FBS (Mexico) - Sr. QA Engineer

Farmers Group Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Farmers Group Inc. is seeking a Senior QA Engineer (Agile Dev Team Member IV) to lead quality assurance across enterprise applications, APIs, integration and data platforms. You will define comprehensive testing strategies, drive test planning, and ensure alignment with business and regulatory requirements.

The role emphasizes end-to-end testing, automated solutions, and collaboration with product and engineering teams to deliver high-quality software for Farmers' U.S. customers.

Qualifications

• Requires 9+ years IT/Software Engineering experience.
• Experience driving testing strategies across enterprise applications.

Responsibilities

• Define, implement, and maintain testing strategies across enterprise applications.
• Drive test planning and execution throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Lead quality engineering efforts across APIs, integrations, and data platforms.
• Ensure traceability between requirements, test cases, and results.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Owners, BSA, Vendor partners and Engineering teams.
• Participate in agile ceremonies such as PI planning and sprint planning.

Skills

Test strategy

Test plans

Test cases

Automation testing

Selenium

Playwright

BDD

API testing

Postman

Swagger

GitHub

JUnit

SQL

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Postman

Swagger

GitHub

JUnit

SQL

Job description

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Farmers– where ambition meets opportunity.

Farmers employees deliver peace of mind when it matters most. Farmers employees tackle challenges head‑on, learn from every experience and measure their impact on the customers who trust them.

Join usand help power the success of Farmers. As a team member, you’ll collaborate with Farmers’ award‑winning workforce, benefit from a culture of innovation and support and contribute to their mission of delivering protection and peace of mind to millions of U.S. customers.

Agile Dev Team Member IV (Sr. QA Engineer) with primarily a testing discipline ensures the end product meets the business acceptance criteria and non‑functional requirements. Defines and executes tests early, often, and at multiple levels depending on experience. Based on business products, processes, and system knowledge, provides broad and deep thinking for exceptions and other unexpected ways users may interact with systems.

This role is responsible for establishing and executing comprehensive testing strategies, driving test planning and execution activities, and ensuring solutions meet business, functional, non‑functional, and regulatory requirements. As a senior member you will lead quality engineering efforts across enterprise applications, APIs, integration and data platforms. Ensure complete traceability between business requirements, test cases, and test results. Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Owners, Business Systems Analysts, Vendor partners and Engineering teams to review and analyze business and functional requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Define, implement, and maintain enterprise quality assurance and testing strategies aligned to business objectives and delivery methodologies.
• Drive testing strategy, planning, and execution activities throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Develop risk‑based testing approaches that prioritize critical business functionality and system stability.
• Lead quality planning activities across multiple initiatives and releases.
• Develop, maintain, and execute automated testing solutions.
• Execute API, functional, integration, regression, end‑to‑end (E2E), and user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Ensure comprehensive test coverage based on business requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical specifications.
• Support release validation, defect analysis, and continuous testing practices.
• Identify testing risks, dependencies, and mitigation strategies.
• Provide regular status reporting, defect analysis, and quality metrics to stakeholders.
• Participate in PI planning, sprint planning and other agile ceremonies.

Technical Requirements

• Strong experience developing and executing comprehensive test strategies, test plans, and test cases to ensure coverage of business, functional, non‑functional, and regulatory requirements.
• Hands‑on experience with test automation frameworks such as Selenium and Playwright, including the design and maintenance of automated test suites.
• Experience with Behavior‑Driven Development (BDD) practices using tools such as Cucumber, SpecFlow, or similar frameworks.
• Strong background in API testing and automation using tools such as Postman, SoapUI, Swagger, with experience testing integrations. Exposure to MuleSoft‑based integrations is preferred.
• Experience performing a wide range of testing activities, including functional, integration, system, regression, end‑to‑end (E2E), and user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Knowledge of test strategy development, risk‑based testing methodologies, test planning, estimation, execution management, and defect lifecycle management.
• Experience working with cloud‑based applications and environments, preferably AWS, as well as source code repositories such as GitHub.
• Familiarity with project lifecycle and test management tools (e.g., Jira, Rally, or similar) used to manage test plans, test cases, and testing activities.
• Ability to perform SQL queries, database testing, and data validation activities.
• Experience with root cause analysis, defect trend analysis, and quality metrics reporting.
• Familiarity with test environment management, release validation processes, and continuous testing practices, including Shift‑Left Testing approaches.
• Knowledge of observability and monitoring tools such as Dynatrace and CloudWatch.
• Ability to review business requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical specifications to develop comprehensive test coverage.

Preferred Qualifications

• 9+ years of IT/Software Engineering experience.
• 7+ years of Quality Engineering experience.
• Experience in insurance or financial services environments.
• AWS certifications.

Benefits

This position offers a competitive compensation and benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and work‑life balance. While specific benefits may vary by country and employee level, offerings generally include competitive salary opportunities, performance‑based bonuses, comprehensive benefits, and ongoing training and development resources.

Important Hiring Conditions and Disclosures

By applying for this position, candidates acknowledge and agree that:

Personal Data Processing: The personal data provided during the recruitment and selection process will be collected, processed, and retained for legitimate recruitment and compliance purposes, in accordance with applicable data protection and privacy laws and FBS internal policies.

Legal Authorization to Work: Employment with FBS is conditional upon the candidate having valid, local legal authorization to work in the country where the role is based at the time of hire. FBS does not sponsor or obtain work authorization unless explicitly stated.

Exclusivity of Employment and Conflict of Interest: Upon acceptance of an offer and during employment with FBS, employees will not be permitted to engage in parallel employment, professional activities, or paid work for other entities. Any ownership, partnership, directorship, or participation in other businesses or companies must be fully disclosed and formally reviewed in accordance with FBS internal conflict‑of‑interest and external engagement policies prior to the start date or as soon as such circumstances arise.

Failure to comply with these conditions may impact the hiring decision or employment continuation.

About Farmers Insurance

"Farmers Insurance" and "Farmers" are tradenames for a group of insurers providing insurance for automobiles, homes and small businesses and a wide range of other insurance and financial services products. Farmers Insurance Exchange, the largest of the three primary insurers that make up Farmers Insurance, is recognized as one of the largest U.S. companies on the 2025 Fortune 500 list. For more information about Farmers Insurance, visit Farmers.com.