Automation Tester

EYMelbourneHybridFull-time29 Sept 2026

EY Technology Consulting is seeking an Automation Tester to deliver quality engineering across modern insurance platforms in Melbourne or Sydney. The role focuses on functional testing, Playwright UI automation, API validation, and scalable automated regression within Guidewire and connected digital platforms.

What you'll do

Design, develop and maintain UI automation frameworks using Playwright for web-based insurance applications and customer-facing digital journeys.
Perform functional testing of insurance processes covering Quote, Policy, Claims, Billing, Renewals, Endorsements and Underwriting workflows.
Validate end-to-end user journeys across web applications and Guidewire products to support seamless customer experiences.
Collaborate with Business Analysts and Product Owners to translate functional requirements and user stories into comprehensive automated and manual test scenarios.
Execute cross-browser and cross-platform testing using Playwright to validate consistent application behaviour and performance.
Support UAT activities by validating business-critical insurance workflows and requirements traceability.
Contribute to automation Proofs of Concept to evaluate emerging tools, frameworks and AI-driven quality engineering solutions.
Identify opportunities to improve testing efficiency through AI-powered automation, self-healing frameworks, intelligent test execution and predictive quality analytics.
Build reusable automation components and frameworks that improve coverage, execution speed and maintainability across insurance applications.
Contribute to innovation initiatives using Playwright, Generative AI, API automation and cloud-native testing solutions.
Build and maintain scalable automated regression suites.
Develop API test frameworks using Java 11+, JUnit 5 and Rest Assured.
Validate REST APIs, Guidewire integrations and end-to-end insurance workflows.
Embed automated testing and quality gates into CI/CD pipelines.
Contribute to performance and reliability testing using Gatling and apply service virtualisation and mocking using Hoverfly, WireMock or MockServer.
Use Splunk to support observability and production readiness and contribute to testing across containerised and cloud-based environments.
Pair with colleagues, participate in Communities of Practice or Guilds and support other delivery roles where required.

What you need

Must-have

PlaywrightGuidewire Insurance SuiteJava 11+JUnit 5Rest AssuredREST APIsSpring BootJavaScript

Nice-to-have

Java 17+Guidewire CloudAI-assisted test automationself-healing frameworksAPI contract designJiraConfluenceDB2ITSM

Soft skills

communicationownershipcollaborationaptitudewillingness to learn

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