Specialist, Software Engineer - Test Automation Developer; Ruby & Playwright

Job Overview

Nationwide’s Technology team is looking for a passionate associate who can help a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales drive innovation and adopt new technologies that deliver business results. The team focuses on delivering end‑to‑end, high‑impact customer and financial professional journeys and works in a collaborative, agile environment.

The SEEJET (Servicing, Experience Engineering Journeys & Technology) team within Nationwide Financials' Digital Servicing organization delivers modern, scalable solutions. Engineers work on servicing journeys such as Manage My Book of Business, Manage My Investments, Manage My Accounts, and Journey Foundation work. The team is cross‑functional, partnering closely with business leaders, CX/UX teams, Product Architects, and fellow engineers.

We are seeking a TAD professional to support the development, testing, and ongoing quality assurance of customer‑facing and internal applications serving members and financial professionals across  and  The role focuses on converting Ruby test scripts to Playwright, developing Playwright scripts, and ensuring robust automated testing across strategic servicing journeys.

• Validate end‑to‑end customer and financial professional servicing journeys across Digital Servicing applications, focusing on quality, stability, and business outcome confidence.
• Coordinate with upstream partners and data sources to create and maintain test data.
• Create test plans, perform risk analysis, and determine risk‑based testing approaches.
• Partner daily with developers, product, UX, architecture, and business stakeholders to clarify requirements, identify risks early, and support informed delivery decisions.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable automated test coverage and supporting test assets for modernized and legacy Digital Servicing solutions.
• Support major product launches and service modernization efforts, ensuring high‑quality validation, regression readiness, and release confidence.
• Perform functional testing, regression testing, defect management, and validate production‑ready behavior.
• Maintain a trusted, healthy automation suite and improve test data, test evidence, and validation practices across the team.
• Use modern engineering and quality practices, including pairing, test strategy collaboration, defect triage, and continuous improvement of delivery standards.
• Leverage Generative AI tools such as Git Hub Copilot to improve test productivity, automation quality, and engineering efficiency.
• Apply secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Drive continuous improvement and learning through ongoing training, practice, and innovation.

• Playwright API
• Validation
• SQL
• Ruby
• Cloud platforms (AWS and Kubernetes experience preferred)
• Angular

• GraphQL, Kafka, or other event‑driven architectures
• Agile & Dev Ops practices
• Experience working within Agile teams
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Concourse, Harness, Git Hub Actions)
• Strong interest in automation and improving software delivery processes

• Wants ownership of meaningful, customer‑facing journeys
• Enjoys working across the stack and across disciplines
• Values modern engineering practices and continuous improvement
• Is excited to contribute to high‑visibility, strategic initiatives while growing in a supportive, collaborative environment

This will be a hybrid role based out of Columbus, OH. The team comes in for collaboration on Mondays and Tuesdays. The role does not qualify for employer‑sponsored work authorization and Nationwide does not participate in the STEM OPT Extension program.

• Medical/dental/vision coverage
• Life insurance, short and long‑term disability coverage
• Paid time off (minimum 18 days for newly hired associates, 9 paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime PTO, 8 hours of Unity Day PTO)
• 401(k) with company match, company‑paid pension plan
• Business casual attire
• Other benefits available

Specialist, Software Engineer: $95,500.00 – $ (full‑time) with a starting range of $95,500.00 – $.

Nationwide is an equal‑opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected, and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.