Test Analyst

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If you’re looking to advance your career in data analytics, expertise, and technology for the rapidly growing global CRE market, there’s no better place than Altus Group. At Altus, our work is purposeful. Every day, our employees drive impact, innovate, and shape the global commercial real estate (CRE) and PropTech industry.

Our people-centric culture empowers you to deliver in a high trust, high performance culture, surrounded by an inclusive team that’s collaborating to modernize our industry. We invest in our people with training and growth opportunities designed to propel you further in your career while providing a flexible and progressive workplace that reflects our values and teams.

Reporting to the QA Lead the Test Analyst is passionate about quality assurance, technology excellence, and building reliable software systems that our customers depend on.

As a Test Analyst, you'll be at the heart of ensuring our products meet the highest standards of quality and reliability. You'll combine hands-on testing expertise with a strategic eye for building and maintaining effective testing frameworks. Your day-to-day will involve designing and executing risk-based testing approaches, managing our regression and integration test suites, collaborating closely with development teams to identify and resolve quality issues, and mentoring junior team members to elevate testing practices across the organisation. You'll contribute to continuous improvement of our testing processes while providing clear visibility into product quality to support confident delivery decisions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and implement tailored testing strategies that assess both functional and non-functional aspects, prioritising critical areas to validate system performance and user impact

• Build and evolve automation solutions that are robust, easy to maintain, and scaled to support delivery timelines and quality gates

• Execute diverse testing activities (including exploratory, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing) to uncover coverage gaps and safeguard service stability through each release

• Develop and sustain comprehensive testing documentation (plans, test cases, datasets, issue logs) that remain relevant and audit-compliant

• Review requirements from product and technical perspectives to surface risks, then partner with Product Owners and developers to shape the right testing approach

• Spot and address areas where testing coverage is thin, keeping stakeholders informed through regular insights on coverage status and emerging concerns

• Collaborate with development staff and technical leads to troubleshoot quality issues, determine defect priority, and drive continuous improvement in product reliability

• Champion evolution of testing capabilities by suggesting process refinements, tool enhancements, and methodology updates that boost team productivity and quality standards

• Guide and develop junior team members and Test Analysts by sharing expertise, providing constructive feedback, and fostering a culture of learning

• Review all technical changes against quality criteria to confirm they meet our delivery standards before release

Key Qualifications:

• 3–5 years of hands-on testing experience in structured software development environments, actively involved across the full development cycle

• Demonstrated capability in both manual and automated testing, with a track record of building and sustaining automation solutions

• Proficiency with contemporary testing automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber, or equivalent platforms

• Solid grounding in software development lifecycle principles, testing methodologies, quality assurance frameworks, and risk-focused testing strategies

• Track record of testing web applications, REST/API layers, and integrated system workflows

• ISTQB Foundation Certification or recognised QA qualification required; higher-level certifications are valued

• Working knowledge of project management and collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence) or experience with DevOps, cloud platforms, or containerised deployment models and exposure to technologies such as C#, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML

• Strong analytical thinking and communication abilities, with proven capacity to influence testing standards and practices across both technical and business teams

• Applicants must have the legal right to work in New Zealand. This hybrid role offers the flexibility of working from home alongside regular in-office collaboration at our Christchurch office.

What Altus Group offers:

• Rewarding performance: We are pleased to be able to provide employees competitive compensation, incentive and bonus plans, and a total rewards package that prioritizes their mental, physical and overall financial health.

• Growth and development: As a destination for top industry talent, we’re investing in you to meet the evolving needs of our clients and deliver on your professional goals. Our Altus Intelligence Academy offers over 150,000 hours of learning materials catering to diverse stages of an employee’s career journey.

• Flexible work model: We’re modernizing our employee programs to reflect the new world of work. Our Activity-Based Work model provides you with flexibility to align your work location to the work being performed - office for connecting and collaborating, and remote for focused work.

Altus Group is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment where all clients and employees feel welcomed, accepted and valued. We provide an atmosphere free from barriers to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, and encourage equal opportunities for all employees. We’re seeking candidates with diverse experiences and provide accessible candidate experiences throughout the selection process. If you need accommodation, please let us know.

We appreciate all applicants who take the time to apply to Altus Group. Please note that only those who are selected to move forward in the process will be contacted. Thank you.