Senior Quality Engineer jobs in United States
cer-icon
Apply on Employer Site
company-logo

Hiscox · 2 days ago

Senior Quality Engineer

Hiscox is a company focused on building a brilliant future through its US Data Engineering practice. The Senior Quality Engineer will leverage their quality engineering expertise to ensure the excellence of data applications, collaborating with stakeholders to define requirements and developing automated tests to maintain high-quality outputs.

ConsultingFinancial ServicesInsurance
check
H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Engaging with our stakeholders at the earliest possible stage to understand what they need from our data applications
Together with our product owners converting those needs into unambiguous and testable requirements
Developing automated tests to ensure our code delivers to those requirements and regression is not introduced by future development
Building, expanding and improving automation frameworks to ensure our testing is effective and efficient
Collaborating with data engineers in your squad to help them deliver quality code, and with quality engineers across the practice to ensure our test coverage is coherent and comprehensive
Participating in code reviews for data and quality engineers with a continuous improvement mindset
Balancing a meticulous attention to detail where it matters with a risk-based approach to ensure we deliver quality outcomes at high velocity
Building a culture of quality where everyone takes ownership of producing quality outputs in a psychologically safe environment

Qualification

Behavior-driven developmentPython testing frameworksTest automationCloud data technologiesSQL knowledgeAgile collaborationContinuous improvement mindsetAttention to detail

Required

Confidence, ability and desire to shift left and truly understand what quality means for our business
Deep familiarity with behavior-driven-development approaches including the Cucumber/Gherkin syntax for test scenarios
Experience working using a modern test automation approach. You will be an SDET who writes code to ensure quality outcomes
Excellent knowledge of and proven experience with Python testing frameworks particularly pytest
Good knowledge of SQL and ideally of dbt
Hands-on experience working with modern cloud data lakehouse technologies e.g. Databricks (preferred) or Snowflake
Experience collaborating with technical and non-technical team members in agile Scrum ceremonies – roadmap planning, feature workshops, backlog elaboration, code review

Preferred

Experience with additional technologies, data science knowledge or an insurance background are all valued

Benefits

401(k) with competitive company matching
Comprehensive health insurance, vision, dental and FSA plans (medical, limited purpose, and dependent care)
Company paid group term life, short- term disability and long-term disability coverage
24 Paid time off days plus 2 Hiscox days, 10 paid holidays plus 1 paid floating holiday, and ability to purchase 5 PTO days
Paid parental leave
4-week paid sabbatical after every 5 years of service
Financial Adoption Assistance and Medical Travel Reimbursement Programs
Annual reimbursement up to $600 for health club membership or fees associated with any fitness program
Company paid subscription to Headspace to support employees’ mental health and wellbeing
Recipient of 2021 Cigna’s Well-Being Award for having a best-in-class health and wellness program
Dynamic, creative and values-driven culture
Modern and open office spaces, complimentary drinks
Spirit of volunteerism, social responsibility and community involvement, including matching charitable donations for qualifying non-profits via our sister non-profit company, the Hiscox USA Foundation

Company

Hiscox is an insurer, offering property and casualty insurance aimed at companies and high-net-worth individuals.

H1B Sponsorship

Hiscox has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (6)
2024 (3)
2023 (7)
2022 (1)
2021 (7)
2020 (4)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
unknown
2006-12-12IPO

Leadership Team

leader-logo
Chris Loake
Group Chief Information Officer
linkedin
Company data provided by crunchbase