Quality Engineer: Test Automation & API Validation

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

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Medical & pharmacy benefits

Dental and vision benefits

Generous paid time off & holidays

Career development

Job summary

Delta Dental Ins. is seeking a Quality Engineer in San Francisco to collaborate with business and technical teams to ensure product usability and performance.

You will deliver quality standards using testing systems to improve efficiency, reliability and production quality, aligning with the company’s strategic quality goals. The role involves creating test plans, automating tests, validating APIs, and contributing to CI/CD pipelines within an Agile environment.

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 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 QA metrics like defect totals, type and frequency and creates test summary reports.

Skills

QA principles

Test automation

CI/CD

API testing

SQL data validation

Agile/Scrum

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Tools

Selenium

TestNG

JUnit

Postman

SoapUI

Job description

Delta Dental Ins. is seeking a Quality Engineer in San Francisco to collaborate with business and technical teams to ensure product usability and performance.

You will deliver quality standards using testing systems to improve efficiency, reliability and production quality, aligning with the company’s strategic quality goals. The role involves creating test plans, automating tests, validating APIs, and contributing to CI/CD pipelines within an Agile environment.