QA Test Engineer: Automation & AI (Hybrid)

New York Life Insurance Co; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

New York Life Insurance Co. in New York, New York, seeks an Associate QA Test Engineer focusing on automation and AI. You will design and execute test plans for web, API, and backend apps and contribute to AI-enabled QA initiatives.

This role blends manual and automation testing, requires collaboration with engineers and product teams, and supports CI/CD pipelines in a hybrid work model. The position offers a discretionary bonus program and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of STLC and SDLC.
• Experience in manual and automation testing.
• Knowledge of Selenium, API testing tools, SQL, Agile, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with defect tracking tools such as JIRA and PractiTest.
• Basic to intermediate understanding of AI-assisted testing concepts.
• Strong analytical, communication, and critical thinking skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automated test scripts for web, API, and backend applications.
• Execute automated regression suites and analyze test execution results.
• Support CI/CD integration for automated test execution.
• Improve automation framework stability and reusability.
• Work with Selenium WebDriver, MABL, Cypress, Playwright, TestNG, JUnit, Rest Assured, Jenkins.
• Utilize AI-powered testing tools to enhance test generation and test execution automation.
• Analyze AI model outputs for accuracy, bias, reliability, and validation.
• Participate in AI testing strategies for applications involving machine learning or generative AI features.
• Evaluate opportunities to improve QA productivity using AI-driven solutions.
• Analyze business requirements, functional specifications, and user stories.
• Create detailed test plans, test scenarios, and test cases.
• Ensure traceability between requirements and evaluate coverage.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, system, smoke, and other testing.
• Validate APIs, UI workflows, database interactions, and backend processes.
• Identify, document, track, and retest software defects using defect management tools.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Developers, Product Owners, and Scrum teams.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Prepare QA status reports and testing metrics.

Job description

New York Life Insurance Co. in New York, New York, seeks an Associate QA Test Engineer focusing on automation and AI. You will design and execute test plans for web, API, and backend apps and contribute to AI-enabled QA initiatives.

This role blends manual and automation testing, requires collaboration with engineers and product teams, and supports CI/CD pipelines in a hybrid work model. The position offers a discretionary bonus program and comprehensive benefits.