Automation Test Lead

The Hartford

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Location
Columbus, OHHartford, CTCharlotte, NCChicago, IL
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Full-time
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69 days ago
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About The Hartford

The Hartford is a leading provider of property and casualty insurance, group benefits, and mutual funds, serving businesses and individuals across the United States. Industry: Insurance & Financial Services

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TL;DR · Automation Test Lead

The Automation Test Lead will join the quality engineering team to develop frameworks for automated testing and manage test data to facilitate a transition toward Continuous Testing using Gen AI technologies. The role involves designing and maintaining robust automated test frameworks, mentoring scrum QA teams, and defining quality engineering standards. Key responsibilities include driving test automation through hands-on creation of test cases, performing root cause analysis, and improving system testability and observability. The candidate must utilize programming languages including Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Python, alongside tools such as Playwright, Karate, BDD, Selenium, and JMeter. Technical proficiency in DevOps tools like Jenkins, Git, and Terraform, as well as cloud technologies like AWS and GCP, is required to support end-to-end quality execution for complex distributed systems.

What you'll do

  • Design, implement, and maintain robust automated test frameworks across complex applications.
  • Drive the adoption of AI and GenAI tools to improve testing efficiency and engineering productivity.
  • Create automated test cases and manage test data while resolving complex automation challenges.
  • Govern the Quality Engineering strategy, standards, and operating model to ensure scalable delivery.
  • Track and leverage quality metrics to drive measurable improvements in defect reduction and leakage prevention.
  • Diagnose and resolve complex defects across distributed systems and third-party integrations.
  • Mentor Quality Engineers on best practices, automation patterns, and scalable test design approaches.
  • Participate in production release planning and execution using DevOps tools.

What we're looking for

  • Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
  • BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
  • 7+ years of experience in Quality Engineering.
  • 5+ years of experience in leading Quality engineering teams.
  • Experience with programming languages including Java, JavaScript/Typescript, and Python.
  • Experience with test automation tools such as Playwright, Karate, BDD, Selenium, Blazemeter/JMeter, and Test Data Management tools.
  • Experience with DevOps and RE tools including Sonar, Nexus, Jenkins, uDeploy, Git, Splunk, Dynatrace, Terraform, AppScan, Checkmarx, and CA DevTest.
  • Experience with cross-browser testing, Gen AI tools, risk-based test strategies, Agile/SAFE methodologies, and AWS/GCP cloud technology.
  • Insurance & Financial services domain knowledge (preferred).
  • Experience with reporting tools like Extent, Tableau, or Power BI (preferred).
  • Ability to demonstrate creating test AI agents for Distributed Applications (preferred).

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