Guidewire Tester

Overview

Guidewire Tester – Work on impactful insurance technology projects that combine innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. This hybrid opportunity offers exposure to large-scale digital initiatives, modern delivery practices, and a dynamic team environment focused on delivering reliable, high-quality solutions.

• Salaried: $63 per hour.
• Incorporated Business Rate: $72 per hour.
• 12-month contract.
• Daytime schedule: 37.5 hours per week.
• Hybrid role requiring on-site presence in Markham 3 days per week.
• Occasional extended hours may be required to meet project deadlines.

• Review user stories, requirements, and technical design specification documents and provide feedback from a Quality Assurance perspective.
• Design, build, update, and execute existing and new regression test suites.
• Create comprehensive test strategies, test plans, estimates, complex test scenarios, and test cases, and lead and execute testing activities according to the agreed delivery plan.
• Deliver testing estimates and scope of work with coverage and traceability to business requirements, test requirements, scenarios, and test cases.
• Provide test artifact walkthroughs to the delivery team for review and feedback.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Use testing tools such as JIRA, Zephyr, and Selenium to build, modify, and execute manual and automated test cases where applicable, and manage defects.
• Proactively identify and manage testing-related risks and escalate issues when required.
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, scrum masters, product owners, and other internal teams, providing feedback from a testing perspective.
• Meet challenging deadlines and perform effectively under pressure.
• Maintain a positive, efficient, and collaborative working environment and positively influence others.
• Act as the voice of quality by raising issues when needed and highlighting delivery risks.
• Ensure compliance with relevant IT testing standards and controls to ensure software changes achieve the quality required to satisfy business needs.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Technology.
• Test Engineering Certification from an industry-recognized provider.
• Guidewire Associate Certification.
• 5+ years of dedicated hands-on experience in software testing as a senior team member.
• 5+ years of experience in Software Development and/or Quality Assurance.
• 5+ years of proven experience with Guidewire Policy Center, including configuration and rating testing.
• 5+ years of experience in the Property and Casualty Insurance industry, including Auto and Property lines of business.
• Strong knowledge of the Guidewire policy lifecycle and transactions such as New Submission, Policy Change, Renewals, Cancellations, Reinstatement, and Rewrite.
• Experience testing integrations within the Guidewire environment.
• Strong understanding of the Software Development and Testing Lifecycle (SD/TLC).
• Experience with JIRA, Zephyr, browser developer tools, and Agile/Scrum delivery methodologies.
• Excellent verbal communication and technical writing skills with the ability to clearly document complex processes and tasks.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to drive issues through to resolution.
• Ability to meet timelines and perform effectively under pressure.
• Strong work ethic with a punctual, creative, detail-oriented, and team-focused approach.
• Commitment to simplification, continuous improvement, and embracing change.
• Ability to quickly learn and become familiar with software products being tested.
• Strong interest in technology and expanding IT-related skills.
• Ability to contribute positively to team culture and collaborate effectively with others.