QA Automation Engineer

Location: e123 is a Work From Anywhere company based in southern California with an entirely remote workforce from all over the US. This role can be based anywhere in the US (with the exception of IN IL PA NE).

Why join e123

e123 is transforming the distribution of health insurance in the United States while creating a new insurtech category. e123 helps businesses manage the complex world of health insurance distribution. We handle $3B in annual premium billings through a network of nearly 400000 agents. We deliver a single easy to use platform for clients to distribute and market insurance and benefits products at all levels. We are rapidly expanding our product suite to to address major pain points for enterprise carrier and distribution customers in this market vertical.

Our Mission

Were 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.

Job Description

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.

Responsibilities

• 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

Required Skills & Experience

• 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 Objectstyle 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