QA Engineer: Test Automation & Quality Strategy

Kinsale Insurance; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Comprehensive benefits

Work-life balance

Career growth

Retirement plan

Continuous learning

Job summary

Kinsale Insurance in Richmond, VA, seeks a QA Analyst to act as a proactive quality partner throughout the software development lifecycle, shaping testability, risk-based quality strategy, and automation before implementation. You will influence teams to design, build, release, and operate software with quality built in from the start.

This role offers growth with experienced engineers and QA leaders while helping build a high-performing engineering culture, requiring a Bachelor’s degree and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to translate requirements into test strategies and cases.
• Experience testing across functional, integration, regression, performance, UI, and end-to-end scenarios.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and QA practices in modern software delivery environments.
• Excellent communication, adaptability, and collaboration in a fast-paced setting.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools and observability/trace tooling is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Identify, own, and solve quality problems independently and as part of a team
• Design and evolve sustainable, reliable test automation with end-to-end coverage
• Partner with product and engineering to translate requirements into testable automation for web-based Java apps
• Shape risk-based quality strategies before execution, defining coverage and acceptance criteria
• Incorporate non-functional requirements (performance, security, resilience, observability) into planning
• Collaborate with Product Owners, engineers, and stakeholders to clarify requirements and priorities
• Diagnose, isolate, and report defects with root-cause analysis
• Influence quality across the lifecycle via design/code reviews and test development
• Mentor others and refine quality strategy and standards across teams

Skills

Test strategy development

Automation testing

Manual testing

CI/CD familiarity (GitLab)

Quality assurance collaboration

AI-assisted tools experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

APM tools

Distributed tracing

Job description

Kinsale Insurance in Richmond, VA, seeks a QA Analyst to act as a proactive quality partner throughout the software development lifecycle, shaping testability, risk-based quality strategy, and automation before implementation. You will influence teams to design, build, release, and operate software with quality built in from the start.

This role offers growth with experienced engineers and QA leaders while helping build a high-performing engineering culture, requiring a Bachelor’s degree and