Senior QA Automation Engineer

Summary
We're looking for a Senior QA Automation Engineer with deep experience in automation frameworks, strong coding skills, and a good understanding of the P&C insurance domain. This role involves leading automation strategy, developing scalable test solutions, and ensuring high software quality across Guidewire and related insurance applications.

Job Description
Key Responsibilities:

• Design and maintain automation frameworks (GT:UI / TestCafé Hybrid Framework) for insurance applications.
• Develop test scripts using JavaScript with data stored in JSON files, and generate custom HTML reports.
• Integrate test automation into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, TeamCity, and run scripts from CI servers.
• Use Ignite tool for generating Page Objects and write reusable JavaScript functions.
• Maintain and execute automated test suites, investigate test failures, and identify application vs. script issues.
• Understand BDD (Gherkin) specifications and write corresponding automation test scripts.
• Contribute to version control using Git/Bitbucket, follow push/pull standards and maintain script quality.
• Collaborate with Dev, QA, DevOps, and Business teams to ensure functional coverage and early defect detection.
• Gain a working knowledge of P&C insurance workflows to align test scenarios with domain-specific logic.
• Define and evolve test automation strategy; continuously evaluate tools and frameworks to enhance test efficiency.
• At Guidewire, we foster a culture of curiosity, innovation, and responsible use of AI—empowering our teams to continuously leverage emerging technologies and data-driven insights to enhance productivity and outcomes.

Required Skills & Experience

• 7+ years in QA, with 3+ years in automation leadership roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with JavaScript or equivalent language.
• Experience with automation tools like Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium.
• Proven ability to implement and maintain automation in CI/CD pipelines.
• Good understanding of cloud (AWS/Azure), container platforms (Docker/Kubernetes) is a plus.
• Experience working on P&C insurance products or Guidewire-based implementations is highly preferred.
• Strong understanding of test reporting, defect tracking, and QA best practices.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate in cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated ability to embrace AI and apply it to your role as well as use data-driven insights to drive innovation, productivity, and continuous improvement.

About Guidewire
Guidewire is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently. We combine digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver our platform as a cloud service. More than 540+ insurers in 40 countries, from new ventures to the largest and most complex in the world, run on Guidewire.

As a partner to our customers, we continually evolve to enable their success. We are proud of our unparalleled implementation track record with 1600+ successful projects, supported by the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry. Our Marketplace provides hundreds of applications that accelerate integration, localization, and innovation.

For more information, please visit and follow us on Twitter: @Guidewire_PandC.

Guidewire Software, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to an inclusive workplace, and believe that a diversity of perspectives, abilities, and cultures is a key to our success. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability. All offers are contingent upon passing a criminal history and other background checks where it's applicable to the position.