Automation QA Engineer- Insurance
Posted 5 days ago by 1761744997
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
London
Summary: The Automation QA Engineer role focuses on automating applications within an existing framework for an insurance client on a 6-month contract. The position requires collaboration with cross-functional teams to enhance testing processes and implement innovative automation strategies. The role is hybrid, requiring presence in the London office every Monday, and is classified as inside IR35. Candidates should have relevant experience in automation tools and the insurance domain.
Key Responsibilities:
- Take complete ownership of automating applications within the existing automation framework.
- Analyse applications and identify areas for automation, optimization, and continuous improvement.
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for functional, regression, and integration testing.
- Enhance the current automation framework and suggest innovative approaches to improve performance, scalability, and maintainability.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Development, Business Analysts, Project Managers) to define automation requirements and ensure comprehensive test coverage.
- Propose and implement strategies to improve automation speed, accuracy, and reliability.
- Participate in new QA initiatives, including AI-driven testing, data validation automation, and continuous integration enhancements.
- Contribute to establishing best practices, coding standards, and reusable components for automation.
- Identify and mitigate risks in the automation lifecycle, ensuring consistent and reliable testing outcomes.
Key Skills:
- Hands-on experience in automation tools such as Selenium, TestNG, JUnit, Cypress, Playwright, or similar.
- Strong programming/scripting skills in C# or Java.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps).
- Exposure to API testing tools (Postman, RestAssured).
- Experience in data-driven testing and validation across complex systems or insurance applications.
- Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, and QA best practices.
- Experience in improving and maintaining automation frameworks to support scalable test execution.
- Knowledge of the insurance domain (underwriting, claims, policy management) is an advantage.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Automation QA Engineer
We are recruiting for a Automation QA Engineer with Insurance experience to join one of our insurance clients on a 6-month contract
Inside IR35
Hybrid- Every Monday in the London office
Responsibilities:
- Take complete ownership of automating applications within the existing automation framework.
- Analyse applications and identify areas for automation, optimization, and continuous improvement.
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for functional, regression, and integration testing.
- Enhance the current automation framework and suggest innovative approaches to improve performance, scalability, and maintainability.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Development, Business Analysts, Project Managers) to define automation requirements and ensure comprehensive test coverage.
- Propose and implement strategies to improve automation speed, accuracy, and reliability.
- Participate in new QA initiatives, including AI-driven testing, data validation automation, and continuous integration enhancements.
- Contribute to establishing best practices, coding standards, and reusable components for automation.
- Identify and mitigate risks in the automation lifecycle, ensuring consistent and reliable testing outcomes.
Experience
- Hands-on experience in automation tools such as Selenium, TestNG, JUnit, Cypress, Playwright, or similar.
- Strong programming/scripting skills in C# or Java
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps).
- Exposure to API testing tools (Postman, RestAssured, ).
- Experience in data-driven testing and validation across complex systems or insurance applications.
- Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, and QA best practices.
- Experience in improving and maintaining automation frameworks to support scalable test execution.
- Knowledge of the insurance domain (underwriting, claims, policy management) is an advantage
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