Senior Quality Engineer

Introduction:

meets customers right where their search for car and home insurance begins: online. We provide easy-to-use tools and services, plus friendly, licensed agents who offer advice and guidance at any point along the way. The Zebra has helped customers compare over 74 million quotes since 2012. At its heart, both insurance and tech industry veterans collaborate together to simplify insurance shopping for customers.

In today’s digital world, The Zebra’s customer-centered approach offers people the choices they want and simplicity they need.

The Zebra was recently named an Austin Business Journal's 2026 Best Place to Work. Our motto is "All Stripes Welcome." Building the best product, the best teams, and the best company comes from inviting a diverse array of voices, backgrounds and perspectives to contribute, making everyone feel welcome. Our Zeebs are passionate about learning, growing, and working together to tackle exciting problems.

The Quality Engineering Department is looking for a dedicated Senior Quality Engineer to help support The Zebra’s growing needs. Software Quality industry experience is required for this role along with experience with automation. Day to day could range from exploratory testing to automating UI and/or API acceptance tests.

Our company headquarters are in Austin, TX, but our employees work remotely across the US. For folks who live around Austin, we offer the option to join us in our office or opt for hybrid setup. Whether you prefer the structure of an office, the convenience of remote work, or a mix of both, we support what works best for you!

Please note: at this time we are not able to hire in California or Massachusetts.

• Work as an embedded member of a product development team and actively participate in Agile ceremonies
• Lead automation strategy and project-level testing efforts, advocating for quality and ensuring issues are properly identified, reported, and resolved
• Design, implement, and maintain scalable UI and API automation frameworks to increase coverage, efficiency, and reliability
• Serve as the technical authority for automated testing across the team’s features and contribute to shared automation standards
• Execute acceptance and exploratory testing to validate application functionality and uncover risk beyond automated coverage
• Identify testing gaps and drive solutions that improve automated test coverage and long-term maintainability
• Own and evolve central quality engineering tools, frameworks, and technical approaches used across teams
• Mentor and support quality engineers through technical guidance, code reviews, pairing, and documentation
• Collaborate with quality engineers and engineering leadership to improve SDLC, CI/CD integration, and deployment processes

As we evaluate candidates across all roles, we look for folks who have a strong sense of ownership, great communication and collaboration skills, and a dedication to continuous improvement.

• 5+ years of quality engineering experience with sophisticated web or mobile applications and software systems
• Strong, hands‑on experience with JavaScript and/or Type Script in test automation contexts
• Deep experience designing and maintaining UI automation using Webdriver
  
  IO or similar frameworks
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives, own shared systems, and influence quality practices across teams
• Experience testing Web UI and APIs through both automated and manual approaches using tools such as Postman
• Strong understanding of Page Object Model design patterns, QA methodologies, regression strategies, and automation best practices
• Self‑starter with a passion for automation, quality engineering, and delivering high‑quality software

• Experience building or evolving shared automation frameworks used by multiple teams
• API automation experience in JavaScript and/or Python
• Prior experience with Git Lab and Git Lab CI/CD
• Experience integrating automated tests into deployment pipelines and release workflows

• When we say “All Stripes Welcome,” we mean it. Considering viewpoints outside of our own as…