QA Automation Engineer

The QA Automation Engineer is a role on our engineering team focused on test strategy and automation for web applications and REST APIs. You will design, build, and maintain automated test suites; define test strategy across unit, integration, E2E, and API testing; and advocate for quality across the SDLC. You will work alongside product and engineering in an agile workflow, integrate tests into CI/CD, and collaborate with developers on testability, API contracts, and acceptance criteria. Our team uses feature branches and pull requests with code review for all changes, including tests and documentation. Documentation and runbooks live in the repo so specs and test strategy stay easy to find and update., * Design, build, and maintain automated test suites for web UIs and REST APIs

• Define test strategy (unit, integration, E2E, API) and advocate for quality across the SDLC
• Integrate tests into CI/CD and monitor stability and coverage
• Collaborate with developers on testability, API contracts, and acceptance criteria
• Document test approach, flake handling, and automation patterns for the team
• Participate in team ceremonies and code review as part of our PR-based workflow

• Experience with Playwright, or adjacent tools (e.g. Cypress, Selenium), for cross-browser E2E tests
• Experience with Jest, or similar JavaScript/TypeScript test frameworks, for unit and integration testing
• Experience with Postman (collections, environments, CI integration) and/or code-based API tests
• Familiarity with OpenAPI and spec-driven or contract testing
• Experience integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines and interpreting results
• Comfort with modern testing patterns (e.g. Page Object-style, data-driven tests, parallel execution, clear reporting)
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative and proactively provide solutions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving, rapidly evolving environment
• Experience with JIRA or a similar ticketing system is a plus
• Experience using AI tooling (e.g. Cursor, Copilot) to author or maintain tests is a plus

We’re on a mission to fix a broken system, making it easier and more reliable for millions of people to protect themselves against the unexpected by enabling insurance providers to better match individuals with the right health insurance solutions. This in turn enables accelerating growth for our clients. At e123, we deliver a powerful, widely-used core SaaS product in a premier position central to our industry, and our team knows as much as anyone about the complexities of the United States healthcare insurance distribution network.