Senior Automation Tester- Life and Annuity — Austin, TX — LinkedIn — 4489880967

Job Title: Senior Automation Tester- Life and Annuity

Location: New York City, NY // Austin, TX

Type/Duration: Fulltime

Work Authorization: USC, GC and GC-EAD

Salary: $120k + Benefits

2+ years Life & Annuity Insurance domain experience is Must

Job Description

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• 6+ years of hands-on automation experience using Playwright, Selenium, Tosca, or equivalent frameworks with Java, TypeScript, Python, or C#.

• Strong experience in UI, REST API, integration and regression automation using tools such as Postman, Rest Assured, Karate or SoapUI.

• Working knowledge of SQL-based backend validation, test-data management, Git, and CI/CD integration using GitLab, Jenkins or Azure DevOps.

• Experience with reusable automation frameworks, defect management, execution reporting and quality-engineering practices.

• Life Insurance, Annuity, policy administration or regulated financial-services testing experience is preferred.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain reusable UI and API automation frameworks for functional, integration and regression testing.

• Automate critical Life & Annuity workflows such as new business, underwriting, policy servicing, premium processing and claims.

• Integrate automation suites into CI/CD pipelines and analyze failures across application, environment, test-data and script layers.

• Perform SQL validation, manage test data, track defects and publish automation coverage and release-readiness reports.

• Coordinate with Business Analysts, developers, DevOps and onsite/offshore QA teams during Agile delivery and production stabilization.

• Generic Managerial Skills, If any

• Strong ownership, analytical thinking, problem-solving and customer-facing communication.

• Ability to estimate automation work, prioritize high-risk scenarios and report blockers or release-quality concerns.

• Experience mentoring junior engineers and conducting automation-framework or code reviews.

• Ability to coordinate effectively across onsite and offshore teams in an Agile delivery model.

• Willingness to support critical releases, production validation and US business-hour coordination when required.