Guidewire Automation QA - Senior Consultant
Guidewire SoftwareResponsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable UI automation frameworks for Guidewire applications using TestCafe, JavaScript, JSON-based test data, modular architectures, and custom HTML reporting.
- Define and drive automation strategy, test coverage, quality goals, execution priorities, effort estimates, and quality risk assessment for Professional Services projects.
- Develop, review, optimize, and refactor reusable automation scripts for complex Gherkin/BDD-style requirements across web and API layers.
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, TeamCity, and Azure DevOps.
- Use Ignite to generate and refine Page Objects and create custom JavaScript functions for end-to-end and regression scenarios.
- Execute and debug automation runs, identify application defects versus script issues, and stabilize flaky tests.
- Collaborate with developers, architects, DevOps, and project teams to plan test efforts and communicate quality and defect insights.
- Mentor junior QA engineers and partner teams on automation best practices while contributing to AI- and automation-enabled Professional Services methodologies.
Requirements
- 7+ years of overall QA experience, including at least 3 years leading automation initiatives or serving as a senior automation engineer on complex projects.
- Strong JavaScript programming skills and experience building or extending UI and ideally API test automation frameworks with data-driven and modular architectures.
- Hands-on experience with at least one of Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or Appium, with willingness to primarily use TestCafe.
- Practical experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and using Git or Bitbucket for version control and code review.
- Ability to interpret BDD/Gherkin-style requirements and translate them into maintainable automated test suites.
- Experience with test reporting and defect tracking using JIRA and test reporting libraries.
- Experience collaborating, communicating, and mentoring in cross-functional, globally distributed teams.
- Ability to embrace AI and apply data-driven insights to improve innovation, productivity, and continuous improvement.
- Preferred experience in Professional Services, consulting, customer-facing project delivery, SaaS, or cloud environments.
- Preferred exposure to P&C insurance or financial services domains.
- Preferred familiarity with AWS, Azure, or GCP and containerized or cloud-native environments using Docker or Kubernetes.
- Preferred background in performance, reliability, or non-functional testing in addition to functional automation.
- A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience, is preferred.
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About Guidewire Software
Guidewire is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently. More than 570 insurers in 43 countries, from new ventures to the largest and most complex in the world, rely on Guidewire products. With core systems leveraging data and analytics, digital, and artificial intelligence, Guidewire defines cloud platform excellence for P&C insurers. We are proud of our unparalleled implementation record, with 1,700+ successful projects supported by the industry’s largest R&D team and SI partner ecosystem. Our marketplace represents the largest partner community in P&C, where customers can access hundreds of applications to accelerate integration, localization, and innovation. For more information, please visit https://www.guidewire.com/.