GEICO
Principal Tester/Automation - Specialty
Bethesda, MD · Principal
No sponsorship$100k-$158kDetected 1 day ago
ExcelTest AutomationManual TestingLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingMentoring
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57Sponsors, lottery-bound
Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role90
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level III)83
Fits your clock70
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~45% per draw at Level III). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
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About the role
- When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported, and proud to work here.
- Success in this role depends on hands-on fluency with automation tooling combined with the judgment to mentor others, prioritize competing initiatives, and represent testing quality to product and engineering stakeholders.
- Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of testers, elevating their skills in both manual and automated testing practices
- Own testing quality outcomes for platform releases, escalating risk and negotiating scope/timeline tradeoffs with product and engineering leadership
- Assist with design, build, and maintenance of automated test cases using coded and codeless automation tools, serving as the team's hands-on technical reference
- Validate software changes and releases prior to production deployment, ensuring functionality, quality, and performance
- Develop, support, and maintain test orchestration workflows and automated execution pipelines
- Hands-on, real-world experience building and executing automated test cases with coded and/or codeless automation tools
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
Requirements
- Experience with test orchestration tools, workflows, or automation platforms
- Strong technical aptitude with the ability to learn and adapt to new technologies
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to represent testing outcomes to non-technical stakeholders
Nice to have
- 5+ years of software testing experience.
- 1+ year of insurance-based experience in any role
- Experience implementing automation testing solutions organization-wide, not just within a single project
- Claims platform or insurance industry experience
- Experience supporting centralized service organizations
- Experience analyzing large datasets using Excel or similar tools to identify trends, root causes, and recommendations
- Business analysis experience supporting technology or operational teams
- At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
Skills
- Why Join GEICO?
- Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards, and Great Careers.
Compensation
- $100,450.00 - $157,850.00 The above annual salary range is a general guideline.
- Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate.
- Great Rewards: Competitive pay, benefits, and flexibility to support your well-being and future.
Benefits
- Set and communicate the automation strategy for the Cycle, RV, Boat & Umbrella systems deliveries, prioritizing which processes move from manual to automated coverage
- Drive continuous improvement of automation coverage and testing effectiveness across the organization
- Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate's work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.
Company info
- Protecting customers through life's twists and turns with innovation and integrity.
- Great Careers: Personalized development programs, mentorship, and certification assistance.
- Great Culture: Inclusive and collaborative culture rooted in shared success.
- Great Rewards: Competitive pay, benefits, and flexibility to support your well-being and future.
- The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law.
- GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.
- GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company.
- This applies to all applicants and associates.
- GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability.
- We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment.
- We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.
Visa & Work Authorization
- At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position
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