Senior QA Automation Engineer – Insurance Platforms

Cognizant; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 71,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant in the United States is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer – Insurance Platforms to ensure quality, reliability, and regulatory alignment of new business and policy issuance solutions across FAST/Hexure insurance platform.

You will design and maintain automated test scripts with Java, Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber, and TestNG, perform end-to-end testing, validate data exchange with partners, and integrate tests into Jenkins or Azure DevOps.

Qualifications

• Eight or more years of experience in quality engineering, software testing, or test automation, including functional, integration, regression, system, and end-to-end testing.
• Hands-on experience designing and maintaining test automation solutions using Java, Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber, TestNG, or comparable automation technologies.
• Experience testing FAST/Hexure or similar insurance platforms (new business, underwriting, policy administration).
• Experience with API automation, backend data validation, CI/CD pipelines, and tools such as Jenkins or Azure DevOps.
• Strong knowledge of life insurance or annuity processes, including business rules and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts and reusable framework components.
• Perform functional, system, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing of insurance workflows.
• Validate data exchange and end-to-end workflows with partner systems and electronic applications.
• Develop API automation and validate data integrity and compliance requirements.
• Integrate automated test suites with Jenkins or Azure DevOps pipelines and support quality gates.

Skills

Java

Selenium

Playwright

Cucumber

TestNG

API automation

CI/CD pipelines

Tools

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Job description

About the role

As a Senior QA Automation Engineer – Insurance Platforms, you will make an impact by ensuring the quality, reliability, and regulatory alignment of new business, underwriting, and policy issuance solutions across the FAST/Hexure insurance platform and its integrated applications. You will be a valued member of the Quality Engineering team and work collaboratively with business analysts, developers, product stakeholders, and other cross-functional teams.

In this role, you will:

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts and reusable framework components using Java, Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber, and TestNG for FAST/Hexure and its integrated insurance workflows.
• Perform functional, system, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing of new business, e-application, underwriting, policy issuance, and product configuration processes.
• Validate data exchange and end-to-end workflows across FAST/Hexure, SuranceBay, and FireLight, including agent licensing, appointments, electronic applications, and electronic signature processes.
• Develop API automation and validate backend data integrity, business rules, forms, and compliance requirements associated with life insurance and Fixed Indexed Annuity products.
• Integrate automated test suites with Jenkins or Azure DevOps pipelines, support quality gates, manage defects through resolution, and contribute to user acceptance testing and production validation activities.

Work model

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible.
The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured, we will always be clear about role expectations.

What you need to have to be considered

• Eight or more years of experience in quality engineering, software testing, or test automation, including functional, integration, regression, system, and end-to-end testing.
• Hands‑on experience designing and maintaining test automation solutions using Java, Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber, TestNG, or comparable automation technologies.
• Experience testing FAST/Hexure or similar insurance new business, underwriting, and policy administration platforms.
• Experience with API automation, backend data validation, CI/CD pipelines, and tools such as Jenkins or Azure DevOps.
• Strong knowledge of life insurance or annuity processes, including new business, underwriting, policy issuance, business rules, product configuration, and regulatory requirements.

These will help you stand out

• Experience testing integrations involving SuranceBay, FireLight, or other insurance distribution and electronic application platforms.
• Knowledge of Fixed Indexed Annuity products and their associated forms, business rules, and compliance requirements.
• Experience building data-driven or behavior-driven automation frameworks with reusable components.
• Experience preparing test plans, test cases, requirements traceability matrices, and release-quality documentation.
• Strong stakeholder communication, defect-management, analytical, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

We're excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Don't hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the minimum requirements listed. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role.

Salary and Other Compensation:

The annual salary for this position is between $71,100– $112,500 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

Benefits:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.
*Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*