Quality Assurance Engineer – Automation & CI/CD

Delta Dental Ins.; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 71,400 - 149,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base pay

401(k) with matching

Medical & dental benefits

Vision benefits

Paid holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Delta Dental Ins. in Oakland, CA is seeking a Quality Engineer to ensure usability and functionality of products, services, and systems.

You will contribute to quality standards using the team’s testing systems to drive efficiency, reliability, and performance, aligning with the organization’s strategic plan for production quality. The role involves reviewing requirements, creating test plans, executing tests, automating where possible, and maintaining testing programs within a SDLC/Agile

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience w/Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related field.
• Knowledge of QA principles, concepts, systems, industry practices, and standards.
• Experience in software quality assurance techniques.
• Experience in software test automation (functional and/or performance), with advanced scripting expertise.
• Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks and tools (e.g., Selenium, TestNG, JUnit, or equivalent).
• Experience testing APIs and services using tools such as Postman, SoapUI.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and integration with automated testing (e.g., Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Experience working with version control systems such as Git and Github.
• Knowledge of SQL and ability to validate data across databases.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and participation in sprint ceremonies.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong time management and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Reviews requirements and specifications and provides feedback
• Creates detailed and well-structured test plans and test cases
• Prioritizes, plans and coordinates testing activities
• Creates and executes test cases and/or automation scripts
• Identifies and documents defects thoroughly
• Performs thorough regression testing
• Installs, configures and maintains testing programs
• Applies test standards and testing processes (i.e. SDLC, Agile)
• Investigates and documents the causes of routine defects
• Tracks quality assurance metrics like defect totals, type and frequency and creates test summary reports

Skills

QA principles

Test automation

APIs testing

CI/CD

Git/GitHub

SQL

Agile/Scrum

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Selenium

TestNG

JUnit

Postman

SoapUI

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Git

Job description

Delta Dental Ins. in Oakland, CA is seeking a Quality Engineer to ensure usability and functionality of products, services, and systems.

You will contribute to quality standards using the team’s testing systems to drive efficiency, reliability, and performance, aligning with the organization’s strategic plan for production quality. The role involves reviewing requirements, creating test plans, executing tests, automating where possible, and maintaining testing programs within a SDLC/Agile