Test Automation Engineer Lead

Symetra has an exciting new opportunity to join us as a Test Automation Engineer Lead!

About the role

The Test Automation Engineer Lead is a hands‑on technical leader responsible for guiding a small team of 2–3 automation engineers while driving the development of scalable, high‑quality test automation frameworks. This role works with minimal oversight and collaborates closely with business and technical partners to ensure reliable, high‑performing system delivery and to advance automation maturity across the organization.

What you will do

• Lead a team of automation engineers in designing, developing, and maintaining automated test strategies, scripts, and frameworks across functional, regression, API, UI, and integration testing; recommend test environments, frameworks, and tool stacks.
• Mentor and coach automation engineers, analysts, and interns; serve as the automation subject‑matter expert across teams.
• Drive automation strategy, including solution planning, framework design, CI/CD integration, and tooling decisions for key initiatives.
• Champion and enforce automated testing best practices across teams.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex automation defects and framework issues; lead root‑cause analysis to prevent recurring failures.
• Own success metrics and end‑to‑end accountability for automation frameworks and CI/CD pipelines, including communicating automation health and risk to leadership.
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance automation efficiency, reliability, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with business and technical SMEs, development teams, QA resources, and external vendors; communicate regularly with senior IT and cross‑functional stakeholders.

 

Why Work at Symetra

Here’s what some of our employees have to say about why they work at Symetra:

"Symetra will spoil you. There aren't many companies that will put as much effort into you being a success as Symetra. The culture will challenge you but simultaneously put you at ease. Failure is seen as integral to the learning process so there is less reason to be fearful of it." - Kerry S., Sr. Systems Analyst

 

“If you want to invest in yourself and build a career, this is a great place to work. If you don't want to put in the effort to learn the industry and become a student of the business (it takes real effort!), there are easier places to work.” - Cris H., VP Internal Sales

What we offer you

Benefits and Perks

We don’t take a “one-size-fits-all” approach when it comes to our employees. Our programs are designed to make your life better both at work and at home.

• Flexible full-time or hybrid telecommuting arrangements
• Plan for your future with our 401(k) plan and take advantage of immediate vesting and company matching up to 6%
• Paid time away including vacation and sick time, flex days and ten paid holidays
• Give back to your community and double your impact through our company matching
• Want more details? Check out our Symetra Benefits Overview

Compensation

Salary Range: $128,700 - $214,600 plus eligibility for the company annual bonus program.

Qualifications

Who You Are:

• High School Diploma is required, plus a BA/BS in related field or equivalent experience preferred
• 8+ years of hands‑on automated testing experience, including ownership or architecture of automation solutions.
• Strong track record designing and governing enterprise‑grade automation frameworks with scalable test strategies and solid coding standards.
• Proven leadership supporting large enterprise applications and partnering across engineering, product, DevOps, and architecture teams.
• Expert proficiency across unit, API, integration, end‑to‑end, regression, performance, and reliability testing.
• Advanced experience with Pytest, Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright, including framework optimization and extension.
• Deep API testing expertise