Qa Tester With Python Jobs in New York (NOW HIRING)

We are seeking a skilled Software QA Engineer with expertise in Python and modern backend frameworks to join the alitheia team. This role is ideal for someone passionate about building scalable, secure, and high-performance APIs and services that power data-driven solutions. This is a hands-on QA role where you'll partner with developers, product management, data scientists, and underwriters to develop and execute automated testing solutions. You will work on mission-critical systems leveraging AI, electronic health records (EHRs), and other complex, sensitive medical data to make it easier for people to get essential life insurance coverage. The role sits in a high-impact team dedicated to building the industry's most advanced solution for medical risk assessment. The position offers substantial opportunity to shape a new solution, ship product quickly and see immediate impact.

Responsibilities
   Design and execute scalable automated tests across functional, integration, API, regression, and end-to-end testing to meet our quality and technology standards
   Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing and feedback
   Develop and execute automated and manual test plans to support system and release validation
   Collaborate with developers, product management, and client implementation teams to deliver testing automation aligned to requirements, technical design, user stories and acceptance criteria
   Partner with the team to find and fix defects while continually improving our testing approach
   Provide testing insights, quality metrics, and assessment of defects and automation gaps to alitheia team
   Continuously improve and strengthen our quality processes and procedures.
   Keep current on emerging testing frameworks, tools, and technologies

Specialized Skills
   Strong understanding of testing methodologies, including smoke testing, functional testing, regression testing, unit testing
   Experience with automated testing, test automation tools, and test-driven development
   Experience with CI/CD tools and version control systems 
   Professional experience with Python preferred; understanding of software design lifecycle (SDLC) best practices
   Familiar with API design tools/languages
   Experience with cloud computing and orchestration tools
   Experience with containerizations tools 

Required Qualifications
   3 years of Software Engineering experience
   2 years of experience in Software QA Engineering 
   2 years of experience building and maintaining test automation frameworks
   2 years of experience automating web applications, APIs, backend services, including end-to-end workflows
   2 years of experience integrating testing automation into CI/CD pipelines
   Experience creating comprehensive test cases that cover happy paths, edge cases, and failure scenarios
   Excellent writing skills in delivering clear, detailed test documentation and reporting  
   Comfort working collaboratively across functions 

Challenges 
   Integration of new processes across our platforms 
   Working with new technologies

At Munich Re US, we see Diversity and Inclusion as a solution to the challenges and opportunities all around us. Our goal is to foster an inclusive culture and build a workforce that reflects the customers we serve and the communities in which we live and work. We strive to provide a workplace where all of our colleagues feel respected, valued and empowered to achieve their very best every day. We recruit and develop talent with a focus on providing our customers the most innovative products and services. We are an equal opportunity employer. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

About Munich Re

Together, we engage with everything we have and are, to help humankind act braver and better.

As the world's leading reinsurance company with more than 40,000 employees in over 50 locations around the globe, Munich Re introduces a paradigm shift in the way you think about insurance.  By turning uncertainty into manageable risk, we enable fundamental change.  We recognize Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging as a key priority with a culture that welcomes different thoughts and opinions.  We dare to think big and are continuously innovating on behalf of our clients.

For New York City based employees, the base salary range anticipated for this position is $125,000-$145,000, plus an opportunity for an annual company bonus based upon a percentage of eligible pay.

The salary estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for candidates hired in this position. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role.

Please note that only candidates who are selected for interview will be contacted directly. We thank all candidates for their interest.