Job Title:  Lead Associate | Engineering Foundry & Managed Services | Hyderabad | Engineering as a Service/ Oper

Role purpose - Guidewire Intermediate Quality Assurance

As a Guidewire Intermediate Quality Assurance, you are accountable for quality ownership of specific Guidewire application cards across run and change assigned to you. You ensure that the areas you are testing are stable, scalable, and production‑ready, by embedding quality engineering practices throughout the testing cycles. 

This role is a strong individual contributor and manages test execution of the assigned story cards, while mentoring Junior QA engineers. 

Key responsibilities 

Quality ownership & strategy 

• Own the quality approach and test strategy for specific areas assigned to you across one or more of the following areas:  
• InsuranceSuite (PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, ClaimCenter) 
• Digital platforms (Engage, Jutro) 
• Integrations, APIs, and data flows 
• Support Senior QA Engineer to define risk‑based testing strategies aligned to business criticality and platform usage 

Test governance & standards 

• Follow QA standards with minimal supervision for:  
• Functional, integration, and end‑to‑end testing 
• Regression and release qualification 
• Performance and non‑functional testing 
• Ensure adherence to Zurich SDLC, quality gates, and Guidewire standards 
• Ensure audit‑ready traceability between requirements, tests, and outcomes 

Automation & quality engineering 

• Support  automation‑first testing for Guidewire solutions, including:  
• Functional and regression automation 
• Integration testing 
• Promote reuse of automation frameworks, test assets, and test data, globally for Zurich. 

Delivery & Agile leadership 

• Support Senior QA Engineer with quality activities across:  
• Sprint planning and backlog grooming 
• Sprint testing and release readiness 
• Demos and retrospectives from a quality lens 
• Coordinate closely with Developers, BSAs, and Release teams to ensure quality outcomes 

Run quality & production stability 

• Support defect root‑cause analysis and prevention initiatives 
• Partner with Application Development & Maintenance (ADM) and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams to improve reliability and operational outcomes 

Mentoring & capability development 

• Mentor Junior QA engineers 
• Actively support the team on test design, automation best practices, and quality thinking 

Continuous improvement & reuse 

• Promote standardization and reuse of:  
• Test cases and regression packs 
• Automation assets 
• Test data strategies 
• Identify opportunities to simplify test cycles and reduce cycle time 
• Continuously improve quality efficiency, coverage, and predictability 

Required skills & experience 

• 1-3 years of experience in Quality Assurance / Quality Engineering roles 
• Hands‑on experience testing Guidewire platforms 
• Good understanding of P&C insurance business processes 
• Experience supporting QA workstreams or domains 
• Good understanding of Agile delivery and test management practices 
• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder‑ coordination skills 

Desirable experience 

• Guidewire Cloud (GWCP) testing exposure/experience 
• Exposure to/ experience in Automation frameworks for Guidewire (UI, API, integration) 
• Exposure to/ experience in Performance testing for transaction‑heavy platforms 
• Experience in regulated or audit‑driven environments 
• Collaboration with DevSecOps and SRE teams