Functional Test Engineer

Functional Test Engineer
Location: Onsite 3 days/week in Durham, NC

Job Description:
We are looking for an experienced Functional Test Engineer with a strong foundation in automation, API testing, and domain knowledge in life insurance and annuity products. This role is integral to ensuring software quality through comprehensive end-to-end manual and automated testing. You’ll work closely with business analysts, product owners, and development teams to ensure functional and regulatory compliance across complex financial systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Requirements Analysis: Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into actionable test scenarios.

• Test Case Design: Develop and maintain manual test cases covering functional, regression, integration, and user acceptance testing.

• API Testing: Validate endpoints, responses, and data using tools such as Postman or SoapUI to ensure functionality, performance, and security.

• Bug Tracking: Identify and log issues using tools like JIRA, including detailed reproduction steps and collaborate with developers for resolution.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with product, development, and QA teams to ensure quality outcomes and resolve issues efficiently.

• Regression Testing: Conduct routine regression testing to ensure stability of existing functionality amid new releases.

• Data Validation: Verify business-critical data such as policy and premium calculations, ensuring accuracy and system integrity.

• UAT Support: Assist with user acceptance testing, offering documentation, issue tracking, and stakeholder support.

• Documentation: Maintain thorough documentation of test cases, results, and defects for transparency and audit readiness.

• Domain-Specific Testing: Execute tests across life insurance and annuity domains, including new business, policy servicing, illustrations, accounting, and claims.

• Automation: Utilize tools such as Selenium, TestNG, JUnit, Appium, Cypress, or Robot Framework to support automated testing efforts.

• Version Control: Use Git or similar systems to manage and collaborate on test scripts.

• Framework Development: Design and enhance automation frameworks to ensure efficiency, scalability, and reusability.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

• 4-8 years of experience in manual testing with exposure to automation

• Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, processes, and tools

• Experience with Agile/Scrum environments

• Proficiency in bug tracking and test management systems (e.g., JIRA)

• Basic SQL knowledge for data validation

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent attention to detail and communication skills

• Ability to work independently and in collaborative team settings

• Experience designing or working within existing automation frameworks