Sr. Test Automation Engineer

About the role

Symetra has an exciting new opportunity to join us as a Senior Test Automation Engineer!

What You Will Do

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test strategies, scripts, testcase suites and frameworks for functional, regression, API, UI, and integration testing.
• Design, build, and document reliable for yourself and other developers.
• Identify automation process improvements and enforce automation quality standards with a goal towards an overall high percentage of automation.
• Take part in Agile events to refine, estimate and deliver application features.
• Complete automated test suites and record results.
• May own framework components, CI/CD test stages, and/or test strategy for a service or domain.
• Document, track, and help resolve defects discovered during automated execution.
• Collaborate with developers to identify root causes and prevent recurrence.
• Work effectively with developers, technical SMEs, QA peers and business partners to ensure automation deliverables are met.
• Communicate regularly with IT management and multi-functional teams.

Why Work at Symetra

Here’s what some of our employees have to say about why they work at Symetra:

• "If you want to work for a company that is always considering its employees while working towards sustainable growth this is that company. Within Symetra, there is always innovation, empowerment, and growth opportunities, all while providing us with a great work/life balance and incredible benefits for a very reasonable cost!" - Cindy J. G., Sr. Product Owner
• "Symetra will spoil you. There aren't many companies that will put as much effort into you being a success as Symetra. The culture will challenge you but simultaneously put you at ease. Failure is seen as integral to the learning process so there is less reason to be fearful of it." - Kerry S., Sr. Systems Analyst

Who You Are

• A High School Diploma is required, plus a BA/BS in related field or equivalent experience preferred.
• 5+ years of hands-on test automation experience, including building automation frameworks, creating test cases, and contributing to enterprise product launches.
• Strong automation skills across unit, API, end-to-end, regression, smoke, and performance testing; proficient with tools such as Pytest, Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, and Postman.
• Technical expertise in JavaScript, TypeScript, or Node.js, with solid design, debugging, and problem-solving abilities; experienced in API testing.
• DevOps and CI/CD experience, including familiarity with DevOps practices and deployments using tools like Azure DevOps.
• Effective collaborator and communicator, skilled at working with technical and non-technical teams and using platforms like Microsoft Teams.
• Hightly organized and proactive, with strong ownership, responsibility, and experience working within Agile methodologies.
• Experience with Python; developing modern serverless solutions on AWS; supporting solution design and architecture for new platforms or services; and working with SQL/databases, preferred.

Compensation

Salary Range: $106,400 - $177,300 plus eligibility for the company annual bonus program.

Benefits and Perks

• Flexible full-time or hybrid telecommuting arrangements
• Plan for your future with our 401(k) plan and take advantage of immediate vesting and company matching up to 6%
• Paid time away including vacation and sick time, flex days and ten paid holidays
• Give back to your community and double your impact through our company matching

Identity Verification

Symetra is committed to fair and secure hiring practices. For all roles, candidates will be required (after the initial phone screen) to be on video for all interviews. Symetra will take affirmative steps at key points in the process to verify that a candidate is not seeking employment fraudulently, e.g. through use of a false identity. Failure To Comply With Verification Procedures May Result In Disqualification from the recruitment processWithdrawal of a job offerTermination of employment and other criminal and/or civil remedies, if fraud is discovered

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