Quality & Automation Engineer — Fully Remote, NZ-Based

Help ensure the reliability of software that supports critical medical research.

Why this role matters

This is not just another engineering role.

At Spiral, the software we build supports clinical trials and research studies that help improve health outcomes around the world. Our platform helps researchers collect and manage complex medical data safely, reliably, and efficiently.

As our Quality & Automation Engineer, you’ll play a key role in strengthening the testing, reliability, and automation practices behind that platform — helping ensure researchers can trust the tools they rely on.

You’ll join a small, highly experienced remote team who value thoughtful engineering, practical solutions, and working together respectfully.

What you'll do

This role sits within our Technical Support Team and works closely with Developers, Product Owners, and our Security team.

You’ll help modernise and scale our testing and quality practices while supporting the reliability of our platform.

Your work will include:

Quality & Automation

• Designing and developing automated test suites across our platform
• Identifying opportunities to reduce manual testing through automation
• Supporting regression, integration, functional and API testing
• Embedding testing earlier in the development lifecycle
• Improving QA processes, templates, and testing documentation

Engineering & Platform Quality

• Participating in code reviews and improving engineering standards
• Supporting teams in debugging and resolving technical issues
• Helping identify technical debt and quality improvements

Integrations & Platform Reliability

• Supporting integration work with external systems and APIs
• Assisting with diagnosing and resolving integration issues
• Helping maintain reliable data flows and secure API practices

Infrastructure & DevOps Support

• Assisting with monitoring and performance optimisation of cloud-hosted services
• Supporting incident response and root cause analysis
• Contributing to infrastructure automation where appropriate

Technical Documentation

• Documenting testing frameworks, automation processes and integration workflows
• Maintaining clear technical documentation within our internal systems

About you:

• You’re someone who cares about software quality, reliability, and good engineering practices.
• You enjoy solving problems, improving systems, and helping teams ship better software.
• You might describe yourself as:
  • Curious, analytical and detail-focused
  • A thoughtful problem-solver who enjoys improving systems
  • Comfortable working independently in a remote team
  • A clear communicator who collaborates well with both technical and non-technical colleagues

Skills & Experience

We’re open to different backgrounds, but experience in some of the following will help you succeed:

• Experience with automated testing or QA engineering
• Familiarity with modern testing frameworks and test automation tools
• Understanding of APIs and integration testing
• Experience working with cloud environments (AWS or similar)
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, or infrastructure automation
• Experience working in Agile teams
• Experience with .NET applications, test automation frameworks, or API testing tools would be a bonus.

What's it like to work at Spiral?

We’re a fully remote team based across Aotearoa — from Auckland to Dunedin. We build software that helps researchers improve health outcomes around the world. Our culture is practical, supportive, and quietly ambitious.

We value:

• Thoughtful engineering
• Respectful collaboration
• Curiosity and continuous learning
• Working smarter, not longer

Our team includes programmers, cyclists, gardeners, musicians, parents, volunteers, and tinkerers — and all of us are problem-solvers at heart.

What we offer:

• Remote-first flexibility — work from home anywhere in New Zealand
• Flexible hours — we take a trust-based approach to work
• Extra leave — 4 weeks annual leave + public holidays + your birthday + extra days at Christmas
• Professional development allowance to support learning and growth
• Broadband allowance — we’ll cover your home internet
• Health & wellbeing — Annual flu vaccinations, Spiral happily cover the cost
• Furkid friendly — Spiral happily contribute towards the purchase of a new pup

We also meet in person at least once a year to connect, collaborate and recharge together.

Ready to help build better research tools?

If you're passionate about improving software quality and want to contribute to technology that supports meaningful research, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today and help us improve the tools behind life-changing medical research.