What are the responsibilities and job description for the Test Automation Engineer Lead position at Symetra?
Symetra has an exciting new opportunity to join us as aTest Automation Engineer Lead!
About the role
The Test Automation Engineer Lead is a handson technical leader responsible for guiding a small team of 2-3 automation engineers while driving the development of scalable, highquality test automation frameworks. This role works with minimal oversight and collaborates closely with business and technical partners to ensure reliable, highperforming system delivery and to advance automation maturity across the organization.
What you will do
- Lead a team of automation engineers in designing, developing, and maintaining automated test strategies, scripts, and frameworks across functional, regression, API, UI, and integration testing; recommend test environments, frameworks, and tool stacks.
- Mentor and coach automation engineers, analysts, and interns; serve as the automation subjectmatter expert across teams.
- Drive automation strategy, including solution planning, framework design, CI/CD integration, and tooling decisions for key initiatives.
- Champion and enforce automated testing best practices across teams.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex automation defects and framework issues; lead rootcause analysis to prevent recurring failures.
- Own success metrics and endtoend accountability for automation frameworks and CI/CD pipelines, including communicating automation health and risk to leadership.
- Identify and implement process improvements to enhance automation efficiency, reliability, and maintainability.
- Collaborate with business and technical SMEs, development teams, QA resources, and external vendors; communicate regularly with senior IT and crossfunctional stakeholders.
Why Work at Symetra
Here's what some of our employees have to say about why they work at Symetra:
"Symetra will spoil you. There aren't many companies that will put as much effort into you being a success as Symetra. The culture will challenge you but simultaneously put you at ease. Failure is seen as integral to the learning process so there is less reason to be fearful of it." - Kerry S., Sr. Systems Analyst
"If you want to invest in yourself and build a career, this is a great place to work. If you don't want to put in the effort to learn the industry and become a student of the business (it takes real effort!), there are easier places to work."- Cris H., VP Internal Sales
What we offer you
Benefits and Perks
We don't take a "one-size-fits-all" approach when it comes to our employees. Our programs are designed to make your life better both at work and at home.
- Flexible full-time or hybrid telecommuting arrangements
- Plan for your future with our 401(k) plan and take advantage of immediate vesting and company matching up to 6%
- Paid time away including vacation and sick time, flex days and ten paid holidays
- Give back to your community and double your impact through our company matching
- Want more details? Check out our Symetra Benefits Overview
Compensation
Salary Range: $128,700 - $214,600 plus eligibility for the company annual bonus program.
Who You Are:
- High School Diploma is required, plus a BA/BS in related field or equivalent experience preferred
- 8 years of handson automated testing experience, including ownership or architecture of automation solutions.
- Strong track record designing and governing enterprisegrade automation frameworks with scalable test strategies and solid coding standards.
- Proven leadership supporting large enterprise applications and partnering across engineering, product, DevOps, and architecture teams.
- Expert proficiency across unit, API, integration, endtoend, regression, performance, and reliability testing.
- Advanced experience with Pytest, Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright, including framework optimization and extension.
- Deep API testing expertise with tools like Postman and the ability to mentor others in API automation.
- Exceptional debugging, system design, and rootcause analysis skills for complex distributed systems.
- Strong understanding of DevOps practices, including pipelines, environments, and test execution efficiency.
- Handson experience with cloudbased architectures in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Extensive experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, including metrics and governance.
- A proactive, ownershipdriven leader committed to quality, automation strategy, and continuous improvement.
- Excellent communicator able to influence stakeholders and mentor engineers at all levels.
- Experience designing modern cloud and serverless solutions (AWS), with strong CI/CD expertise including Azure DevOps pipelines and GitHub Actions, and contributing to new solution architecture and design, preferred
We empower inclusion
At Symetra, we aspire to be the most inclusive insurance company in the country. We're building a place where every employee feels valued, respected, and has opportunities to contribute.
Inclusion is about recognizing our assumptions, considering multiple perspectives, and removing barriers. We accept and celebrate diverse experiences, identities, and perspectives, because lifting each other up fuels thought and builds a stronger, more innovative company. We invite you to learn more about our efforts here.
Creating a world where more people have access to financial freedom
Symetra is a national financial services company dedicated to helping people achieve their financial goals and feel confident about the future. In our daily work, we're guided by the principles of Value, Transparency and Sustainability. This means we provide products and services people need at a competitive price, we communicate clearly and openly so people understand what they're buying, and we design products-and operate our company-to stand the test of time. We're committed to showing up for our communities, lifting up our employees, and standing up for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Join our team and help us create a world where more people have access to financial freedom.
For more information about our careers visit https://symetra.eightfold.ai/careers/
Work Authorization
Employer work visa sponsorship and support are not provided for this role. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States at hire and must maintain authorization to work in the United States throughout their employment with our company.
Please review Symetra's Remote Network Minimum Requirements:
As a remote-first organization committed to providing a positive experience for both employees and customers, Symetra has the following standards for employees' internet connection:
- Minimum Internet Speed:100 Mbps download and 20 Mbps upload, in alignment with the FCC's definition of "broadband."
- Internet Type:Fiber, Cable (e.g., Comcast, Spectrum), or DSL.
- Not Permissible:Satellite (e.g., Starlink), cellular broadband (hotspot or otherwise), any other wireless technology, or wired dial-up.
When applying to jobs at Symetra you'll be asked to test your internet speed and confirm that your internet connection meets or exceeds Symetra's standard as outlined above.
Identity Verification
Symetra is committed to fair and secure hiring practices. For all roles, candidates will be required (after the initial phone screen) to be on video for all interviews. Symetra will take affirmative steps at key points in the process to verify that a candidate is not seeking employment fraudulently, e.g. through use of a false identity.
Failure to comply with verification procedures may result in:
- Disqualification from the recruitment process
- Withdrawal of a job offer
- Termination of employment and other criminal and/or civil remedies, if fraud is discovered
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