Work on impactful insurance technology projects that combine innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. This hybrid opportunity offers exposure to large-scale digital initiatives, modern delivery practices, and a dynamic team environment focused on delivering reliable, high-quality solutions.

What is in it for you:

- Salaried: $63 per hour.
- Incorporated Business Rate: $72 per hour.
- Daytime schedule: 37.5 hours per week.
- Hybrid role requiring on-site presence in Markham 3 days per week.
- Occasional extended hours may be required to meet project deadlines.

Responsibilities:

- Review user stories, requirements, and technical design specification documents and provide feedback from a Quality Assurance perspective.
- Design, build, update, and execute existing and new regression test suites.
- Create comprehensive test strategies, test plans, estimates, complex test scenarios, and test cases, and lead and execute testing activities according to the agreed delivery plan.
- Deliver testing estimates and scope of work with coverage and traceability to business requirements, test requirements, scenarios, and test cases.
- Provide test artifact walkthroughs to the delivery team for review and feedback.
- Perform functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing.
- Use testing tools such as JIRA, Zephyr, and Selenium to build, modify, and execute manual and automated test cases where applicable, and manage defects.
- Proactively identify and manage testing-related risks and elevate issues when required.
- Collaborate with developers, business analysts, scrum masters, product owners, and other internal teams, providing feedback from a testing perspective.
- Meet challenging deadlines and perform effectively under pressure.
- Maintain a positive, efficient, and collaborative working environment and positively influence others.




- Act as the voice of quality by raising issues when needed and highlighting delivery risks.
- Ensure compliance with relevant IT testing standards and controls to ensure software changes achieve the quality required to satisfy business needs.

What you will need to succeed:

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Technology.
- Test Engineering Certification from an industry-recognized provider.
- 5+ years of dedicated hands-on experience in software testing as a senior team member.
- 5+ years of experience in Software Development and/or Quality Assurance.
- 5+ years of proven experience with Guidewire PolicyCenter, including configuration and rating testing.
- 5+ years of experience in the Property and Casualty Insurance industry, including Auto and Property lines of business.
- Strong knowledge of the Guidewire policy lifecycle and transactions such as Recent Submission, Policy Change, Renewals, Cancellations, Reinstatement, and Rewrite.
- Experience testing integrations within the Guidewire environment.
- Strong understanding of the Software Development and Testing Lifecycle (SD/TLC).
- Excellent verbal communication and technical writing skills with the ability to clearly document complex processes and tasks.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to drive issues through to resolution.
- Ability to meet timelines and perform effectively under pressure.
- Strong work ethic with a punctual, creative, detail-oriented, and team-focused approach.
- Commitment to simplification, continuous improvement, and embracing change.
- Ability to quickly learn and become familiar with software products being tested.
- Strong interest in technology and expanding IT-related skills.
- Ability to contribute positively to team culture and collaborate effectively with others.

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