Staff Software Engineer in Test

Mercury Insurance is a recognized company known for its achievements and culture, recently awarded as one of America's Best Midsize Employers for 2026. The Staff Software Engineer in Test will play a crucial role in designing and maintaining software testing frameworks while mentoring junior team members to ensure successful delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Design, Develop and Maintain Test Automation Frameworks, Tools and Libraries: Develop a strong understanding of relevant product areas, designing and proficiency implementing complex framework features
• Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills: Skilled in debugging and resolving simple blocking issues, especially with automation scripts, frameworks and tools. Applies analytical and creative approaches to tackle complex quality challenges with solutions
• Implement/Enhance Continuous Integration Continuous Deployment (CI / CD): Enhance automation framework with CI/CD pipelines to facilitate automated testing during the build and deployment processes
• Performance Testing Support: Design and implement complex performance test script based on existing automation framework and tools to execute performance tests. Provide analytical feedback for the releases in the test result report. Create new scripts to enhance performance test
• Implement and Drive Automation Test Strategy: Participate in discussions to define simple test automation strategies, research and evaluate simple new technologies and determine appropriate test coverage. Analyze simple requirements and system design to determine the approach for automation implementation
• Define and Enforce Automation Standards and Best Practices: Establish and Improve coding standards, best practices, and guidelines for writing and maintaining automated test scripts and framework. Review code written by team members to ensure adherence to standards and provide constructive feedback
• Cross-Functional Collaboration and Communication: Work closely with cross functional teams and stakeholders to gather requirements and provide mid-complex solutions in framework to meet mid-complex testing needs in small-medium sized team
• Create, Monitor and Analyze Test Results: Create, review and analyze test execution results, providing in-depth insights and mid-complex recommendations based on findings
• Training and Mentorship: Train and mentor TE and SETs on using the automation framework to start writing complex automation tests. Training others to diagnose, resolve mid-complex issues and prepare proper documentation to ensure smooth operation

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or other related fields Or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 8+ yrs industry experience, leading testing software engineering teams for small/medium projects
• Knowledgeable of product knowledge to ensure that testing efforts align with business objectives and real-world use cases
• Capability to train, lead and mentor junior team members in automation best practices and framework usage
• Verbal and written communication skills on executing task-specific collaboration, conveying precise technical details, responding to immediate issues, and ensure clarity in resolving project-level technical challenges
• Agile software development release process, CI/CD practices and tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub) to integrate automated tests into the build process
• Experienced in containerization technologies
• Experienced in cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure
• Experienced in Leveraging DevSecOps to Improve Engineering Efficiency
• Develop a strong understanding of relevant product areas, integrate innovative tools, libraries, and technologies into the automation framework to enhance testing capabilities
• Proficiency in designing and implementing high quality framework, that are modular, configurable, maximize reuse, are fast, effective, user friendly, secure, compliant, stable and maintainable
• Proficiency in creating and maintain automated reusable libraries/components to enhance automated capabilities
• Familiarity with performance testing concepts and tools (e.g., JMeter, LoadRunner) to assess system behavior under load
• Proficiency in documenting framework architecture, components, usage instructions, presentation, and bug report, etc
• Analyze simple/complex system requirements and design to determine the best approach for testing of the change/implementation
• Debugging and resolving blocking issues, especially in automation scripts, frameworks and tools. Applies analytical and creative approaches to tackle complex quality challenges with innovative solutions
• Multi-Tasking skill with willingness and positive attitude to do whatever it takes to complete tasks on time or as quickly as possible
• Experience coding with popular test automation tools and frameworks (e.g., Selenium, TestNG, JUnit, Appium, IDE, Metrics etc.)
• Knowledge of containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
• Strong skills in diagnosing issues within the automation execution and scripts to ensure smooth operation
• Ability to conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to ensure quality and adherence to standards and best practice
• Adapt to changing requirements, code designs and implementation changes, new technologies, methods to solve problems, shift priorities, workstyle and responsibilities
• Knowledge of API testing methodologies and tools (e.g., Postman, SoapUI, Curl, Insomnia) for validating RESTful and SOAP APIs
• Strong knowledge of programming languages commonly used in automation, such as Java, Python, or JavaScript
• Commitment to staying updated with the latest trends, tools, and technologies in test automation and quality assurance
• Meticulous attention to detail to ensure high-quality automated tests and reliable framework performance
• Excellent organizational skills to manage multiple testing projects, prioritize tasks to meet deadlines
• 5 or more years of development experience with Java and/or Python
• 5 or more years of experience with broad testing experience such as API, UI, performance, etc
• 3 or more years of experience creating automation frameworks
• 3 or more years of experience developing testing tools
• 1 or more years of experience integrating AI into testing