QA Automation Engineer (SDET)

A career at Auto-Owners is challenging and rewarding.  Our group of caring associates create financial security by helping individuals and businesses make a new start when a loss occurs.

Job Description

We offer a merit-based work-from-home program based on job responsibilities. After initial training in-person, this specific role could have the flexibility to work from home up to 3 days per week.

Please note that we are not currently hiring fully remote positions. All candidates must have the ability to work in one of our tech offices. Our tech office for this role is in Lansing, Michigan.

Auto-Owners Insurance, a top-rated insurance carrier, is seeking a highly motivated QA Automation Engineer (SDET) to design, develop, and maintain scalable automated test frameworks and tools that ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of our software products. This role goes beyond traditional test scripting and includes building innovative automation solutions, integrating testing into CI/CD pipelines, and contributing to modern engineering practices. The ideal candidate brings strong technical depth, a software development mindset, and a passion for improving quality through automation and emerging technologies. Key responsibilities are to:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automated test frameworks for web, mobile, API, and service-layer testing.
• Develop robust, maintainable automated test scripts for functional, integration, regression, and performance testing.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous testing and rapid feedback cycles.
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and QA engineers to understand requirements and ensure comprehensive test coverage.
• Identify, document, and track defects and performance issues.
• Conduct code reviews and contribute to automation standards and best practices.
• Participate in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives within Agile teams.
• Build and maintain full-stack automation solutions (UI, services, and data validation).
• Create dashboards and reporting solutions for test results, coverage, and defect metrics.
• Mentor junior automation engineers and contribute to knowledge sharing across the team.
• Explore and implement innovative automation strategies, including AI-assisted test development and stability improvements.
• Continuously evaluate emerging tools and technologies to modernize our automation ecosystem. 

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field is required. Candidates without a four-year degree, but with several years of directly related experience, will also be considered.
• Experience in SDET or QA automation roles with a strong development background.
• Proficiency in Java or other object-oriented programming languages.
• Hands-on experience with modern automation tools such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, NeoLoad, and REST API testing frameworks.
• Experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, etc.).
• Solid understanding of object-oriented design principles and patterns.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Experience with test framework design and architecture.
• Exposure to AI-assisted development tools or intelligent automation concepts.
• Experience with performance testing and monitoring tools.
• Experience implementing self-healing automation or flaky test detection strategies.

Benefits

Auto-Owners offers a wide range of career opportunities, and we are seeking talent that will help us continue our long tradition of success. We offer a friendly work environment, structured training program, employee mentoring and an excellent compensation/benefits package. Along with a competitive base salary, matched 401(k), fully-funded pension plan (once vested), and bonus programs, Auto-Owners also provides generous paid time off including holidays, vacation days, personal time, and sick leave. If you're looking to do rewarding work alongside great people, Auto-Owners is the place for you!

Equal Employment Opportunity

Auto-Owners Insurance is an equal opportunity employer. The Company hires, transfers, and promotes on the basis of ability, without consideration of disability, age, sex, race, color, religion, height, weight, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin, or any factor contrary to federal, state or local law.

*Please note that the ability to work in the U.S. without current or future sponsorship is a requirement.

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