Senior Associate - SDET - Automation Tester & Lead

About the role

Location Designation: Hybrid - 3 days per week Business Unit Technology, Data, AI and Ventures (TDAV) Within the Tech, Data, AI, Ventures (TDAV) organization, our work is guided by a shared vision: deploying the power of technology, data, AI and ventures to accelerate sustainable competitive advantage for New York Life's businesses. We build solutions that power how we serve policy owners, agents, advisors and employees while delivering measurable business outcomes. Across technology, data, AI, cyber, product, digital experience, architecture and infrastructure, TDAV combines the scale and investment of an industry leader, access to leading-edge technologies and the opportunity to help shape how a world-class financial services company competes in the AI era — all backed by the stability and purpose of a mutual company built to last. Role Overview The Senior SDET – Automation Tester & Lead will help advance quality engineering across web, REST API, and native mobile applications by designing, developing, and maintaining scalable test automation solutions integrated with modern CI/CD pipelines. This role combines deep technical expertise in software testing and automation with quality engineering leadership, partnering closely with developers, product owners, quality engineers, business analysts, and DevOps teams to enable reliable, high-quality software delivery. The role will provide technical direction across automation and testing activities, identify opportunities to improve quality earlier in the software development lifecycle, and use automation, AI-enabled capabilities, and data-driven insights to increase testing effectiveness and engineering productivity. The successful candidate will bring a quality-first mindset, strong programming and problem-solving capabilities, and the ability to influence testing practices across multiple applications and Agile teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and advance scalable quality engineering solutions by developing, documenting, and maintaining automation frameworks for web, REST API, native iOS and Android, and connected applications; integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and identify opportunities to apply AI to improve testing efficiency and effectiveness.
• Lead comprehensive testing across the software delivery