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 current 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 LI-SC1