit, quality isn’t a checkbox - it’s a craft. As part of NRI, we combine global scale with deep local expertise to deliver quality engineering and testing services you can see, trust, and measure. Our mission is simple: make every system perform flawlessly and every digital experience inspire confidence.
With 1,500+ Quality Engineering specialists and delivery models that adapt to every client’s needs, Planit offers the perfect blend of reach, reliability, and innovation.
Step into a career, not just a role – Planit offers clear progression, diverse projects, and a culture that backs you to experiment, learn and raise the bar on quality.
As a Quality Engineer Lead, we expect you to possess a high level of knowledge and exposure across various software development lifecycle models and have the ability to accelerate quality with the application of appropriate tools and approaches.
This is a Wellington based role and Wellington market experience preferred.
Key responsibilities
- Review requirements for testability.
- Proven experience with Mobile app testing is essential.
- Solid experience with API, Database, UI testing.
- Contribute to test plans and other high level documentation where required
- Collaborate with clients for user and systems requirements when documentation is insufficient
- Experience leading testing teams and stakeholder management skills.
- Identify test conditions/ test objectives and derive test cases using advanced test techniques
- Identify and apply tools to assist with the acceleration of quality
- Create comprehensive test assets in the appropriate tools relevant to test conditions
- Utilise appropriate tools to execute test cases and report results
- Raise, track and close defects
- Be a good communicator, able to collaborate with client teams, people to define test cases and acceptance criteria
- Enjoy change and new challenges. This is a Consulting role
- Be passionate about quality practices within IT delivery
Nice to have
- Familiarity with test management tools (e.g. Jira, ADO)
- Motivated to explore and maximise use of AI in testing
- Local experience and wide variety of domain knowledge preferred
What we offer
- Training and certification support
- An established training and career path
- Supportive, collaborative team environment in a NZ‑based organisation
Planit is building the next generation of AI‑empowered test professionals. Every team member receives structured training and certification in AI‑applied testing techniques, ensuring you develop practical, future‑ready skills while helping shape how AI transforms quality engineering.
Planit's test professionals have constant access to our AI Test Companion tool, Amplify to support your development and delivery.
Please note that this role is Wellington based and you must have eligibility to work in NZ.
Skills Required
- Proven experience with mobile application testing
- Solid experience with API testing
- Solid experience with database testing
- Solid experience with UI testing
- Experience across software development lifecycle models
- Experience leading testing teams
- Stakeholder management skills
- Ability to review requirements for testability and derive test cases using advanced test techniques
- Ability to create, execute, and report comprehensive test assets
- Ability to identify, track, and close defects
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Eligibility to work in New Zealand
- Familiarity with test management tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps
- Interest in using AI for software testing
- Wellington market experience
- Local experience and broad domain knowledge
What We Do
At Planit, we provide businesses with the vision, precision and independence they need to improve the quality of their software and the way they deliver it. As a global leader in quality engineering and assurance solutions, our 2,000+ consultants are at the forefront of the industry. Every day, they test themselves on a variety of challenging projects across our top-tier client base. We are hungry to learn and drive our industry forward. This permeates the fabric of our culture, with core values centred around continuous growth and excellence, as we look to inspire minds and raise the bar. We embrace and encourage diversity. We strive to create an environment that’s productive, welcoming, fair, rewarding, and fun for everyone. We act with integrity and harness sustainability as a catalyst for positive change. Ready to test yourself and grow your career? Visit our Careers tab or www.planit.com/careers
