GenAI-Driven Automation Test Lead | Quality Engineering

The Hartford; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 128,000 - 191,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hartford invites applications for a Senior Staff Software Engineer focused on automation test leadership. You will architect and maintain automated test frameworks, drive GenAI-enabled testing strategies, and mentor QA teams across agile environments.

This hybrid role combines hands-on testing with strategic governance to improve quality at scale. As part of a diverse IT organization, you will partner with vendors, IT leadership, and business units to align automation with IT strategy while

Qualifications

• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of experience in Quality Engineering
• 5+ years of experience leading Quality engineering teams
• Experience with programming language - Java, JavaScript/Typescript, Python
• Experience with Test automation tools -Playwright, Karate, BDD, Selenium, Blazemeter/JMeter, Test Data Management tool
• Experience with DevOps and RE tools chain like Sonar, Nexus, Jenkins, uDeploy, Git, Splunk, Dynatrace, Terraform, AppScan, Checkmarx, CA DevTest
• Experience with cross browser testing - Browser stack, Selenium Grid, OpenShift
• Experience with Gen AI - GitHub Copilot, and Model Context Protocol (Playwright, GitHub)
• Strong experience in risk-based approach for implementing End to End test strategies
• Knowledge of Agile Scrum/SAFE methodology and effectively use collaboration tools like Rally/Jira
• Knowledge of AWS and/or GCP cloud technology - Code Build, Code Pipeline, Containers
• Nice to Have: Insurance & Financial services domain knowledge
• Experience with any of the reporting tools - Extent, Tableau, Power BI
• Ability to demonstrate creating test AI agents for Distributed Applications

Responsibilities

• Quality Engineering Strategy Execution: Adopt, evolve, and govern the Quality Engineering strategy, standards, and operating model and adopt contemporary technology to ensure consistent, scalable, and high-quality delivery.
• Test Automation Architecture & Frameworks: Design, implement, and maintain robust automated test frameworks across applications, enabling reliable and repeatable validation of complex systems.
• Hands-On Test Automation & Problem Solving: Drive test automation through hands-on creation of automated test cases, test data management, review of automation delivered by teams, and resolution of complex automation challenges adhering to software engineering best practices and meet expected quality standards.
• Quality Metrics & Outcomes: Proven ability to track, and leverage Quality and Quality Execution metrics to drive measurable improvements such as defect reduction and defect leakage prevention.
• Agile & Scaled Delivery: Demonstrated track record of testing and quality execution within Agile and Scaled Agile frameworks, including sprint-level testing, end-to-end validation, and regression, performance, security and accessibility for external facing digital applications.
• Defect Analysis & System Diagnostics: Diagnose and resolve complex defects across distributed systems and third-party integrations.
• System Testability & Reliability Engineering: Improve system testability, observability, and reliability through direct code contributions and collaboration on system and application design.
• End-to-End Quality Execution: Facilitate and manage end to end quality execution, ensuring business capabilities are delivered with high quality from ideation through production.
• Mentorship & Engineering Excellence: Mentor Quality Engineers with best practices, automation patterns, and scalable test design approaches.
• DevOps & Release support: Proficient with DevOps tools and ability to participate in production release planning, execution.
• AI & GenAI-Driven Innovation: Drive the adoption and effective use of AI and GenAI tools to improve testing efficiency, effectiveness, and overall engineering productivity.

Skills

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

Tools

Playwright

Karate

BDD

Selenium

Blazemeter/JMeter

Test Data Management

Sonar

Nexus

Jenkins

uDeploy

Git

Splunk

Dynatrace

Terraform

AppScan

Checkmarx

CA DevTest

BrowserStack

Selenium Grid

OpenShift

GitHub Copilot

Model Context Protocol

Playwright/GitHub

AWS

CodeBuild

CodePipeline

Containers

Job description

The Hartford invites applications for a Senior Staff Software Engineer focused on automation test leadership. You will architect and maintain automated test frameworks, drive GenAI-enabled testing strategies, and mentor QA teams across agile environments.

This hybrid role combines hands-on testing with strategic governance to improve quality at scale. As part of a diverse IT organization, you will partner with vendors, IT leadership, and business units to align automation with IT strategy while