WHO WE ARE:
Zinnia is the leading technology platform for accelerating life and annuities growth. With innovative enterprise solutions and data insights, Zinnia simplifies the experience of buying, selling, and administering insurance products. All of which enables more people to protect their financial futures. Our success is driven by a commitment to three core values: be bold, team up, deliver value – and that we do. Zinnia has over $180 billion in assets under administration, serves 100+ carrier clients, 2500 distributors and partners, and over 2 million policyholders.
WHO YOU ARE:
We’re looking for a QA Engineer with strong automation skills and solid manual testing fundamentals. You’ll design, implement, and maintain automated tests for UI and APIs, execute targeted manual testing where appropriate, and integrate quality checks into CI/CD to help us ship reliably and fast.
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
- Own end-to-end quality for assigned features: test planning, case design, automation, execution, and reporting.
- Build/extend maintainable automation frameworks for Selenium/WebDriver (UI) and API tests (e.g., REST Assured or Python/pytest + requests).
- Create smoke, regression, and sanity suites; reduce flakiness and improve coverage & runtime.
Integrate suites with CI/CD (Jenkins/GitHub Actions/GitLab CI) and publish clear reports (Allure/Extent).
- Partner with Product & Engineering to define testable acceptance criteria and adopt shift-left practices.
- Perform exploratory and risk-based manual testing for new/complex features and support UAT when needed.
- Prepare and manage test data, validate states via SQL/DB queries, and debug with logs/DevTools.
Log/track defects with precise repro steps, severity/impact; drive fixes to closure.
- Monitor and communicate QA metrics (pass rate, defect leakage, flake rate, coverage) and propose improvements.
Contribute to code reviews for test code, standards, and best practices; mentor juniors when applicable.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
- 3–5 years in QA, with 2+ years focused on test automation.Hands-on with Selenium/WebDriver for UI automation.
- Strong API testing experience (Postman/Insomnia plus REST Assured (Java) or Python with pytest/requests).Proficiency in at least one programming language: Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or C#; comfortable reading others.
- Test frameworks: TestNG/JUnit (Java) or pytest (Python); exposure to BDD (Cucumber/Behave) is a plus.
- CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/GitHub Actions/GitLab CI) and Git version control.Strong manual testing fundamentals: test design techniques, boundary analysis, exploratory testing.
- Working knowledge of SQL and basic Linux/CLI; excellent written and verbal communication.
Nice to Have
- Modern web testing tools (Playwright or Cypress).
- Performance testing basics (JMeter or Locust).Containers/cloud basics (Docker, cloud CI runners).
- Experience with ERP or complex integrations (e.g., PeopleSoft) is a plus.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
At Zinnia, you collaborate with smart, creative professionals who are dedicated to delivering cutting-edge technologies, deeper data insights, and enhanced services to transform how insurance is done. Visit our website at www.zinnia.com for more information. Apply by completing the online application on the careers section of our website. We are an Equal Opportunity employer committed to a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability.
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Zinnia is Where Complexity Ends and Simplicity Begins. By merging decades of industry expertise with advanced technology, Zinnia seeks to transform the life and annuity experience from end-to-end. We will empower our clients to innovate and launch products faster, to buy, sell, manage, and service products more effectively, and to better serve their customers.
