Senior Software Engineer – Quality

The Hartford

Senior Quality Engineer developing automation frameworks and managing test data for insurance company. Collaborating with teams to enhance quality engineering practices and metrics.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timeHartford • Connecticut, Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $96,800 - $145,200 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaJavaScriptJenkinsJMeterOpenShiftPythonSeleniumSplunkTerraformTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Adopt, evolve, and govern the Quality Engineering strategy, standards, and operating model and adopt contemporary technology to ensure consistent, scalable, and high-quality delivery.
Design, implement, and maintain robust automated test frameworks across applications, enabling reliable and repeatable validation of complex systems.
Drive test automation through hands-on creation of automated test cases, test data management, review of automation delivered by teams, and resolution of complex automation challenges adhering to software engineering best practices.
Proven ability to track, and leverage Quality and Quality Execution metrics to drive measurable improvements such as defect reduction and defect leakage prevention.
Demonstrated track record of testing and quality execution within Agile and Scaled Agile frameworks, including sprint-level testing, end-to-end validation, and regression, performance, security and accessibility for external facing digital applications.
Diagnose and resolve complex defects across distributed systems and third-party integrations.
Improve system testability, observability, and reliability through direct code contributions and collaboration on system and application design.
Facilitate and manage end to end quality execution, ensuring business capabilities are delivered with high quality from ideation through production.
Mentor Quality Engineers with best practices, automation patterns, and scalable test design approaches.
Proficient with DevOps tools and ability to participate in production release planning, execution.
Drive the adoption and effective use of AI and GenAI tools to improve testing efficiency, effectiveness, and overall engineering productivity.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
5 + years of experience in Quality Engineering
3+ years of experience in leading Quality engineering teams
Experience with programming language – Java, JavaScript /Typescript, Python
Experience with Test automation tools – Playwright, Karate, BDD, Selenium, Blazemeter/JMeter, Test Data Management tool
Experience with DevOps and RE tools chain like Sonar, Nexus, Jenkins, uDeploy, Git, Splunk, Dynatrace, Terraform, AppScan, Checkmarx, CA DevTest
Experience with cross browser testing – Browser stack, Selenium Grid, OpenShift
Experience with Gen AI – GitHub Copilot, and Model Context Protocol (Playwright, GitHub)
Strong experience in risk-based approach for implementing End to End test strategies
Knowledge of Agile Scrum/SAFE methodology and effectively use collaboration tools like Rally/Jira
Knowledge of AWS and/or GCP cloud technology – Code Build, Code Pipeline, Containers

Benefits

Comp & perks

Short-term or annual bonuses
Long-term incentives
On-the-spot recognition

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Hard Skills & Tools

Quality Engineeringtest automationJavaJavaScriptTypescriptPythonrisk-based testingAgileScaled Agileend-to-end testing

Soft Skills

mentoringcollaborationproblem-solvingleadershipcommunication

Certifications

BS in Computer Science