Test Automation Engineer Lead

Symetra has an exciting new opportunity to join us as a Test Automation Engineer Lead!

The Test Automation Engineer Lead is a hands‑on technical leader responsible for guiding a small team of 2-3 automation engineers while driving the development of scalable, high‑quality test automation frameworks. This role works with minimal oversight and collaborates closely with business and technical partners to ensure reliable, high‑performing system delivery and to advance automation maturity across the organization.

• Lead a team of automation engineers in designing, developing, and maintaining automated test strategies, scripts, and frameworks across functional, regression, API, UI, and integration testing; recommend test environments, frameworks, and tool stacks.
• Mentor and coach automation engineers, analysts, and interns; serve as the automation subject‑matter expert across teams.
• Drive automation strategy, including solution planning, framework design, CI/CD integration, and tooling decisions for key initiatives.
• Champion and enforce automated testing best practices across teams.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex automation defects and framework issues; lead root‑cause analysis to prevent recurring failures.
• Own success metrics and end‑to‑end accountability for automation frameworks and CI/CD pipelines, including communicating automation health and risk to leadership.
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance automation efficiency, reliability, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with business and technical SMEs, development teams, QA resources, and external vendors; communicate regularly with senior IT and cross‑functional stakeholders.

We don't take a "one-size-fits‑all" approach when it comes to our employees. Our programs are designed to make your life better both at work and at home.

• Flexible full‑time or hybrid telecommuting arrangements
• Plan for your future with our 401(k) plan and take advantage of immediate vesting and company matching up to 6%
• Paid time away including vacation and sick time, flex days and ten paid holidays
• Give back to your community and double your impact through our company matching
• Want more details? Check out our Symetra Benefits Overview

Salary Range: $128,700 - $214,600 plus eligibility for the company annual bonus program.

• High School Diploma is required, plus a BA/BS in related field or equivalent experience preferred
• 8+ years of hands‑on automated testing experience, including ownership or architecture of automation solutions.
• Strong track record designing and governing enterprise‑grade automation frameworks with scalable test strategies and solid coding standards.
• Proven leadership supporting large enterprise applications and partnering across engineering, product, Dev Ops, and architecture teams.
• Expert proficiency across unit, API, integration, end‑to‑end, regression, performance, and reliability testing.
• Advanced experience with Pytest, Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright, including framework optimization and extension.
• Deep API testing expertise with tools like Postman and the ability to mentor others in API automation.
• Exceptional debugging, system design, and root‑cause analysis skills for complex distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of Dev Ops practices, including pipelines, environments, and test execution efficiency.
• Hands‑on experience with cloud‑based architectures in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Extensive experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, including metrics and governance.
• A proactive, ownership‑driven leader committed to quality, automation strategy, and continuous improvement.
• Excellent communicator able to influence stakeholders and mentor engineers at all levels.
• Experience designing modern cloud and serverless solutions (AWS), with strong CI/CD expertise including Azure Dev Ops pipelines and Git Hub Actions, and contributing to new solution architecture and design, preferred

Employer work visa sponsorship and support are not provided for this role. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States at hire and must maintain authorization to work in the United States throughout their employment with our company.