Senior QA

This is a remote position.

Job Summary

We are looking for a Senior QA Engineer with 5–8 years of experience in software testing, preferably with strong experience in the Insurance domain, Guidewire applications, and test automation.

The candidate will be responsible for designing and executing functional and automated tests for Guidewire-based insurance applications, supporting end-to-end testing, regression automation, API/database validation, and ensuring quality across the application lifecycle.

The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience with Guidewire PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, BillingCenter, or related Guidewire products, along with strong automation skills using tools/frameworks such as Selenium, Java, TestNG, Cucumber, REST Assured, or equivalent.

Key Responsibilities

Understand insurance business requirements and translate them into effective test scenarios and test cases.

Perform functional, integration, system, regression, and end-to-end testing of Guidewire applications.

Work extensively with Guidewire applications such as PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, and/or BillingCenter.

Develop, enhance, and maintain automated test scripts for Guidewire applications.

Design and maintain scalable and reusable automation frameworks.

Automate UI, API, and database validation wherever applicable.

Execute automated regression suites and analyze automation failures.

Perform API testing using tools such as Postman, REST Assured, or equivalent.

Perform database validation using SQL queries.

Validate integrations between Guidewire and external systems.

Participate in test planning, estimation, execution, defect management, and reporting.

Analyze requirements and identify test scenarios, test data, and automation opportunities.

Participate in defect triage with developers, business analysts, and other stakeholders.

Investigate automation failures and distinguish between application, environment, data, and automation issues.

Contribute to continuous improvement of the QA automation framework and testing processes.

Support CI/CD-based automated test execution where applicable.

Participate in Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Review, and Retrospectives.

Collaborate with onsite/offshore teams and business stakeholders.

Mandatory Skills

Insurance Domain

5–8 years of overall QA/testing experience.

Good understanding of Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance concepts.

Understanding of insurance processes such as:

Quote

Policy issuance

Policy change

Renewal

Cancellation

Reinstatement

Endorsement

Claims

Billing

Payments

Exposure to insurance product lines such as Personal Lines, Commercial Lines, Auto, Homeowners, Workers' Compensation, etc. is preferred.

Guidewire

Hands-on experience with one or more Guidewire products:

PolicyCenter

ClaimCenter

BillingCenter

Good understanding of Guidewire business workflows and application architecture.

Experience testing Guidewire configuration/customization changes.

Experience with Guidewire integration testing.

Ability to understand Guidewire business rules and workflows and translate them into test scenarios.

Exposure to Guidewire web services/APIs is preferred.

Guidewire certification is a plus.

Automation

Strong hands-on automation experience using one or more of:

Java

Selenium WebDriver

TestNG / JUnit

Cucumber / BDD

REST Assured

Postman

Maven/Gradle

Git

The candidate should have experience in developing and maintaining automation scripts, not just executing existing scripts.

API & Database Testing

Strong understanding of REST API testing.

Experience with tools such as Postman and REST Assured.

Ability to validate:

Request/response

HTTP status codes

JSON/XML payloads

Headers

Authentication

Error handling

Business rules

Good SQL knowledge for backend/database validation.

Experience validating data flow between Guidewire and external systems.

Automation Framework Experience

The candidate should have experience with:

Page Object Model / reusable automation components.

Data-driven testing.

Parameterization.

TestNG/JUnit.

BDD/Cucumber, where applicable.

Configuration management.

Test data management.

Logging and reporting.

Parallel execution.

CI/CD integration.

Benefits

Diversity Inclusion:

At Exavalu, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications for employment from all qualified candidates, regardless of race, color, gender, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other status protected by applicable law. We nurture a culture that embraces all individuals and promotes diverse perspectives, where you can make an impact and grow your career. Exavalu also promotes flexibility depending on the needs of employees, customers and the business. It might be part-time work, working outside normal 9-5 business hours or working remotely.. We also have a welcome back program to help people get back to mainstream after a long break due to health or family reasons.