Software Quality Assurance Engineer III

About Us

 

More than 35 years ago, SelectQuote was founded on one core promise: to help our customers protect the people they value most. We pioneered the way consumers shopped for term life insurance, and now, we also help people find home insurance, auto insurance, senior health insurance and more. Our quick and easy process saves consumers both time and money, and today, more than 2 million families trust us to help them with their insurance needs.

 

But what truly sets us apart is our people, and the opportunities to grow your career with SelectQuote are unmatched.

About the Role

Works with multiple teams in development testing and production teams to create publish and implement risk based QA test strategies.  Develops and executes complex test scenarios.  Creates and executes automated test scripts including functional API data and performance tests while contributing to the scalability of the automation framework.  Defines tracks and reports on quality assurance metrics such as defects and test results.  Identifies improvement opportunities and drives updates to quality processes.Requires minimal supervision.

 

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Administrator for the test management systems
• Identify and implement improvements to QA processes
• Become a domain expert on the systems under test
• Drive and optimize test case prioritization and automation road mapping
• Optimize existing automation scripts and performance management
• Increased focus on automated scripting
• Create risk based test plans/strategies and automation designs
• Create complex SQL statements
• Review and provide feedback to the PM/BA teams on missing requirements dependencies and high risk issues
• Provides trainings and assists in the onboarding process
• Design and execute manual and automated test cases for functional regression and/or performance testing including both back-end and front-end systems

 

Skills/Abilities:

• Ability to solve complex problems and apply critical thinking to prevent issues

 

Education and Experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree in an IT related field (or equivalent work experience)
• 5-8 years experience in a Quality Assurance or comparable work experience
• Experience with Agile, Quality Assurance and SDLC methodologies to drive designs and process improvements
• Experience in manual and automation test design, scripting, execution and reporting
• Experience with testing tools such as Zephyr, Jira, Postman, Github, Selenium etc.
• Experience with automating test scripts and framework maintenance
• Experience in coding languages (Java, JavaScript) and SQL is  preferred

 Physical Requirements:

Work is performed indoors with potential for exposure to safety and health hazards related to office work. Could periodically travel to other office and operational sites.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

 

Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

 

SelectQuote Core Values:

Service: We create positive customer experiences. 

Entrepreneurship: We create innovate & take risks. 

Leadership: We build & invest in high-performing teams. 

Empowerment: We embrace a changing environment. 

Courage: We challenge the status quo & drive continuous improvement.

Teamwork: We help support & celebrate each other.

 

Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required.

Our Benefits

The Compensation for this position is listed below. Local minimum wage laws apply. This information is posted pursuant to local requirements to provide applicants with information about what they might be eligible to receive. Individual pay decisions will depend on job-related factors such as experience, education, skill, performance, and geographic location where work will be performed.Successful candidates may be able to participate in one or more incentive compensation or short-term incentive plans, which could generate additional earnings in accordance with the terms of each plan.

 

We are proud to offer the following benefits:

• Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• HSA/FSA
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity, Critical Illness, Accident Insurance, and Short Term Disability
• Voluntary Life Insurance for Self, Spouse and Dependent
• Company-paid Basic Life Insurance and Long Term Disability
• Retirement plan and Employer match contribution with Profit Share
• Tuition Reimbursement program
• Company perks and Discount program
• Engaging Wellness and Financial Education Resources
• Employee Assistance Program
• Incentive Plans

 

Base Salary Minimum$90,000Base Salary Maximum$93,000