Automation Tester - Insurance Platforms

About the role

EY Technology Consulting is hiring an Automation Tester to help deliver quality engineering across modern insurance platforms. You will work across functional testing and automation with business and technology teams, performing end-to-end testing on Guidewire and connected digital platforms, with a focus on functional testing, Playwright UI automation, API validation and scalable automated regression. The role is hybrid and based in Melbourne or Sydney.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain UI automation frameworks using Playwright for web-based insurance applications and customer-facing digital journeys.
• Perform functional testing of insurance processes covering Quote, Policy, Claims, Billing, Renewals, Endorsements and Underwriting workflows.
• Validate end-to-end user journeys across web applications and Guidewire products, and execute cross-browser and cross-platform testing.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts and Product Owners to turn requirements and user stories into automated and manual test scenarios, and support UAT.
• Build and maintain scalable automated regression suites and API test frameworks using Java 11+, JUnit 5 and Rest Assured.
• Contribute to automation proofs of concept and innovation initiatives, including AI-assisted automation, self-healing frameworks and cloud-native testing.
• Embed automated testing and quality gates into CI/CD pipelines, and use Gatling, Hoverfly, WireMock or MockServer for performance and reliability testing.
• Use Splunk for observability and contribute to testing in containerised and cloud environments.

Required profile

• Strong functional testing capability, including complex insurance business rules and workflows.
• Experience with Guidewire Insurance Suite testing, including integration and API validation.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the Property & Casualty Insurance domain.
• Ability to analyse business requirements, identify coverage gaps and develop comprehensive test scenarios.
• Understanding of API security, microservices architectures and end-to-end testing strategies.
• Experience with test and defect management tools such as Jira, Xray or Azure DevOps.
• Understanding of Agile or SAFe ways of working.

Required skills

• Playwright, Page Object Model and reusable automation components
• Java 11+, JUnit 5, Rest Assured, Spring Boot, JavaScript or TypeScript, Gradle, Swagger, Postman or Bruno
• HTML, CSS, DOM and browser debugging tools
• Jira, Xray or Azure DevOps
• Nice to have: Java 17+, Guidewire Cloud, AI-assisted automation, API contract design, Confluence, DB2 or ITSM, insurance or banking environment exposure

What we offer

• Career development and flexible work arrangements
• A benefits package including a yearly wellness incentive, an additional eight weeks of flex leave and up to 26 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave
• Competitive salary open to negotiation depending on skills and experience