We’re pushing the boundaries of Insurance Technology
INSTANDA is the worlds first no code platform for Insurance. A pioneering Insurtech, we’re revolutionising the insurance industry by offering insurers a versatile tool to create, manage, and distribute digital insurance products. Our innovative technology empowers insurance carriers to adapt swiftly to market demands and navigate the evolving landscape. Our Technology is consistently recognised as the best policy administration platform for innovative insurers, winning awards in both the UK and US.
INSTANDA has grown significantly in recent years and we are now a team of 200+ employees with partnerships that operate worldwide. We’re continuing to grow our business and our QA team is at the forefront of our growth plans.
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The Role
We are looking for a smart and technically savvy Senior/Mid-Level Quality Engineer to join our team and help drive the growth of INSTANDA.
This role is fully remote.
What you will do
- Collaborating with Product Owner and Development teams to define Acceptance Criteria
- Actively participate in all phases of software development lifecycles
- Analysing requirements, design, develop and execute test plans, test cases and test scripts
- Analyse testing results and provide detailed reports on software quality
- Mentoring other team members
- Contribute to automation test scripts and frameworks
- Communicating effectively with technical and non-technical colleagues
- Actively participate in sharing knowledge and building Instanda community
- Implementing testing techniques and strategies
- Continuously improve testing processes and identify areas for enhancement
Senior Level:
- Lead and oversee testing efforts across multiple projects or teams
- Develop and implement test strategies aligned with project goals
- Perform complex testing, including performance, security and API testing
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define quality metrics and success criteria
- Providing guidance and share the knowledge with a wider QA Team
- Adhere to INSTANDA’s information security policies, guidelines and best practices to protect our company and our clients.
- Contribute to a culture of security awareness within the company.
Requirements
- At least 3+ years experience in software testing
- Professional experience with deployment and testing tools such as Azure, Test Rail, Selenium, Playwright, Xray, Jira, etc.
- Experience with user-configurable software, which works according to business rules configured by non-technical users
- Proficiency in manual test execution and exposure to automation
- Hands-on experience with API testing using tools like Postman or Swagger
- A strong understanding of HTML and CSS
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and version control systems (e.g., Git)
- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and testing lifecycle (SDLC/STLC)
- Exceptional organisation and prioritisation skills - we are a fast paced, agile environment
- Flexible, resilient and commercially minded, with a strong curiosity for problem-solving
- Confident communicator able to work effectively with internal teams, vendors and external partners
- Demonstrated ownership, accountability and commitment to quality
- Experience writing scripts using C# is an asset
- Previous exposure working with a SaaS product, a high growth company or in the insurance industry is an asset
- Exposure to monitoring and observability tools such as Kibana / Elastic is an asset
In addition to core job requirements, we ask that you:
- Have a high level of proficiency in English
- Can work a schedule that generally overlaps with a typical UK work day (9am to 5:30pm GMT)
Benefits
- Competitive salary package
- Generous 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays.
- One Dynamic Day per month on top of your holiday allowance to spend time doing the things you want to do or simply catching up with life admin.
- All employees are included in the company discretionary bonus scheme.
- Annual individual learning & development allowance of INR100,000
- Free access to LinkedIn learning and Microsoft ESI learning platforms
INSTANDA partners with a local Employer of Record (EOR) entity to manage salary and benefits for our India based employees. Benefits are country-specific but generally include medical, vision, and dental insurance and more.
