Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

About the role

biBerk is a platform where commercial insurance buyers can secure coverage from the Berkshire Hathaway group of insurance companies, one of the most capitalized insurance groups globally. Our ultimate parent, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., operates across various industries including insurance, energy, transportation, and manufacturing. At biBerk, we assist small business owners in acquiring affordable insurance from a financially stable insurer they can trust.

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership & Automation Strategy
• Serve as a champion for automation best practices across multiple engineering teams.
• Continuously evaluate and improve automation frameworks, tooling, and testing strategies.
• Challenge existing processes and advocate for solutions that improve quality, scalability, maintainability, and efficiency.
• Act as a trusted advisor to engineering, QA, and product teams on automation-related decisions.
• Identify risks and coverage gaps before they become production issues.
• Automation Framework Ownership
• Design, maintain, and enhance enterprise-scale automation frameworks.
• Contribute to and influence architecture decisions with a focus on long-term sustainability.
• Establish coding standards and framework patterns that improve consistency across teams and ensure automation solutions are maintainable, scalable, and reliable.
• Code Quality & Mentorship
• Analyze and troubleshoot API behavior and performance, applying sound engineering practices and security considerations.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for automation repositories and frameworks.
• Perform thorough code reviews that elevate the quality of contributions across the organization.
• Support the growth of other engineers through technical feedback, design discussions, and best-practice guidance, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and engineering excellence.
• Cross-Functional Impact
• Operate as a force multiplier by supporting multiple engineering teams rather than a single product team.
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, QA engineers, and leadership to improve testing effectiveness.
• Drive initiatives that increase engineering velocity while maintaining quality standards.
• Influence teams to adopt efficient, scalable testing solutions.
• Tooling & Platform Ownership
• Assume ownership of critical automation tools and validation platforms.
• Maintain and enhance existing automation solutions to ensure long-term stability and reliability.
• Drive technical aspects of transitions and migrations between testing platforms and technologies.
• Create solutions that close testing and validation gaps during organizational changes or technology migrations.
• Quality Engineering Excellence
• Contribute to and optimize automation integration within CI/CD pipelines to improve reliability, speed, and release confidence.
• Develop comprehensive test automation solutions covering UI, API, integration, and validation testing.
• Identify opportunities to reduce manual testing effort through automation, improving test reliability, execution speed, and overall effectiveness.
• Utilize automation as a strategic tool to improve release confidence and reduce organizational risk.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of dedicated automation engineering experience
• Proven experience operating as a senior-level automation engineer within large-scale software organizations
• Demonstrated success leading automation initiatives that span multiple teams or departments
• Experience owning automation frameworks and influencing automation strategy

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience
• Experience serving as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for enterprise automation platforms
• Experience leading automation efforts during organizational or vendor transitions
• Experience implementing validation tooling for highly regulated business processes
• Experience working within a Center of Excellence (CoE) model
• Experience supporting geographically distributed teams and contractor resources
• Experience identifying and resolving systemic quality issues through automation

Technical Skills

• Expert-level experience with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium WebDriver, or similar automation frameworks
• Strong experience automating API testing
• Strong programming skills in C#, Java, or TypeScript
• Experience building and maintaining automation frameworks from the ground up
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automation into release workflows
• Strong understanding of test architecture, design patterns, and maintainability principles
• Experience with Git, pull request workflows, and repository governance

Leadership Skills

• Demonstrated ability to influence engineering decisions without formal authority and operate in environments with minimal supervision
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to mentor engineers and elevate team performance through coaching and feedback
• Proven track record of driving initiatives from concept to successful delivery

Benefits

• Medical (PPO/HDHP), vision, disability, and life insurance
• Enhanced dental plan with orthodontia coverage in addition to a standard plan
• Generous PTO plan for all benefit-time eligible employees
• Paid company holidays and 4 floating holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Retirement Savings Plan/401(k) with company match and immediate vesting
• Education Assistance Program that offers 100% upfront tuition reimbursement after 6 months of service for approved degree programs
• Service Recognition Program that provides a monetary award to be used toward a vacation every 5 years of employment
• Wellness Initiatives that include Fitness Center and Weight Watchers Reimbursement programs
• Voluntary benefits that include accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity
• Employee discount and rewards program on travel, tickets, electronics, home, and more

Pay

The salary range for this position is $85,000 to $115,000 per year. Final compensation will be based on candidate qualifications, geographic location, and other considerations permitted by law.