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title: QA & Test Automation Engineer
description: Own quality at National Digital — Playwright, CI quality gates, accessibility and performance testing. Part-time, remote Australia-wide. $85k–$95k pro rata.
resource: https://nationaldigital.com.au/australia-remote-qa-automation-engineer/
tags:
  - QA automation engineer jobs Australia
  - Playwright tester remote Australia
  - part time QA jobs remote Australia
  - test automation jobs Gold Coast
timestamp: '2026-07-08T06:30:00.000Z'
---

# QA & Test Automation Engineer

Own quality at National Digital — Playwright, CI quality gates, accessibility and performance testing. Part-time, remote Australia-wide. $85k–$95k pro rata.

## What does the QA & Test Automation Engineer role at National Digital involve?

A part-time (15–25 hours per week), remote QA role open Australia-wide, paying $85,000–$95,000 full-time equivalent pro rata. You'll own Playwright automation, CI quality gates, and accessibility and performance testing across production platforms.

## Job Posting

## Why this role exists

AI-assisted development has made writing code faster — which makes disciplined verification more valuable, not less. At National Digital, quality gates aren't a formality: automated accessibility, performance and regression checks block releases, and this role owns that bar across every platform we run. You'd be joining a deliberately small senior team — [meet the people behind the platforms](/about/), or see [how we hire and what we offer](/careers/) before you apply.

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