Job Description
Job Description
The Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) is California's trusted, objective provider of actuarially-based information and research, advisory pure premium rates, and educational services integral to a healthy workers' compensation system. The WCIRB is a California unincorporated, private, nonprofit association comprised of all companies licensed to transact workers' compensation insurance in California, and has over 400 member companies. No state money is used to fund its operations. The operations of the WCIRB are funded primarily by membership fees and assessments. To accurately measure the cost of providing workers' compensation benefits, the WCIRB performs a number of functions, including collection of premium and loss data on every workers' compensation insurance policy, examination of policy documents, inspections of insured businesses, and test audits of insurer payroll audits and claims classification.
The WCIRB employs approximately 175 people. The home office is located in Oakland, California.
The Role
WCIRB seeks a quality engineer who is passionate about ensuring the highest standards and committed to delivering innovative automated testing solutions. As a Quality Engineer, you will be pivotal in implementing, maintaining, and executing comprehensive quality strategies. Your contributions will directly impact our software platforms' quality, accuracy, reliability, and performance, ensuring exceptional user experience for our user base.
The ideal candidate is passionate about technology, high-tech, detail-oriented, innovative, self-motivated, and self-reliant. Take advantage of this opportunity to make a meaningful impact on software quality and workers' compensation.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Design, develop, and execute automated test solutions using modern automation frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress, and Selenium
Analyze user stories and requirements to create comprehensive automated functional/system, integration, component, and regression tests
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and design test solutions, resolve defects, and test code changes
Collaborate closely with Business and Quality Analysts to better understand coverage, impacts, data, and acceptance criteria
Analyze and validate non-functional requirements such as load, performance, and security
Assist in the design and implementation of continuous integration and delivery pipelines, including integration of automated tests
Generate test reports/dashboards and document software defects and defects trends
Work with development, product, and program management teams to ensure software testing requirements are met
Continuously improve software testing methodologies and processes
General Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field
A minimum of 2 years of experience in software quality engineering
A minimum 2 years of experience in .NET and C#
Hands-on experience in Visual Studio
Experience in testing APIs and using tools such as SoapUI, Postman, Fiddler, etc.
Experience in .NET technologies, Azure DevOps, and modern automation frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress, and Selenium
Experience in unit test frameworks such as NUnit, XUnit, MSTest
Knowledge of modern development principles such as SOLID, Occam's Razor, TDD, iterative lifecycle process, etc.
Experience in cloud testing, Microservice architectures, CI/CD, and Azure environments
Experience in SQL to conduct database testing and data validation
Excellent communication, collaboration, and organizational skills
Familiarity with agile development methodologies
Strong analytical skills with a passion for quality and detail
Nice to Have
PowerShell scripting
Hands-on Non-Functional Testing Experience (i.e. Performance, Reliability, etc.)
Knowledge of non-functional testing such as load, performance, and security
Production support, analysis, debugging, troubleshooting, overlaps/Splunk tool usage, etc.
Physical Demands
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described in this section are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
Steady stream of analytical work, telephone work, meetings, decision-making and research.
Work requires attention to detail, follow-through and analysis of collected information.
Frequent interaction with fellow IT employees, Program manager, QA Manager, and other WCIRB leaders.
Perks & Benefits
Our employees enjoy a state of the art, energy-efficient, open work environment that nurtures collaboration and creativity. At the WCIRB, we go the extra mile to keep our employees happy and healthy. Our perks include:
Hybrid work environment (40% onsite 60% remote)
Medical, dental and vision benefits
Competitive PTO Program
401K and pension plan
Annual incentive plan
Social activities
Community volunteer involvement
Disclaimer
Management may assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this position at any time. As such, the job description may be revised depending on the WCIRB's needs. Further, this job description is a general summary of responsibilities and requirements and is not intended to be all-inclusive of the responsibilities and requirements of this position.
Please note
that the WCIRB has enacted a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine requirement for all employees. Proof of full vaccination or an approved exemption or deferral is required of all employees, including new hires.
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