Staff Test Engineer

Responsibilities

• Develop Test Plans and Strategies
• Drive the adoption of an automation-first approach for large sized feature and integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Design and Execute Test Cases
• Perform Manual and Automated Testing
• Documentations for Process and Bug Report
• Implement defect management best practices and ensure overall quality.
• Lead quality initiatives to ensure defects are minimized in future releases.
• Establish and lead best practices for maintaining test documentation across upstream and downstream functional areas.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration and Communication
• Continuous Improvement
• Mentor TE Team Members on Product knowledge
• Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills
• Test Strategy Review
• Test Case Review
• Monitor and Analyze Testing Metrics
• Drive and Develop Test Engineering Strategies and Policies
• Test Automation Effectiveness and Coverage

Qualifications

• Education: Minimum: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or other related fields Or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience: Minimum: 8+ yrs industry experience, hands-on experience leading testing teams on medium-sized projects3+ yrs of experience writing complex automation tests Preferred: 7 or more years of white box testing experience5 or more years of experience in automation testing3 or more years of experience with Java or Python3 or more years of experience testing UI and APIsExposure to Insurance IndustryExposure to leveraging AI in testing
• Knowledge and Skills: Experienced with the following:Time Management: Ability to lead the management of multiple, large testing projects across different teams or business units. Ensures high-level coordination and timely delivery while maintaining quality standards.Collaboration and Communication: Ability to lead discussion for task-specific collaboration, conveying precise technical details, responding to immediate issues, and ensuring clarity in resolving task and project-level challenges. Proficient with the following:Testing Methodologies: Able to define and drive best practices across the team, ensuring that test methodologies are scalable and efficient.Attention to Detail: Has exceptional ability to detect and resolve subtle, complex defects that could significantly impact user experience, application performance, or business objectives. Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills: Able to demonstrate expertise at solving highly complex issues and system-level problems. Leads troubleshooting efforts across multiple teams and defines strategies for long-term solutions that address root causes.Requirements Analysis: Ability to analyze complex product requirements and works independently to define the testing approach. Partners with stakeholders to ensure all aspects of the requirements are covered by testing, addressing ambiguities and gaps.Automation Scripting: Ability to write and maintain more complex automated test scripts using tools like Selenium, TestNG, or similar.API Testing: Advanced skills in API testing and validating complex API functionalities using tools like Postman, SoapUI, and custom scripts.Adaptability and Flexibility: Proficient leading adaptation to changing requirements, code designs and implementation changes, new technologies, methods to solve problems, shift priorities, workstyle and responsibilities. Product Knowledge: Leads domain-specific strategy development, ensuring testing efforts are aligned with industry standards, customer needs, and business objectives. Acts as a subject matter expert for testing in specific domains.

About The Company

Why choose a career at Mercury? At Mercury, we have been guided by our purpose to help people reduce risk and overcome unexpected events for more than 60 years. We are one team with a common goal to help others. Everyone needs insurance and we can’t imagine a world without it. Our team will encourage you to grow, make time to have fun, and work together to make great things happen. We embrace the strengths and values of each team member. We believe in having diverse perspectives where everyone is included, to serve customers from all walks of life. We care about our people, and we mean it. We reward our talented professionals with a competitive salary, bonus potential, and a variety of benefits to help our team members reach their health, retirement, and professional goals.

Perks And Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Paid time off (vacation time, sick time, 9 paid Company holidays, volunteer hours)
• Incentive bonus programs (potential for holiday bonus, referral bonus, and performance-based bonus)
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and pet insurance
• 401 (k) retirement savings plan with company match
• Engaging work environment
• Promotional opportunities
• Education assistance
• Professional and personal development opportunities
• Company recognition program
• Health and wellbeing resources, including free mental wellbeing therapy/coaching sessions, child and eldercare resources, and more