Automation Lead: Playwright & AI QA for Insurance

Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Wellness incentive

Eight weeks of flex leave per year

Gender-neutral paid parental leave

Job summary

EY is seeking an Automation Lead in Technology Consulting to drive quality engineering across insurance platforms, based in Melbourne or Sydney in a hybrid role. You will shape quality strategy, coach QA teams and mentor across Policy, Claims, Billing, Underwriting and Digital Insurance.

The role emphasises Playwright automation, AI-assisted testing and modern engineering practices. You will collaborate with analysts, product owners and architects to ensure coverage, governance and release

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership of Functional Testing and Quality Engineering teams in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong capability in Guidewire Insurance Suite testing, including integration, API and end-to-end validation.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Property & Casualty insurance processes across Quote, Policy, Claims, Billing and Underwriting.
• Strong capability in test strategy, planning, estimation, risk management, governance and release readiness.
• Experience managing testing across Agile, SAFe and hybrid delivery models and across multiple workstreams and releases.
• Proven capability building and scaling Playwright automation frameworks and reusable automation components.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute test strategies, test plans, quality gates and release-readiness activities across multiple projects and delivery streams.
• Lead functional and automation testing teams, providing mentoring, coaching and technical guidance.
• Manage end-to-end Functional, Integration, System, Regression, UAT, API and Automation testing.
• Drive adoption of Playwright automation frameworks and establish automation standards, best practices and governance.
• Own test estimation, resource planning, execution tracking, requirements traceability, test coverage and defect management.
• Review test plans, scenarios, automation scripts, evidence and defect quality to support delivery excellence.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Product Owners, Architects and Engineering Leads to strengthen coverage and mitigate risk.
• Oversee validation of Quote, Policy, Claims, Billing, Renewals, Endorsements and Underwriting workflows.

Skills

Quality Engineering Leadership

Automation Testing

Playwright

Guidewire Testing

API Testing

Mentoring QA teams

AI-assisted testing

CI/CD

Test Strategy

Tools

Jira

Xray

Azure DevOps

Rest Assured

Guidewire Insurance Suite

Job description

EY is seeking an Automation Lead in Technology Consulting to drive quality engineering across insurance platforms, based in Melbourne or Sydney in a hybrid role. You will shape quality strategy, coach QA teams and mentor across Policy, Claims, Billing, Underwriting and Digital Insurance.

The role emphasises Playwright automation, AI-assisted testing and modern engineering practices. You will collaborate with analysts, product owners and architects to ensure coverage, governance and release