Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Bowhead Specialty; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bowhead Specialty is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer with strong backend data validation and RESTful API testing skills. The role focuses on ensuring data integrity between application and database layers, and leading QA efforts across the software lifecycle.

Ideal candidates will have 7+ years in software QA, extensive SQL experience, and proficiency with API testing tools such as Postman or Swagger. Collaboration across teams and strong problem-solving skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years in Software Quality Assurance.
• 5+ years writing and executing complex SQL queries for data validation and backend testing.
• 2+ years testing RESTful APIs with tools like Postman or Swagger.
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies and SDLC.
• Experience with defect management tools (Azure DevOps, Jira, etc.).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute test plans, cases, and strategies for front-end and back-end apps.
• Lead QA efforts across the SDLC.
• Identify, document, prioritize, and track defects to resolution.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, system, and end-to-end testing.

Skills

SQL data validation

RESTful API testing

SDLC

Analytical thinking

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Postman

Swagger

Azure DevOps

Jira

Job description

Bowhead Specialty, partnering with American Family (rated A XV by A.M. Best) is a best in class insurance underwriting operation focused on Management Liability, Excess Casualty, Errors & Omissions and Healthcare. Our company is dynamic and growing. We encourage those who join us to be active participants in building our future.

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Senior Quality Assurance Engineer to join our Quality Assurance team. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in software quality assurance, with strong expertise in backend database validation testing and SQL-based data verification. The candidate should also have experience testing RESTful APIs and be comfortable validating data flows between application and database layers. This role requires a proactive individual who can ensure the delivery of high-quality, reliable software solutions through comprehensive testing and defect analysis.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test strategies for front-end and back-end applications
• Lead quality assurance efforts throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Identify, document, prioritize, and track defects through resolution.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, system, and end-to-end testing.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance.
• 5+ years of experience writing and executing complex SQL queries for data validation, backend testing, and root-cause analysis.
• 2+ years of experience testing RESTful APIs using tools such as Postman or Swagger.
• Strong understanding of software testing methodologies and SDLC practices.
• Proven experience with defect management tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar platforms.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.

Technical Skills Required

• SQL
• API testing (REST, JSON, GraphQL)
• Postman, Swagger
• Database platforms such as SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or MySQL
• Test management tools

Preferred

• Coding experience with Python