QA Engineer - High-Growth Startup in Melbourne
Location:
Melbourne, Australia (Hybrid: 2/3 days in-office)
Salary:
Competitive, on experience + Superannuation
About the Role
Join a high-growth, profitable startup as a
QA Engineer
, where you'll help shape and execute the quality engineering and testing approach for a complex, high-traffic web application.
This is a unique opportunity for someone with high initiative who thrives in a fast-paced, fun startup environment, combining deep manual testing with smart automation.
Apply if you're a high achiever with 3-7 years of experience actively pursuing growth and genuine fulfillment - someone ready to autonomously develop your QA career in a challenging role where your contributions directly impact a dynamic, high-performing team.
The product, an iGaming platform, has seen significant growth, now trading over
$1bn USD per month
on its web application. You'll work hands-on across workflows such as wallets and payments, collaborating with talented engineers, designers, and product experts in a diverse and supportive environment.
Key Responsibilities
* Hands-on collaboration
with engineering, product, and other QAs to design and execute a robust testing strategy for Shuffle's web-based gaming platform.
* Lead thorough
manual testing
of new and existing features (with a focus on wallets, payments, and wagering flows) to validate functionality before automation.
* Develop and maintain
Playwright-based automated tests
using a modular, reusable "building blocks" approach that supports rapid iteration.
* Perform regression testing across releases for a high-traffic, consumer-facing web application, ensuring stability of critical money-handling journeys.
* Work closely with developers to identify, reproduce, and debug issues, challenging acceptance criteria where appropriate and exploring edge cases.
* Create and follow clear test processes, ensuring strong test coverage, accurate documentation, and consistent quality practices across the team.
Essential Skills
* 3-7 years of QA or quality engineering experience
* this is a mid or senior role ideal for high achievers on a steep growth trajectory.
* Strong manual testing experience, with a methodical, process-driven approach and sharp attention to detail.
* Hands-on experience designing and building automated tests with
Playwright
for web applications.
* Solid understanding of testing practices for
payments, wallets, or other business‑critical flows
, with a cautious, risk-aware mindset around money-related features.
* Comfort working in a
fast-paced startup environment
, taking ownership and operating with a high degree of autonomy.
* Proven ability to think beyond acceptance criteria, exploring edge cases and challenging assumptions to ensure robust coverage.
* Exceptional communicator
who can engage confidently at all levels - from engineers and product teams to C-level executives. This is a rare and highly valued skillset in QA roles.
Preferred Skills
* Proficiency in writing and maintaining test scripts for
web applications with payments, wallets, or other business‑critical flows
.
* Experience with performance, regression, and exploratory testing in high-volume environments.
* Familiarity with
online gaming, wagering, or sports betting platforms
, or modern crypto/web3 technology, is a strong plus.
* Background in business-critical environments (finance, healthcare, fintech, or similar sectors) where testing quality directly impacts user outcomes.
Why Join Us?
* Rare opportunity to join a high-growth gaming startup at a pivotal stage, in a
fast-paced, fun, and dynamic environment
with exceptional, talented people. Work directly with the QA Lead and core engineering team.
* Experience
high fulfillment and real ownership
—you'll have genuine influence over quality strategy, the opportunity to engage with C-level executives (rare for QA), and meaningful mentorship from experienced leaders.
* Ideal for ambitious early-career professionals
: This role offers accelerated growth, autonomy, and challenge paired with
competitive salary and superannuation benefits
—perfect for high achievers in their first 5 years seeking to make a real impact.
Application Process
Submit your resume via the Apply link or get in touch with
George Double
on Linkedin, or at
Codi is a specialised recruitment firm working with some of the best product and software engineering roles based in Australia, with a decade of experience hiring designers and engineers for some of the web's most ambitious projects, partnering with some of Australia's most exciting startups.