QA Automation Engineer

Posted 20 March 2023
LocationCenturion
Reference9547
ContactBarry Twohig

Job description

THE OPPORTUNITY You will have the unique opportunity to join the founding team of an international insurer looking to expand into the Irish market. The company has a successful track record of over 20 years in the insurance industry across multiple geographies having previously built two separate insurance operations from the ground up. World class systems are at the heart of the company’s operations, and it views itself as a ‘technology company that happens to sell insurance’. The group heavily favours building systems over buying them and has built all its core systems itself in previous locations. This new team in Ireland will become the Innovation Hub for the Group, building many of the components & systems from scratch required to run an entire Insurance business. ROLE OVERVIEW We’re looking for an experienced Software Quality Engineer to join our new team in Dublin, focused on creating modern consumer self-service & back-office digital services for the Insurance sector in Ireland. We want to deliver a wow factor to our customers, and your focus on helping us build and ship a high-quality product is a massively important part of that. RESPONSIBILITIES • Responsible for the quality of software deliveries • Development of test strategies, test plans etc. • Continuous identification and implementation of quality improvements • Definition and review of quality criteria • Test automation of E2E business processes where possible. • Ensure non-functional requirements are satisfied e.g., performance, security & usability. • Drive quality improvements in development team • Run quality focused meetings e.g., triage calls & defect reviews. QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE • Prior experience as a QA engineer, Software Engineer in Test, Test Automation engineer, leveraging software QA tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Katalon Studio. • Prior experience with a variety of different testing techniques such as UI testing (Web/Mobile/Desktop), Automated testing • Experience in Agile framework, unit testing libraries/framework • Understanding how and where testing fits in CI/CD pipeline. • Experience in cloud-based testing is a plus. • Experience in building testing environments is a plus. • Experience in designing and implementing automated testing infrastructure. • Strong ability to work in a collaborative manner. • Able to articulate risks and issues. • Pragmatic approach towards getting things done. • Bias towards action • Strong team ethic • Excellent analytic skills • First class communication skills NICE TO HAVE • Bonus points for Insurance domain knowledge, testing applications and services across Policy administration, Online Quotation systems, CRM/Web Portals, Rule engines)