QA Automation Engineer; SDET

Overview

A career at Auto-Owners is challenging and rewarding. Our group of caring associates create financial security by helping individuals and businesses start over when a loss occurs.

Work-from-home up to 3 days per week after initial in‑person training. Candidates must be able to work in our tech office in Lansing, Michigan. We are not hiring fully remote positions.

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automated test frameworks for web, mobile, API, and service‑layer testing.
• Develop robust, maintainable automated test scripts for functional, integration, regression, and performance testing.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous testing and rapid feedback cycles.
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and QA engineers to understand requirements and ensure comprehensive test coverage.
• Identify, document, and track defects and performance issues.
• Conduct code reviews and contribute to automation standards and best practices.
• Participate in sprint planning, daily stand‑ups, and retrospectives within Agile teams.
• Build and maintain full‑stack automation solutions (UI, services, and data validation).
• Create dashboards and reporting solutions for test results, coverage, and defect metrics.
• Mentor junior automation engineers and contribute to knowledge sharing across the team.
• Explore and implement innovative automation strategies, including AI‑assisted test development and stability improvements.
• Continuously evaluate emerging tools and technologies to modernize our automation ecosystem.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field is required. Candidates without a four‑year degree but with several years of directly related experience will also be considered.
• Experience in SDET or QA automation roles with a strong development background.
• Proficiency in Java or other object‑oriented programming languages.
• Hands‑on experience with modern automation tools such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, Neo Load, and REST API testing frameworks.
• Experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, Git Hub Actions, Azure Dev Ops).
• Solid understanding of object‑oriented design principles and patterns.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience with test framework design and architecture.
• Exposure to AI‑assisted development tools or intelligent automation concepts.
• Experience with performance testing and monitoring tools.
• Experience implementing self‑healing automation or flaky test detection strategies.

We offer a friendly work environment, structured training program, employee mentoring, and an excellent compensation/benefits package. Competitive base salary, matched 401(k), fully‑funded pension plan (once vested), and bonus programs. Generous paid time off including holidays, vacation days, personal time, and sick leave.

Auto‑Owners Insurance is an equal opportunity employer. The Company hires, transfers, and promotes on the basis of ability, without consideration of disability, age, sex, race, color, religion, height, weight, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin, or any factor contrary to federal, state or local law. The ability to work in the U.S. without current or future sponsorship is a requirement.