Quality Assurance Engineer Co-op Student
About the role
Career Opportunity
Role Title
Quality Assurance Engineer Co-op Student
Purpose of role
The Quality Assurance Engineer Co-op offers a fantastic opportunity for a student to validate changes to workflows, business processes, product rules, and administrative systems using automated testing tools and techniques. This ensures that all modifications function correctly and do not negatively impact the existing business environment.
The intern will collaborate closely with experienced and advanced Quality Engineers, gaining hands-on experience in a supportive and collaborative setting. Additionally, there will be opportunities to research, learn, and apply new technologies.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop and execute Automated test scripts.
- Conduct peer review of automation test scripts and provide corrective actions.
- Identify, analyze, track and manage detected automation system/program errors.
- Report automation development statuses and findings to the Test Automation Lead and/or project team.
- Optimize Test automation scripts to reduce technical debt and improve their performance
- Work with project teams and/or business subject matter experts to identify test cases suitable for Test Automation
- Provide input into the design, creation and maintenance of our Test Automation Framework and Automation guidelines.
- Work with the DevOps team to incorporate test scripts into the CICD pipelines.
Key Qualifications:
- Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's program in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Hands-on experience with automated testing tools such as Selenium with Java/JavaScript and/or Playwright with TypeScript
- Hands on or working knowledge of integrating automated scripts into CICD pipelines in Azure ADO.
- Experience working on Agile & Waterfall projects.
- Hands-on experience of integrated development environments, such as Eclipse
- Have working knowledge or experience using a software version control system, such as Github.
- Basic understanding of Test and Defect Management
- Understanding of different Operating Systems such as Linux, Windows and Containerization such as Docker.
- Have good debugging skills to troubleshoot and fix the issues that are identified during the automation process.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Azure DevOps
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Strong communication skills and willingness to learn.
- Working knowledge of Web, API and Mobile Automation testing.
#LI-Hybrid
Equal Opportunity Employment and Inclusion – at Foresters Financial, we are committed to sustaining an equal opportunity environment for all job applicants. We embrace Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (IDE) as a core strategic objective for building strong, innovative teams in which all our employees can show up wholly and authentically as themselves.
Foresters Financial strives to provide an accessible candidate experience for prospective employees with different abilities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodations during the recruitment process, please email
in advance of your appointment.
Thank you for choosing Foresters. Only those candidates who will be selected for further consideration will be contacted by our Talent Acquisition Team.
About Foresters Financial
Foresters Financial is redefining the life insurance and individual savings industry across the U.S., Canada and UK by enriching the lives, communities, and overall well-being of its members. Agents and members alike appreciate the turnkey-decisioned product offerings and end-to-end digitized processes that make it easy to get life insurance without traditional medical exams. State-of-the-art mobile tools help agents deliver tailored plans to prospective and current members. Dedicated to its members’ well-being, Foresters offers a suite of member benefits and is redefining the conventional life insurance model, bringing improved financial security and overall wellness to everyday North American families. Foresters recently merged with Canada Protection Plan to become a leading life insurance distributor in Canada. Foresters Financial is the trade name for The Independent Order of Foresters, the oldest non-denominational fraternal benefit society. For 23 straight years, The Independent Order of Foresters has received an “A” (Excellent) rating from A.M. Best.
Quality Assurance Engineer Co-op Student
About the role
Career Opportunity
Role Title
Quality Assurance Engineer Co-op Student
Purpose of role
The Quality Assurance Engineer Co-op offers a fantastic opportunity for a student to validate changes to workflows, business processes, product rules, and administrative systems using automated testing tools and techniques. This ensures that all modifications function correctly and do not negatively impact the existing business environment.
The intern will collaborate closely with experienced and advanced Quality Engineers, gaining hands-on experience in a supportive and collaborative setting. Additionally, there will be opportunities to research, learn, and apply new technologies.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop and execute Automated test scripts.
- Conduct peer review of automation test scripts and provide corrective actions.
- Identify, analyze, track and manage detected automation system/program errors.
- Report automation development statuses and findings to the Test Automation Lead and/or project team.
- Optimize Test automation scripts to reduce technical debt and improve their performance
- Work with project teams and/or business subject matter experts to identify test cases suitable for Test Automation
- Provide input into the design, creation and maintenance of our Test Automation Framework and Automation guidelines.
- Work with the DevOps team to incorporate test scripts into the CICD pipelines.
Key Qualifications:
- Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's program in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Hands-on experience with automated testing tools such as Selenium with Java/JavaScript and/or Playwright with TypeScript
- Hands on or working knowledge of integrating automated scripts into CICD pipelines in Azure ADO.
- Experience working on Agile & Waterfall projects.
- Hands-on experience of integrated development environments, such as Eclipse
- Have working knowledge or experience using a software version control system, such as Github.
- Basic understanding of Test and Defect Management
- Understanding of different Operating Systems such as Linux, Windows and Containerization such as Docker.
- Have good debugging skills to troubleshoot and fix the issues that are identified during the automation process.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Azure DevOps
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Strong communication skills and willingness to learn.
- Working knowledge of Web, API and Mobile Automation testing.
#LI-Hybrid
Equal Opportunity Employment and Inclusion – at Foresters Financial, we are committed to sustaining an equal opportunity environment for all job applicants. We embrace Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (IDE) as a core strategic objective for building strong, innovative teams in which all our employees can show up wholly and authentically as themselves.
Foresters Financial strives to provide an accessible candidate experience for prospective employees with different abilities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodations during the recruitment process, please email
in advance of your appointment.
Thank you for choosing Foresters. Only those candidates who will be selected for further consideration will be contacted by our Talent Acquisition Team.
About Foresters Financial
Foresters Financial is redefining the life insurance and individual savings industry across the U.S., Canada and UK by enriching the lives, communities, and overall well-being of its members. Agents and members alike appreciate the turnkey-decisioned product offerings and end-to-end digitized processes that make it easy to get life insurance without traditional medical exams. State-of-the-art mobile tools help agents deliver tailored plans to prospective and current members. Dedicated to its members’ well-being, Foresters offers a suite of member benefits and is redefining the conventional life insurance model, bringing improved financial security and overall wellness to everyday North American families. Foresters recently merged with Canada Protection Plan to become a leading life insurance distributor in Canada. Foresters Financial is the trade name for The Independent Order of Foresters, the oldest non-denominational fraternal benefit society. For 23 straight years, The Independent Order of Foresters has received an “A” (Excellent) rating from A.M. Best.