Lead Guidewire PolicyCenter SDET & Automation Strategy

American Family Insurance Group; Madison (WI); Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) contribution

Pension plan

Annual incentive

9 paid holidays

Paid time off (23 days)

Student loan repayment

Paid-family leave

Job summary

American Family Insurance Group is seeking a Senior Test Engineering Leader to own the Guidewire PolicyCenter automation strategy and drive continuous improvements across testing tools and processes.

You will mentor teams, optimize CI/CD and test environments, and partner with cross-functional leadership to deliver high-quality insurance tech solutions that align with enterprise goals.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience with Guidewire PolicyCenter and integrated systems.
• Extensive automation or software engineering experience in the insurance tech landscape.
• Extensive experience leading automation strategy in large, integrated systems.
• Subject matter expert in one or more automation frameworks.
• Extensive understanding of cloud-based CI/CD, test environments, coding/scripting languages.
• Demonstrated ability to align testing initiatives with organizational goals.
• Experience evaluating and implementing new tools/technologies.
• Experience architecting scalable test solutions.
• Experience analyzing mockups and providing test design recommendations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define, execute, and evolve the Guidewire PolicyCenter functional & test automation strategy to align with QA goals.
• Establish quality standards for framework design, versioning, and environments in line with enterprise objectives.
• Lead manual/automated/performance testing across multiple systems (policy, billing, claims, etc.).
• Research, evaluate, and implement innovations in testing tools and methods.
• Partner with QA to align regression coverage metrics and report automation ROI to leadership.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to QA teams for complex issues and code quality.

Skills

Guidewire PolicyCenter

Automation strategy

QA leadership

CI/CD

Mentorship

Test automation

Scripting languages

Tools

Playwright

Karate API

Selenium

Job description

American Family Insurance Group is seeking a Senior Test Engineering Leader to own the Guidewire PolicyCenter automation strategy and drive continuous improvements across testing tools and processes.

You will mentor teams, optimize CI/CD and test environments, and partner with cross-functional leadership to deliver high-quality insurance tech solutions that align with enterprise goals.