QA Software Engineer, Access Portal

Work with

cutting edge

AI technology, making the world a safer and more secure place. DroneShield (ASX:DRO) offers an opportunity to solve some of

world’s

most challenging technical problems in the rapidly growing

counter-drone

sector.

Our customers

operate

in some of the most challenging and high-stakes environments in the world, including military

organisations, government agencies, airports, critical infrastructure operators, and law enforcement. Protecting airspace in these settings requires technology that performs under pressure and teams that understand

what’s

at stake. At DroneShield, employees work at the leading edge of

counter-drone innovation, helping to address real-world security challenges as drone threats

continue to evolve globally.

With one of the largest listed

defence

company market

capitalisations

in Australia, now part of the ASX200 index, DroneShield is experiencing a period of hypergrowth. Revenue has surged from A$57 million in 2024 to over A$217 million in 2025,

representing

growth of more than 400% year-on-year, with record profitability and cashflow. The total addressable global market for

counter-drone

is assessed at approximately

$100 billion, and

is currently at the nascent stage with much of the growth still to

come, with DroneShield well positioned as a global market leader, and the only public listed pure-play business in this sector.

The

company has grown from 11 employees in 2017 to over 450 staff globally

today, and

is on track to reach around 550 by the end of

2026. This expansion includes investment of over A$50 million annually in R&D, a global pipeline exceeding A$2.5 billion, and

continuous scaling of production capacity to meet accelerating demand.

The role is based at

DroneShield’s

central Sydney headquarters. Overseas on-the-ground presence includes Virginia (USA), Netherlands, Denmark,

Mexico

and Dubai, as well as distributors in over 70

countries worldwide.

DroneShield is seeking a hands-on QA Software Engineer to support quality assurance for the – our global, customer-facing web platform used for device management, configuration, software distribution, and operational visibility.

This role focuses on validating modern web applications, APIs, backend services, and secure identity-driven workflows. You will work across the full stack of the platform, ensuring reliability, scalability, and security across user interfaces, automation pipelines, and distributed services.

A key focus of this role is

• embedding automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, improving regression coverage, validating release workflows, and reducing manual effort through intelligent test design. You will help scale quality practices in line with rapid product growth, ensuring repeatable, reliable releases.

You will collaborate closely with Full Stack Engineers, Backend/API Engineers, DevOps, and Product to support high-quality, frequent releases in a fast-paced environment.

The ideal candidate is pragmatic, automation-minded, and comfortable taking ownership of testing activities end-to-end. You should be confident designing automated test coverage, identifying risk areas early, and contributing to a culture where quality is built into the development lifecycle rather than inspected at the end.

• Design, execute, and maintain manual and automated tests across web UI, APIs, and backend services.

• Validate authentication, authorisation, and role-based access control workflows.

• Plan and execute functional, integration, regression, and release test cycles.

• Contribute to and extend automated test frameworks for frontend and API testing.

• Support CI/CD-driven testing and ensure quality gates are embedded into pipelines.

• Perform exploratory testing on new features and customer-facing workflows.

• Create and maintain test cases, test data, and documentation in test management tools.

• Identify, log, and track defects, supporting engineers with reproducible steps and root cause analysis.

• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve observability, testability, and overall platform quality.

• Contribute to continuous improvement of QA standards, tooling, and processes.

• 3–6 years of experience as a QA or Software Test Engineer in web or SaaS environments.

• Strong understanding of web application testing, API testing, and backend validation.

• Experience with automation tools such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Pytest, or similar.

• Experience testing RESTful APIs using tools such as Postman, Insomnia, or automated frameworks.

• Programming or scripting experience in Python, JavaScript, or Go.

• Familiarity with CI/CD environments and containerised applications (e.g. Docker).

• Experience working with test management tools such as Xray, Zephyr, or QMetry.

• Strong analytical, debugging, and communication skills.

• Ability to plan and execute testing tasks independently while collaborating across teams.

• Experience testing secure or compliance-driven systems is desirable

• Exposure to identity management, RBAC, or multi-tenant platforms is desirable

• Experience with performance or load testing tools such as K6 is desirable

• Familiarity with cloud-native architectures (AWS) is desirable

• Exposure to audit logging, event-driven systems, or distributed architectures is desirable

Note for recruitment agencies: We do not accept unsolicited candidates from external recruiters unless specifically instructed.

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