Lead Engineer

American Family Insurance Agency Staff; Madison (WI); Hybrid; USD 99,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Pension plan

Annual incentive

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Student loan repayment

Paid family leave

Job summary

American Family Insurance in Madison, WI is seeking a skilled IT professional for a hybrid role focused on automated testing, test strategy, and delivery quality. You will collaborate across teams to enhance test coverage and drive automation maturity.

The position leverages Agile methods and cloud services, with a strong emphasis on CI/CD, system administration, and integration expertise. Relocation support is available for eligible candidates.

Qualifications

• Experience with Agile development methodologies and product-based teams.
• Experience building automation for cloud environments using CloudFormation, Terraform & Ansible.
• Experience with one or more programming languages (Java, Python, Linux, Shell).
• Experience with CI tools such as Jenkins, Bitbucket, GitLab.

Responsibilities

• Owns quality standards, policies, and metrics for automated delivery.
• Sets the standard for test automation technology and drives automated test strategy.
• Collaborates to plan and execute test cases across teams.
• Drives coverage and metrics through automation across projects.

Skills

Agile

Cloud services

System administration

Networking

Automation tools

Java

Python

Linux

Shell

CI tools

Integrations

Tools

CloudFormation

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

Bitbucket

GitLab

Containers

Job description

Position Compensation Range:

$99,000.00 - $167,000.00

Pay Rate Type:

Salary

Compensation may vary based on the job level and your geographic work location. Relocation support is offered for eligible candidates.

Primary Accountabilities

• Owns quality standards, policies, and metrics for delivery with a focus ontechnology.
• Sets the standard for test automation technology.
• Crafts and drives automated test strategy.
• Collaborates and drives the strategic path for planning and executing test cases.
• Enhances test case coverage through automation.
• Drives metrics across automation teams.
• Demonstrates strong management skill in understanding project goals, individual role operations, the delivery process, identifying problems, and unblocking testing through effective escalation.
• Demonstrates strong personal discipline in goal setting and achieving results.

Specialized Knowledge & Skills Requirements

• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of application development methodologies (e.g. Agile) and product based teams.
• Demonstrated knowledge & understanding of key Cloud services (EC2, S3, Cloud Watch, Containers).
• Demonstrated experience with System Administration (configuration, installations, patch management, server maintenance, etc.) and Network Management (firewalls, proxies, IP management, routing, DNS).
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of multiple IT subject areas (e.g. development, testing, configuration, deployment, monitoring etc.).
• Demonstrated experience building automation for cloud environments using tools such as Cloudformation, Terraform & Ansible.
• Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following: Java, Python, Linux, Shell, Bash or other programming languages.
• Demonstrated experience with continuous integration tools such as Jenkins, BitBucket, Gitlab, etc.
• Demonstrated experience establishing, using and supporting integration and communication protocols between applications, databases, and technology platforms.

Licenses

• Not Applicable.

Travel Requirements

• Up to 10%.

Physical Requirements

• Work that primarily involves sitting/standing.

Working Conditions

• Not Applicable.

Additional Information

• To ensure a strong start, all employees participate in our New Employee Orientation during their first week. This experience is held in person at our Madison, WI Headquarters or one of our AmFam core locations to help you connect with our mission, meet key team members and build relationships that support your growth. At times, sessions may be delivered virtually based on scheduling and availability.
• Offer to selected candidate will be made contingent on the results of applicable background checks
• Offer to selected candidate is contingent on signing a non-disclosure agreement for proprietary information, trade secrets, and inventions
• Sponsorship will not be considered for this position unless specified in the posting

In this hybrid role, you will be expected to work a minimum of 10 days per month from the office. Candidates should reside within approximately 35-50 miles of one of the following office locations: Madison, WI 53783; Boston, MA 02210

We provide benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. You will have access to comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits that enable you to take care of your health. We also offer a competitive 401(k) contribution, a pension plan, an annual incentive, 9 paid holidays and a paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees). In addition, our student loan repayment program and paid-family leave are available to support our employees and their families. Interns and contingent workers are not eligible for American Family Insurance Group benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws pertaining to non-discrimination, non-harassment and equal opportunity. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

American Family Insurance is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please email [e-mail] to request a reasonable accommodation.