Senior Quality Engineer

Hiscox•Boston, MA

11d•$120,000 - $160,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Quality Engineer will join Hiscox’s US Data Engineering practice and bring specialist quality engineering expertise to the team. The role takes an automation-first and shift-left approach: understanding stakeholder needs early, representing those needs throughout development, and helping ensure data applications meet clear, testable requirements. The engineer will work with product owners to turn stakeholder needs into testable requirements, develop and improve automated tests and frameworks, and collaborate with data engineers and quality engineers across the practice. The role also participates in code reviews, applies risk-based judgment to balance quality and delivery speed, and helps foster a psychologically safe culture in which everyone owns the quality of their work. The team operates a modern cloud data platform based on Databricks and dbt, with data surfaced primarily through Power BI. It uses pytest for unit testing, aims to expand its use for end-to-end testing with a BDD approach, and integrates testing with CI/CD using Azure Pipelines. The team is also experimenting with AI tools such as Claude Code and expects engineers to help build out its evolving technology stack. This is a permanent hybrid position based in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, New York, or West Hartford, with two days in the office each week.

Requirements

Confidence, ability, and desire to shift left and understand what quality means for the business.
Deep familiarity with behavior-driven development, including Cucumber/Gherkin syntax for test scenarios.
Experience with a modern test automation approach and working as an SDET who writes code to ensure quality outcomes.
Excellent knowledge of and proven experience with Python testing frameworks, particularly pytest.
Good knowledge of SQL.
Hands-on experience with modern cloud data lakehouse technologies such as Databricks or Snowflake.
Experience collaborating with technical and non-technical team members in Agile Scrum ceremonies, including roadmap planning, feature workshops, backlog elaboration, and code review.
Good understanding of data structures and algorithms, with the ability to apply that knowledge when learning new tools.

Nice To Haves

Experience with dbt.
Experience with additional technologies.
Data science knowledge.
An insurance background.
Experience with Databricks, which is preferred over Snowflake.

Responsibilities

Engage stakeholders early to understand their needs for data applications.
Work with product owners to translate stakeholder needs into unambiguous, testable requirements.
Develop automated tests that verify code meets requirements and prevent regressions.
Build, expand, and improve automation frameworks to make testing effective and efficient.
Collaborate with data engineers in the squad to help deliver quality code.
Collaborate with quality engineers across the practice to ensure test coverage is coherent and comprehensive.
Participate in code reviews for data and quality engineers with a continuous improvement mindset.
Balance attention to detail with a risk-based approach to deliver quality outcomes at high velocity.
Help build a culture of quality and shared ownership in a psychologically safe environment.
Help develop the team's technology stack to fill gaps and embrace new opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary and bonus based on personal and company performance.
401(k) with competitive company matching.
Comprehensive health insurance, vision, dental, and flexible spending account plans, including medical, limited-purpose, and dependent-care plans.
Company-paid group term life, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage.
Paid parental leave.
Four-week paid sabbatical after every five years of service.
Financial Adoption Assistance and Medical Travel Reimbursement Programs.
Annual reimbursement up to $600 for health club membership or fees associated with a fitness program.
Health and wellness program recognized with the 2024 Cigna Well-Being Award.
Modern and open office spaces with complimentary drinks.