QA Engineer

Munich Re Careers•New York, NY

4d•$125,000 - $145,000•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a skilled Software QA Engineer with expertise in Python and modern backend frameworks to join the alitheia team. This role is ideal for someone passionate about building scalable, secure, and high-performance APIs and services that power data-driven solutions. This is a hands-on QA role where you’ll partner with developers, product management, data scientists, and underwriters to develop and execute automated testing solutions. You will work on mission-critical systems leveraging AI, electronic health records (EHRs), and other complex, sensitive medical data to make it easier for people to get essential life insurance coverage. The role sits in a high-impact team dedicated to building the industry’s most advanced solution for medical risk assessment. The position offers substantial opportunity to shape a new solution, ship product quickly and see immediate impact.

Requirements

3 years of Software Engineering experience
2 years of experience in Software QA Engineering
2 years of experience building and maintaining test automation frameworks
2 years of experience automating web applications, APIs, backend services, including end-to-end workflows
2 years of experience integrating testing automation into CI/CD pipelines
Experience creating comprehensive test cases that cover happy paths, edge cases, and failure scenarios
Excellent writing skills in delivering clear, detailed test documentation and reporting
Comfort working collaboratively across functions

Nice To Haves

Strong understanding of testing methodologies, including smoke testing, functional testing, regression testing, unit testing
Experience with automated testing, test automation tools, and test-driven development
Experience with CI/CD tools and version control systems
Professional experience with Python preferred; understanding of software design lifecycle (SDLC) best practices
Familiar with API design tools/languages
Experience with cloud computing and orchestration tools
Experience with containerizations tools

Responsibilities

Design and execute scalable automated tests across functional, integration, API, regression, and end-to-end testing to meet our quality and technology standards
Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing and feedback
Develop and execute automated and manual test plans to support system and release validation
Collaborate with developers, product management, and client implementation teams to deliver testing automation aligned to requirements, technical design, user stories and acceptance criteria
Partner with the team to find and fix defects while continually improving our testing approach
Provide testing insights, quality metrics, and assessment of defects and automation gaps to alitheia team
Continuously improve and strengthen our quality processes and procedures.
Keep current on emerging testing frameworks, tools, and technologies