Senior QA Engineer

Senior Quality EngineerAt GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities. Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive on relentless innovation to exceed our customers' expectations while making a real impact on local communities nationwide.Founded in 1936, GEICO is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and one of the largest auto insurers in the United States. When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported, and proud to work here. That's why we offer the GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards, and Great Careers.About Geico At GEICO, we are not just an insurance company; we are a technology-driven organization that is transforming the insurance landscape. Our mission is to leverage cutting-edge technology to deliver exceptional experiences for our customers and create innovative solutions that redefine the industry.About The Team The Billing and Payments team at GEICO owns the tools, infrastructure, data, reporting, analytics, and services required to deliver seamless billing and payment experiences for customers and partners. The platform supports financial transactions and customer interactions at scale, with a focus on efficiency, accuracy, customer satisfaction, and compliance.What you will do We are seeking a Senior Quality Engineer who can validate payments products from the customer and business-process perspective, build scalable automation suites, and help move quality earlier in the delivery lifecycle. This role combines outside-in black-box testing, API and integration validation, automation framework development, and close partnership with engineering teams to prevent defects before they reach production.Responsibilities:Design and execute outside-in black-box test strategies that validate end-to-end customer, partner, and business payment flows without relying on implementation details.Build and maintain reliable automation suites across API, integration, UI, and end-to-end flows, with clear coverage, low flakiness, and actionable failure signals for engineering teams.Conduct performance, load, and reliability testing using tools such as k6, JMeter, or LoadRunner to identify bottlenecks, validate system behavior under scale, and provide actionable findings to engineering teams.Partner with developers, product managers, and platform teams to move testing earlier in the delivery lifecycle by integrating automated quality gates, test data, observability signals, and validation checks into CI/CD pipelines.Use AI-assisted engineering tools to improve test design, test data generation, failure analysis, and automation productivity while maintaining strong engineering judgment and quality standards.Stay current with quality engineering practices, tools, and automation patterns, and apply them to improve test coverage, reliability, and engineering productivity.Who you are This role is expected to influence quality practices across the delivery lifecycle, not only execute test cases. The ideal candidate will help define risk-based test strategy, improve automation reliability, strengthen release confidence, and partner with engineers to prevent recurring defects. Minimum Requirements5+ years of hands-on quality engineering or software test engineering experience, including risk-based test strategy, outside-in black-box testing, automation suite development, API and integration validation, and CI/CD-based quality gates.Proven ability to build and maintain reliable automated test suites across API, integration, UI, and end-to-end flows using tools such as Playwright, Selenium, TestNG, Postman, REST Assured, Cypress, or similar frameworks.Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks for UI, API, and Integration testingStrong programming skills in Java, Python, or JavaScript for automation.Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and judgment to assess quality risk in complex customer or business flows.Ability to use SQL or PostgreSQL to validate test data, investigate defects, and verify transaction outcomes.Experience in payments and checkout.Preferred QualificationsExpertise in performance testing tools like JMeter, LoadRunner, or k6.Knowledge of cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus.Strong understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC) and agile methodologies.Experience working in fast-paced, agile engineering environments with cross-functional product, engineering, and platform teams.This is a Hybrid role working out of the following offices:Bethesda, MDRichardson, TXPalo Alto, CAAnnual Salary$100,000.00 - $215,000.00The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate's work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.The GEICO Pledge:Great Company: Protecting customers through life's twists and turns with innovation and integrity.Great Careers: Personalized development programs, mentorship, and certification assistance.Great Culture: Inclusive and collaborative culture rooted in shared success.Great Rewards: Competitive pay, benefits, and flexibility to support your well-being and future.The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.