Test Automation Engineer I

Americo is hiring a full-time Test Automation Engineer I to join our expanding team! The hours for this position are 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM on site at our Downtown Kansas City, MO location. Overview The Information Technology department is responsible for supporting Americo's business systems, applications, and technology solutions that help deliver life insurance and annuity products and services. This role supports QA, developers, business partners, and release teams and plays a key role in developing and executing automated testing coverage that validates functional and regression requirements for assigned applications and user stories within established guidelines and service level expectations. Key Responsibilities Develop and maintain automated test scripts for assigned applications and user stories using approved frameworks, coding standards, and reusable components to validate functional and regression requirements. Execute automated test suites in local and shared environments, review results for accuracy, and identify failures, flaky tests, and coverage gaps that require follow-up. Troubleshoot failed tests to determine whether the cause is an application defect, data issue, environment instability, or script error, and escalate findings with clear supporting evidence. Prepare and maintain test data, input combinations, and business scenarios that reflect core life insurance and annuity workflows so automated tests validate realistic processing conditions. Contribute to shared automation framework components, utilities, and object repositories to improve script reliability, readability, and reuse across team projects. Document automated test cases, execution outcomes, known issues, and script changes so team members can reproduce results and support audits or release reviews. Collaborate with QA, developers, and business partners to clarify requirements, assess testability, and identify automation candidates within assigned work. Continue building core C# and automation skills while deepening understanding of Americo's insurance products and systems to increase independence over time. Required Qualifications Junior college/two-year college training, or equivalent relevant IT experience. Foundational QA skills, including requirement analysis, defect tracking, and troubleshooting. Familiarity with basic programming and object-oriented concepts, particularly C#. Experience adding automated tests to an existing framework using Selenium WebDriver or a comparable tool. Basic familiarity with API and web services testing concepts, including REST, SoapUI, or Postman. Strong analytical, critical thinking, time management, and task management skills. Preferred Qualifications Experience executing automated suites within established CI/CD pipelines and interpreting results. Exposure to maintaining shared automation framework components, utilities, or object repositories. Interest in life insurance and annuity systems, along with a continuous improvement mindset. About Us Americo: We�re in this for life! The roots of the Americo family of companies date back more than 100 years. Americo is a life insurance and annuity company providing innovative products to our customers. At Americo, it�s the people who make things work, so we hope you join us! What You�ll Love About Working at Americo: Compensation Our competitive pay and robust bonus program, offered to all associates, will make you feel valued. Learning and Development We prepare you for success with a comprehensive, paid training program. Additionally, our Talent Development team creates various development opportunities for associates at every stage of their careers. Work-Life Balance We value work-life balance with our generous paid time off; you begin accruing hours every month, and they increase with tenure. All new hires earn over three weeks of paid time off annually, plus 11 paid company holidays! We also support new parents with a maternity and parental leave program, al…