ICW Group · 12 hours ago
Quality Assurance Engineer III
San Diego, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$95K/yr - $161K/yr
4+ years expICW Group is a well-established company in the insurance carrier space, seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer III to maintain and enforce quality standards for software products. The role involves executing test plans, identifying bugs, and collaborating with development teams to ensure the highest quality assurance practices are upheld.
Financial ServicesInsurance
No H1B
Responsibilities
Executes tasks that span across multiple systems/processes for one or more business projects/areas
Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business and IT systems and user needs to determine the best test approach
Estimates, prioritizes, plans, and coordinates test activities
Identifies, records, thoroughly documents, and tracks bugs
Partners with the Development team to perform test via standards based on APIs for communicating between applications
Tracks quality assurance metrics including reporting on pre-defined KPI, defect densities, and open defects counts
Influences quality engineering best practices within the scrum team
Executes and maintains automated regression test suites using open source tools
Follows standards in accordance with company policy and regulation (MAR, HIPAA, ISO 2700, ISO 27001, etc.)
Recommends process improvement and strengthens the quality standards and implements those improvements on approval
Audits test deliverables to ensure they meet standards and takes corrective action to mitigate variances
Leads the QA efforts for large initiatives and collaborates closely with external vendor partners (offshore, nearshore) for work assignments, status calls, working sessions, triage calls etc
Develops detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and test cases
Develops, publishes, and implements test strategy, test plans, and test scripts
Develops and applies testing processes to new and existing products to meet stakeholders needs
Develops and maintains automated test harnesses and libraries
Develops and maintains testing standards, procedures, and guidelines to ensure consistent testing procedures
Creates tests that cover functionality, load, security, etc. at the API and GUI levels
Identifies risks and develops mitigation strategies
Becomes a subject matter expert for one or more business areas and technical product
Delivers quality process training to technical staff
Acts as an internal quality consultant to advise or influence business or technical partners
Performs quality audits across the various IT functions to ensure that quality standards, procedures, and methodologies are being followed
Partners with distributed teams, outside vendors, or offshore testing partners
Coaches and educates others to increase early defect detection rates and decrease defect escape rates
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university IN Computer Science, Information Systems or related field, or equivalent work experience
Minimum 4 years of related experience
Minimum 5 years of IT and/or relevant business experience
Works in an agile manner and must be flexible to changing priorities
Must have ability to learn, analyze, and interpret technical documentation such as software requirements, detailed designs, flow charts and database schemas
Must have a customer-service mentality to resolve/avoid conflict and enable a team approach
Ability to speak in front of teams, stakeholders, and management
Understanding of the software development life cycle processes; understanding of different testing methodologies and their proper application
Experience in analyzing requirements to reduce ambiguity and increase testability; experience developing and reviewing test plans, test cases, and test scripts
Ability to anticipate user behavior or risks to systems; ability to work independently; experience querying and using data to enhance testing approach/scope
Automation feasibility definition and hands-on execution experience; ability to train others on automation practices and tools
Experience mentoring junior QA team members
Strong experience with SQL and SQL and database schema designs and experience with building automation frameworks
Ability to validate data transformations and perform End-to-End validations for ETL/ API enabled integrated systems
Work effectively in both Agile/Scrum and Waterfall (for specific external vendor-led efforts) frameworks
Ability to work effectively with geographically remote and culturally diverse teams
Ability to quickly understand and gain domain expertise with complex existing applications and architecture
Preferred
Certificated Software Test Engineer (CSTE) or International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB) preferred
CP-SAT Selenium Automation Testing certification preferred
Foundation level API certification preferred
Knowledge of Insurance Industry best practices and business workflows a plus
Industry standard certification in Quality Assurance is strongly desired
Benefits
Generous medical, dental, and vision plans
401K retirement plans and company match
Bonus potential for all positions
Paid Time Off
Paid holidays throughout the calendar year
Support you 100%
Company
ICW Group
ICW Group Insurance Companies is a top-tier, national, multi-line Property & Casualty insurance company, providing comprehensive coverage to safeguard our customers’ world.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Rob deViere
Vice President, Head of Distribution & Marketing
Iva Yuan
Chief Actuary, Head of Reserving, Pricing and Product
Recent News
2025-10-09
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