Lead Test Automation Engineer

Symetra is a national financial services company dedicated to helping people achieve their financial goals. They are seeking a Lead Test Automation Engineer who will elevate the quality engineering by delivering secure, high-performing solutions and advancing automation capabilities, while mentoring talent and collaborating across teams.

Responsibilities:

• Develop high‑quality, secure, performant code; lead and approve code reviews; define and monitor performance metrics; and ensure required test coverage and code quality gates are met
• Design, develop, and maintain extensible automated testing frameworks; integrate them into CI/CD to improve speed and stability; lead adoption of automation best practices; and track key automation health metrics to drive continuous quality improvements
• Contribute to system design and architecture; apply scalable design patterns; ensure alignment with security, performance, and resiliency standards; and partner with DevOps, Architecture, and Product to drive operational excellence and observability
• Design and support automated build and deployment pipelines; lead root‑cause analyses and implement preventative automation safeguards; and troubleshoot complex automation and framework issues across systems
• Mentor engineers and interns; serve as the automation subject matter expert across teams; and promote an inclusive culture grounded in Symetra’s Core Values

Requirements:

• You have a high school diploma (required) and a bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience)
• You have 9–12 years of relevant software engineering experience, including 6–10+ years of hands‑on test automation expertise
• Bring strong software design and development skills; deep expertise in automated testing across all layers; hands‑on experience with frameworks like Pytest, Selenium, Cypress, and Playwright; advanced API testing with tools like Postman; strong debugging and root‑cause analysis abilities; solid DevOps and continuous testing practices; and experience with cloud‑native testing across AWS, Azure, or GCP
• You have strong problem‑solving and decision‑making skills; communicate effectively with technical and non‑technical partners; manage and prioritize work to drive team improvements; and mentor engineers across varying skill levels
• Some minimal annual travel required (for people manager roles only)
• Professional certifications in software engineering, automation, cloud, or DevOps are highly preferred