QA Engineer, Cover Genius
CA$110-165k
+ Stock options
B2B insurance and warranty API
Job no longer available
B2B insurance and warranty API
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
CA$110-165k
+ Stock options
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To protect all the customers of the world’s largest digital companies.
Role
Who you are
- 4 years or more of full-time experience working as a QA or Test Engineer
- Solid hands-on experience in Web automation testing (any framework) is required
- Proficiency in JavaScript is strongly preferred, especially for building and maintaining JavaScript-based UI test frameworks
- But, general JavaScript coding experience is also acceptable if you can learn quickly
- Proficiency in PHP is nice to have.Experience with troubleshooting test framework issues or pipeline infrastructure issues
- Practical experience with REST API testing is a must (e.g., using Postman or equivalent)
- Must have a decent understanding of HTTP protocol and client-server architecture
- Experience with Web manual testing, including creating test cases, executing tests, and reporting defects
- Proven hands-on experience with generative-AI tools (ChatGPT/GPT-4o, GitHub Copilot, Gemini, Claude, etc.) for requirements clarification, test-design ideation, code generation, and peer code review
- Ability to integrate new AI services into existing test frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and quality-gating workflows, assessing their impact on speed, coverage, and reliability;General solid troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Great requirement analysis and gap analysis skills;It is nice to have basic knowledge of SQL, Bash, Docker, Git and GitLab
- Interest in working in a dynamic and “tech-first mindset” environment;Excellent communication skills
- Experience in exploratory testing is welcome
- Comfortable with agile development such as Scrum or Kanban
- Interest in learning or deepening technical/automation skills
- Passion for Quality Assurance: You're a true advocate for quality and are eager to take ownership of QA processes, demonstrating excellent attention to detail
- AI Enthusiasm: You're passionate about experimenting with and leveraging AI technologies to boost personal and team productivity, driving continuous quality improvements
- Adaptability Under Pressure: You can handle high-pressure situations, such as rapidly diagnosing critical production issues, managing multiple competing priorities, or working under tight release deadlines
- Collaborative & Organized: You are organized, efficient, and adept at adapting to both independent and collaborative work arrangements
- Team Player: You have experience collaborating effectively with multiple Scrum/Kanban teams
- Growth Mindset: You embrace changes that lead to continuous improvement
What the job involves
- As a QA Engineer at Cover Genius, you'll be at the forefront of our commitment to quality. Your primary role will be to cultivate a pervasive quality culture, ensuring it's deeply embedded in our daily operations and mindsets. You'll achieve this by developing advanced test frameworks and collaborating directly with engineers to implement and scale cutting-edge testing practices.
- A key team member integral to every product and service delivery, you will also champion the adoption of AI-augmented QA engineering, actively leveraging generative AI to streamline requirements analysis, test design, and automation code authoring
- Collaborate with product and engineering to author and refine requirements using generative-AI assistants (e.g., ChatGPT, Copilot, Windsurf etc), ensuring clarity, consistency, and testability
- Understand and reinforce the business value of the requirements of the company and project core goals of the products and services we offer
- Review requirements, specifications, and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback
- Develop and maintain reliable UI test automation using Playwright (JavaScript) or a comparable tool if Playwright experience is limited but willingness to learn is present
- Design, execute, and automate REST API tests using Postman (collections, environment variables, pre-/post-request scripts), ensuring coverage of all critical endpoints
- Employ AI-powered coding assistants (e.g., Windsurf) to generate, refactor, and document test automation code, accelerating delivery while maintaining high quality
- Conduct AI-assisted code reviews and static analysis to detect defects and ensure adherence to coding standards before merge
- Continuously evaluate emerging AI QA tooling (e.g., autonomous test-case generation, log-analysis agents, visual-diff tools) and champion their adoption across squads
- Identify, record, document thoroughly, and track bugs
- Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved
- Develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products to meet the company's objectives
- Liaise with internal teams (e.g. developers and product managers) to identify system requirements
- Monitor debugging process results
- Investigate the causes of non-conforming software and train users to implement solutions
- Demonstrate an ability to quickly learn and adopt new testing frameworks and tools (e.g., Playwright for UI, Postman for API) to ensure we remain at the cutting edge of QA practices
- Stay up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies
Our take
Insurance plans and warranties are staples of a successful digital company, but setting them up is challenging. Businesses must compare and write contracts with insurance providers which require the expensive assistance of legal and financial teams, Add to this the cost of web designers who can embed the service online, and insurance and warranties quickly become unaffordable to smaller businesses.
Cover Genius provides end-to-end APIs called XCover and XClaim for embedding insurance and warranty plans onto online stores, preventing the business from having to compare, arrange and deploy insurance plans themselves. The company's policies are for any business, can be translated into over 40 languages, and are designed to be read easily without unnecessary jargon.
Whilst other insurtech companies offer similar services to Cover Genius, the company has uniquely focused on ensuring its plans are easily readable, translatable, and dynamically priced based on personal requirements. Although the company initially aimed to facilitate insurance and warranty plans for smaller businesses, it also partners with large enterprises such as Ryanair, Amazon, and eBay. In 2024 it secured impressive Series E funding off the back of a year where it achieved 107% year-on-year growth.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
30% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
May 2024
$80m
SERIES E
Nov 2022
$70m
SERIES D
Total funding: $242.3m
Company benefits
- Flexible Working Conditions
- Employee Stock Options
- Ongoing Learning
- Paid Parental Leave
- Wellness Initiatives
- When From Home When You Want
- Peer Bonuses and Founder Awards Program
- International Working Opportunities
- GC Gives giveback program, led by the team
Company HQ
Midtown South, New York, NY
Leadership
Angus McDonald
(CEO)They were the General Manager of Emerge Digital. Formerly the VP of International Business Development for iClick Interactive Asia Limited.
Chris Bayley
(CIO)They were the former Business Development Manager for Google. Previously an Investor and Executive Director of Software.com from 2009 to 2019.
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