Key skills
Test automationRegression test suitesSeleniumCypressAPI testingUI testingIntegration testingEnterprise QA automation platformsAI-assisted testing toolsContinuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD)AIPlaywrightIntegration TestingCI/CDCollaboration
About this role
Symetra is a national financial services company dedicated to helping people achieve their financial goals. They are seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test to focus on automated test coverage for their new Stop Loss platform, ensuring application quality through the development and maintenance of regression test suites.
Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and expand automated test coverage for the new Stop Loss platform
- Develop and maintain practical, scalable regression test suites to ensure application quality
- Contribute to and enhance existing test automation solutions based on team and platform needs
- Leverage and extend Symetra’s QE automation platform as it is implemented, aligning with established standards and practices
- Collaborate with development and QA teams to identify testing gaps and improve coverage
- Ensure automation is efficient, maintainable, and integrated into CI/CD workflows to support continuous delivery
Requirements:
- High School Diploma is required, plus a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field
- 6–9 years of relevant experience in test automation, quality engineering, or related roles
- Hands-on experience building or contributing to automated test coverage for applications or platforms
- Strong understanding of test automation fundamentals, with the ability to create effective regression test suites independently
- Experience with automation tools and frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or similar) across UI, API, or integration testing
- Ability to design resilient, maintainable tests for rapidly evolving products without creating brittle test suites
- Comfortable adopting and extending existing test automation platforms, rather than building frameworks from scratch
- Experience working within or enhancing enterprise QA automation platforms or shared testing frameworks
- Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to work closely with developers and QA teams to improve test coverage and quality
- Proficiency using AI-assisted tools to support test creation, debugging, automation development, and code understanding
- Problem-solving mindset with a focus on scalability, efficiency, and continuous improvement in test automation