Lead Software Automation Engineer (Hybrid) - Selective Insurance Company of America

About Us:At Selective, we don't just insure uniquely, we employ uniqueness.

Selective is a midsized U.S. domestic property and casualty insurance company with a history of strong, consistent financial performance for nearly 100 years. Selective's unique position as both a leading insurance group and an employer of choice is recognized in a wide variety of awards and honors, including listing in Forbes Best Midsize Employers in 2024 and certification as a Great Place to Work® in 2024 for the fifth consecutive year.

Employees are empowered and encouraged to Be Uniquely You by being their true, unique selves and contributing their diverse talents, experiences, and perspectives to our shared success. Together, we are a high-performing team working to serve our customers responsibly by helping to mitigate loss, keep them safe, and restore their lives and businesses after an insured loss occurs.Overview:

Selective is seeking a Lead Software Automation Test Engineer who will be responsible for the design, development, implementation and maintenance of automated UI and API testing frameworks and test assets. Collaborate with Architecture, Business Users, Development and QA Engineers to ensure that all aspects of the applications have proper testing coverage and overall system reliability, performance and quality. Deliver effective and efficient complex technical solutions and tools by meeting key project milestones and overall project deliverables on-time and adhering to development and quality standards.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates ability to collaborate with architecture and understands benefits of standards, best practices, and principles from both a technology and process perspective.
• Ability to communicate complex technical solutions to different audiences (technical and non-technical) in both a formal and non-formal setting.
• Accountable for supporting the effective and timely completion of UI, API and/or Stress/Performance automation test activities performed on multiple projects. Including driving tasks and milestones to complete within the timeframes of a well-defined project plan and/or sprint that includes planning, design, build and execution tasks, while providing guidance to resolve problems as issues arise.
• Maintain a strong understanding of current test automation process, procedures, and best practices to ensure that all QA work is being performed accordingly. Ability to think outside the box and adjust to IT and business needs collaboratively in order to meet project objectives.
• Understands and participates in waterfall, agile, CI/CD processes.
• Provide Rough Order of Magnitude Estimates (ROMs) and forecast resource needs for automation projects with ROI.
• Establish and maintain metrics which measure resource productivity, test progress and QA effectiveness. Provide QA input into root cause analysis and conduct lessons learned sessions with IT/BSU/QA following each release.
• Identify potential improvements, best practices, and efficiency to test automation process, implement and/or communicate solutions.
• Demonstrates ability to design and implement highly complex, multi-tier solutions using OO Principles and modern design patterns. Demonstrates a strong understanding of the business and business processes or the ability to quickly learn and understand for purposes of delivering solutions.
• Actively Coaches/mentors less experienced test automation engineers.

Qualifications:

Knowledge and Requirements

• Minimum 10+ years of hands on Software Testing, Development and/or Test Management experience, including experience in advanced test automation strategies.
• Experienced with C#, Java, .NET, SQL or other software languages. Experienced with both UI and Rest API automation.
• Knowledge of mobile automation. Knowledge of Performance Testing Tools a Plus
• Experienced with Object-Oriented Design and Patterns. Strong analytical, troubleshooting and time management skills.
• Experienced in working with AGILE, DevOps CI/CD process administration methodology.
• Knowledge of different test methods/tools such as MS Test, TestNG, JUnit/NUnit, GIT, Selenium WebDriver, and so forth.
• Ability to solve complex multi-tier issues independently.
• Knowledge of current trends in automation and ability to quickly pick up and learn new technologies and concepts independently, e.g. AI, ML, IoT,
• Effective communication to convey testing results and any implications to business leadership and IT delivery teams.
• Ability to communicate complex technical solutions to technical and non-technical audience.
• College Degree preferred in Computer Science, Business, or related field.

Total Rewards:Selective Insurance offers a total rewards package that includes a competitive base salary, incentive plan eligibility at all levels, and a wide array of benefits designed to help you and your family stay healthy, achieve your financial goals, and balance the demands of your work and personal life. These benefits include comprehensive health care plans, retirement savings plan with company match, discounted Employee Stock Purchase Program, tuition assistance and reimbursement programs, and paid time off plans. Additional details about our total rewards package will be provided during the recruiting process.

The actual base salary is based on geographic location, and the range is representative of salaries for this role throughout Selective's footprint. Additional considerations include relevant education, qualifications, experience, skills, performance, and business needs.Pay Range:USD $104,000.00 - USD $150,000.00 /Yr.Additional Information:Selective is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. That means we respect and value every individual’s unique opinions, beliefs, abilities, and perspectives. We are committed to promoting a welcoming culture that celebrates diverse talent, individual identity, different points of view and experiences – and empowers employees to contribute new ideas that support our continued and growing success. Building a highly engaged team is one of our core strategic imperatives, which we believe is enhanced by diversity, equity, and inclusion. We expect and encourage all employees and all of our business partners to embrace, practice, and monitor the attitudes, values, and goals of acceptance; address biases; and foster diversity of viewpoints and opinions.