Quality Engineer II

Role overview This remote position leads Quality Engineering efforts for an assigned delivery team within a property and casualty insurance organization. The role owns the complete test strategy and planning, drives shift-left practices, and builds automated solutions that improve quality outcomes across the software delivery lifecycle.

Responsibilities - Own the complete test strategy and test planning for assigned projects, defining scope, approach, risk assessment, entry and exit criteria, and coverage targets - Drive quality discussions during grooming, sprint planning, and design reviews; set quality objectives and ensure the team delivers against them - Develop, execute, and maintain test plans, cases, and scripts covering functional, regression, integration, API, and exploratory testing - Build and extend automated test suites using frameworks such as Playwright for UI and Postman or Newman for API following clean code practices - Contribute automated tests to CI/CD pipelines including Jenkins and GitHub Actions for regression, smoke, and feature validation - Validate data integrity across ETL pipelines, data transformations, and integrated systems, including end-to-end reconciliation - Identify and document defects, perform root cause analysis using logs, stack traces, and database state, and participate in code reviews - Coordinate quality activities with distributed and offshore vendor partners, coach junior team members, and report on metrics such as defect density, escape rate, test coverage, and automation progress

Requirements - Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience - Proven experience owning test strategy and planning for software delivery teams - Hands-on experience building automated test suites using modern frameworks - Practical experience with API-level testing, CI/CD pipelines, and data validation - Strong communication and problem-solving skills with the ability to influence within a team - Demonstrated ability to coordinate tasks, delegate work, and review output of junior team members

Nice to have - Insurance domain background, particularly in Claims Management or Insurance Billing workflows - Experience using AI tools for test case generation, coverage analysis, or failure triage

Benefits and work setup - Remote work arrangement in an office-style environment with no unusual physical demands - Competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and 401K with company match - Bonus potential, paid time off, and paid holidays - Base salary range of $83,017.13 to $140,002.70, exclusive of fringe benefits and potential bonuses - No employment sponsorship available