Ethos is a leading life insurance technology company on a mission to protect families by democratizing access to life insurance and empowering agents at scale. With its robust three-sided technology platform, Ethos is transforming the life insurance experience for consumers, agents, and carriers alike. Ethos offers instant, accessible products and a seamless online process that requires no medical exams and just a few health questions; it eliminates traditional barriers, making it easier than ever for everyone to protect their families. Ethos is redefining how life insurance is bought, sold, and underwritten.
About the Role
We are looking for a highly skilled Software Engineer in Test at Ethos who specializes in both frontend and backend automation. This role is crucial to ensuring our web applications work seamlessly across different browsers and devices. You’ll be responsible for building robust test suites, validating UI workflows, and collaborating with product and engineering teams to uphold quality standards from planning to release.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain frontend and API automation frameworks using Playwright or Selenium.
- Derive detailed test cases from Product Requirement Documents (PRDs) and Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERDs), with a focus on UI workflows and client-side lo gic.
- Write and execute advanced SQL queries to support test validation and data setup.
- Work closely with developers, QA analysts, and system engineers to define test strategies and ensure alignment on quality goals.
- Own and maintain automation frameworks, tools, and scripts to support continuous integration and delivery.
- Design and implement API tests using Postman, Rest Assured, Playwright API, or Jest.
- Write and maintain test suites for RESTful APIs and validate service integrations.
- Identify and proactively mitigate risks and issues related to frontend testing, including rendering issues and browser-specific bugs.
- Continuously improve test case quality and automation coverage for functional, regression, sanity, and end-to-end UI testing.
Skills and Qualifications:
- 2-5 years of full-time engineering experience
- Strong hands-on experience with Playwright (UI & API), Selenium, Postman, Rest Assured, or Jest.
- Proficient in JavaScript or Node.js environment.
- Hands-on experience with cross-browser test strategies and debugging UI issues across multiple environments.
- Proficiency in writing advanced SQL queries for backend data verification.
- Ability to convert PRDs and ERDs into actionable, automated test cases.
- Familiarity with source control (Git), CI/CD pipelines, and test reporting frameworks.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Self-motivated with the ability to work in fast-paced, agile teams.
- Knowledge of performance testing is a plus.
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Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. At Ethos we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace.
We are an equal opportunity employer.. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Pursuant to the SF Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider employment for qualified applicants with arrests and conviction records.
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What We Do
Ethos makes getting life insurance instant and easy. Our approach blends technology and industry expertise, and the human touch to deliver an incredible life insurance experience.
Ethos has raised over $400 million of capital from Sequoia, Accel, Google Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Softbank and more. We are one of the largest U.S. life insurance issuers. We continue to scale quickly and are looking for passionate Ethosaurs to protect the next million families.
Why Work With Us
Ethos is powered by people from all kinds of backgrounds. We embrace a one-team, one-dream mentality, while encouraging Ethosaurs to speak their mind and act boldly, even in the absence of consensus. We believe in decentralized decision making - not decisions made by committee.
Here you can have an impact and true ownership over your successes.
