Salary: $140,000-160,000
Industry: Insurance
Location: Remote (East Coast preferred)
Travel: Planned on-site collaboration 2-4 times per year
*No C2C or Third Parties*
Our client is a venture-backed specialty insurance platform modernizing how insurance underwriting businesses are launched and scaled. Rather than selling insurance policies directly, the company provides the capital, technology, operational infrastructure, and carrier partnerships that enable experienced underwriters to build and run independent insurance programs.
The organization operates at the intersection of insurance, data, and technology, serving as a platform for next-generation underwriting ventures. Often described as a “platform for underwriters,” the company replaces legacy insurance systems with modern, digital-first solutions designed for speed, transparency, and scalability.
Position Overview
The Senior QA Automation Engineer will be a foundational, high-impact role. This position will own the design, build, and evolution of the company’s automation strategy as they transition from manual testing to scalable, CI/CD-integrated automation. The Sr. QA Automation Engineer position will be responsible for building automation from scratch and defining framework standards. The organization’s current state is 100% manual testing. Given there is no current existing automation framework, it is critical the person in this position has proven experience building and defining automation and framework standards from scratch.
This role is ideal for someone who wants ownership, influence, and the opportunity to leave a lasting technical footprint.
Technical Environment
Transition
- Currently moving from Avo to Selenium (Java)
Core Tech Stack
- Java (primary language)
- Selenium (primary automation framework)
- BDD-based testing approach
- CI/CD integration
- Playwright considered for future expansion
Target Applications
- Origami Risk (primary)
- Guidewire experience is highly relevant
Job Duties:
- Design, develop, and execute robust automated test suites using the company BDD framework, aligned with business priorities and technical scalability.
- Build foundational automation for core insurance workflows, including:
- Submission intake
- Risk evaluation
- Pricing and rating
- Quoting
- Policy issuance
- Document generation
- Billing and accounting
- Architect and maintain the automation framework, including:
- Tool and technology selection
- Reusable components
- Page Object Model implementation
- Scalability and maintainability best practices
- Build regression test packs for Origami Risk as the initial focus.
- Evaluate and prioritize automation coverage based on risk, business impact, and release timelines.
- Partner closely with developers, business analysts, project managers, and third-party vendors to translate workflows into effective automation strategies.
- Champion quality engineering principles across teams, advocating for automation where it drives measurable value and faster delivery.
- Communicate defects, risks, dependencies, and opportunities for test and process improvement to key stakeholders.
Must-Have
- 10+ years of experience in quality engineering
- 7+ years of hands-on automation experience
- 5+ years of Selenium automation using Java
- Strong experience in automation architecture and framework design
- Deep understanding of testing best practices across modern SDLCs
- Insurance industry experience
- Experience testing Policy Administration Systems, including policy and billing
- Strong understanding of Page Object Model, element visibility, and reusable test design
- Self-driven, adaptable, and comfortable operating in an evolving environment
Nice-to-Have
- Experience with Origami Risk or Guidewire
- Playwright experience or interest in future adoption
- Experience testing modular or microservices-based architectures
- Prior experience mentoring or helping scale a QA function
