Quality Assurance Engineer

Archer Recruitment; Galway; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Archer Recruitment Pte Ltd in Ireland (Galway) seeks an experienced QA Engineer to own end-to-end testing across life insurance, pensions, and claims platforms. You’ll define test strategies, craft scenarios, and drive releases with minimal supervision in a high-visibility transformation program.

You’ll work with Life400/AS400 and legacy IBM mainframe environments, ensuring robust regression suites and rapid defect resolution while collaborating with BAs and developers in a hybrid Dublin/Galway

Qualifications

• 3+ years of QA experience within insurance environments.
• Deep domain knowledge across Life Insurance, Pensions, Policy Administration, or Claims systems.
• Hands-on experience with Life400, AS400, or legacy IBM Mainframe architecture.

Responsibilities

• Own testing end-to-end—defining strategies, crafting functional test scenarios, and executing execution plans from initial requirements through to final release.
• Establish robust test environments and execute comprehensive regression suites across core policy, claims, and pensions platforms.
• Identify and manage complex defects through to resolution, partnering with BAs and developers to eliminate delivery risks.

Skills

QA within insurance

End-to-end testing

Regression testing

Defect management

Tools

Life400

AS400

IBM Mainframe

Job description

• Enterprise-Scale Transformation Programme
• Core System Modernisation & Platform Upgrades (Life400 / AS400)
• Highly Flexible Hybrid Model

The Opportunity

This is a career-defining opportunity to shape an enterprise-scale transformation programme within a market-leading Irish Life & Pensions organisation. Operating in a high-visibility, high-impact role, you will take full ownership of end-to-end quality assurance as the business overhauls core platforms, modernises policy administration, and drives next-generation product launches.

If you are a self-sufficient Quality Assurance Engineer looking to step into a position of true autonomy where your domain expertise directly influences business-critical outcomes, this is your next move.

Why You’ll Love This Job

• Unmatched Contract Longevity: Step into an initial 6-month contract backed by a multi-year transformation roadmap.
• Autonomy & Flexibility: Enjoy an 80% work-from-home schedule, combining remote freedom with occasional, high-value in-office collaboration in Dublin.
• High-Impact Environment: Work alongside top-tier, cross-functional talent in a growth-focused culture where your delivery directly shapes the future of Irish financial services.

What You’ll Own

• Own testing end-to-end—defining strategies, crafting functional test scenarios, and executing execution plans from initial requirements through to final release.
• Establish robust test environments and execute comprehensive regression suites across core policy, claims, and pensions platforms.
• Identify and manage complex defects through to resolution, partnering closely with BAs and developers to eliminate delivery risks.

What You Bring

• 3+ years of experience as a QA within insurance environments.
• Deep domain knowledge across Life Insurance, Pensions, Policy Administration, or Claims systems.
• Hands-on experience with Life400, AS400, or legacy IBM Mainframe architecture.