Quality Engineer Intern

 

Intrepid Direct Insurance (IDI) is a rapidly growing direct to consumer property and casualty insurance company. A member of the W. R. Berkley Corporation, a fortune 500 company, rated A+ (Superior) by A.M. Best, Intrepid Direct’s vision is to make life better for business . The insurance industry has not evolved with innovation like other major industries. We’re here to change that. We are making life better for our customers, shareholders, and our team members by leveraging data and technology as insurance experts for our targeted customers. You will be part of a highly collaborative team of talented and focused professionals. Join a group that enjoys working together, trusts each other, and takes pride in our hard-earned success.

 

 

The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Intrepid Direct is looking for a motivated Quality Engineer Intern to join our team for a 12-week period. This role will directly contribute to our manual and automation testing initiatives. As part of this internship, you will be paired up with a quality engineer to learn how to review requirements, write test cases, validate code changes, and conduct regression testing.

 

Key functions include but are not limited to:

• Learn the ins and outs of a quality engineer.
• Learn how to use Postman for API testing.
• Convert manual test cases to automated tests using Playwright.
• Execute test scripts from our automated smoke and regression test suites.
• Participate in refinement and planning meetings to understand upcoming changes and impacts they may have on existing test cases.
• Execute manual scripts and document the results accurately.
• Develop manual test cases from acceptance criteria.
• Learn to investigate, isolate, and track technical issues using automated and manual testing methodologies.
• Follow existing documented processes and look for more efficient ways to accomplish desired outcomes.
• Ability to concisely document and explain effects found.
• Work with other team members to report and escalate blockers.
• Participate in test case peer reviews.
• Assumes other tasks and duties as assigned by management.

• Enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program in Computer Science or related field.
• Familiarity with software development or software testing concepts.
• General understanding of Software Development Life Cycle.
• Knowledge of Agile methodology.
• Experience with Git (or similar version control system).
• Detail oriented, solid organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written, visual, and verbal communication skills.
• Team oriented with a strong willingness to serve others in an agile startup environment.
• Flexible in assuming new responsibilities as they arise.
• Knowledge of automation test framework.
• Knowledge with software testing methods.
• Intermediate skills in JAVA, JavaScript, Python, and other object-oriented programming languages.
• Intermediate skill in SQL.

We do not accept unsolicited resumes from third party recruiting agencies or firms. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. Sponsorship not Offered for this Role