Guidewire Automation QA Engineer
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Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA
Summary: The Guidewire Automation QA Engineer role involves validating software functionality through complex test plans and designs, focusing on both manual and automated testing. The position requires collaboration with senior engineers to establish best practices and ensure high-quality software releases. The engineer will mentor junior team members and promote a culture of automation while maintaining operational excellence. A strong background in QA automation, particularly with Guidewire applications, is essential for success in this role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Review and understand complex test plan/design to validate software functionality.
- Develop manual or automated test cases based on defined test designs.
- Collaborate with senior engineers to define best practices and technical vision.
- Write stable, efficient, and maintainable automated test code.
- Mentor junior members in creating tests and conduct code reviews.
- Develop understanding of the business domain and collaborate with experts.
- Promote a culture of highly automated testing and enforce coding standards.
- Identify problems and propose solutions to improve automated test code.
Key Skills:
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in QA automation, focusing on Guidewire applications.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field.
- Proficiency in test automation tools such as Selenium, TestNG, JUnit, or similar.
- Strong understanding of Guidewire Insurance Suite (PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, ClaimCenter).
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools like Jenkins or GitLab.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Job Responsibilities:
Review and understand complex test plan/design to validate the quality of new and existing software functionality and support existing application testing capability.
Take a defined complex test design and turn it into either appropriate manual or develop required automated test cases and deliver it on schedule, applying appropriate technologies and current software engineering best practices. Can also call out potential coverage gaps or missing test scenarios within that test design.
Collaborate with more senior Software Development Engineers in Test on team and overall organization to create the technical vision of team, help to define best practices, analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs and make the right decisions to ensure future success.
Write stable, efficient and maintainable automated test code. Use technology to solve straightforward problems, seeking input and guidance from team members.
Work with more junior members to mentor and support them as they create manual or develop automated tests based on defined test plans. Completes code reviews and provides constructive feedback to other Software Development Engineer in Test.
Develop an understanding of the business domain and collaborates with subject matter experts and business partners to further extend their business context and domain knowledge.
Insist on relentlessly high standards by promoting a culture of highly automated testing with minimal manual test activity and continuously support the release top quality software using automation and monitoring. Participates in code reviews and enforces best coding practices and organizational coding standards.
Focus on operational excellence, constructively identifying problems and proposing solutions, taking on projects that improve automated test code, making it better and easier to maintain.
Basic Qualifications:
Minimum of 8 years of experience in QA automation, with a focus on Guidewire applications.
Bachelor s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
Proven proficiency in test automation tools such as Selenium, TestNG, JUnit, or similar.
Strong understanding of Guidewire Insurance Suite, including PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, and ClaimCenter.
Familiarity with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and tools like Jenkins or GitLab.
Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment