QA Analyst II: Insurance Tech & Test Strategy

American Equity; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company seeks a QA Analyst II to plan and conduct quality control tests ensuring applications meet standards and end-user requirements. Responsibilities include test design, execution, and administration tasks across initiatives, with focus on delivering high‑quality, traceable results.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in Business or Finance, and experience with annuity products and related laws.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business or Finance or related field; plus related industry experience; or equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• Insurance Industry experience working with annuity principles and related laws.

Responsibilities

• Engages in several areas of software testing: Manual functional testing, manual regression testing, and executing previously automated tests.
• Analyzes requirements and communicates issues to QA Manager and project team.
• Writes Test Cases and documents traceability to requirements using a Test Case Management tool such as qTest.
• Researches problems reported in production and communicates results for resolution.
• Finds and files bugs.
• Uses available test data and creates new test data when needed.
• Assists the QA project lead in creating test strategy, plans, and project reports.

Skills

Manual functional testing

Regression testing

Test Case Management

Analytical thinking

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Finance or related field

Insurance industry experience with annuities

Tools

LifePRO

Test Case/Defect management tools

Job description

American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company seeks a QA Analyst II to plan and conduct quality control tests ensuring applications meet standards and end-user requirements. Responsibilities include test design, execution, and administration tasks across initiatives, with focus on delivering high‑quality, traceable results.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in Business or Finance, and experience with annuity products and related laws.