Automation QA Engineer- Insurance in London - Lorien

Automation QA Engineer

We are recruiting for a Automation QA Engineer with Insurance experience to join one of our insurance clients on a 6-month contract

Inside IR35

Hybrid- Every Monday in the London office

Responsibilities:

• Take complete ownership of automating applications within the existing automation framework.
• Analyse applications and identify areas for automation, optimization, and continuous improvement.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for functional, regression, and integration testing.
• Enhance the current automation framework and suggest innovative approaches to improve performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Development, Business Analysts, Project Managers) to define automation requirements and ensure comprehensive test coverage.
• Propose and implement strategies to improve automation speed, accuracy, and reliability.
• Participate in new QA initiatives, including AI-driven testing, data validation automation, and continuous integration enhancements.
• Contribute to establishing best practices, coding standards, and reusable components for automation.
• Identify and mitigate risks in the automation lifecycle, ensuring consistent and reliable testing outcomes.

Experience

• Hands-on experience in automation tools such as Selenium, TestNG, JUnit, Cypress, Playwright, or similar.
• Strong programming/scripting skills in C# or Java
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps).
• Exposure to API testing tools (Postman, RestAssured, ).
• Experience in data-driven testing and validation across complex systems or insurance applications.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, and QA best practices.
• Experience in improving and maintaining automation frameworks to support scalable test execution.
• Knowledge of the insurance domain (underwriting, claims, policy management) is an advantage

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.