Quality Assurance Engineer (Automation)

Location: Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Department: Technology

Workplace: hybrid

Employment Type: full

Description

ABOUT US:

PolicyStreet Group is a full-stack insurance technology (insurtech) group of companies providing digital insurance solutions to businesses and consumers across Asia and Australia.

The Group operates through multiple entities across its key markets and business lines, including its insurance distribution, embedded insurance, and reinsurance arms. It partners with over 40 insurance and takaful providers globally to deliver employee benefits and group insurance solutions, insurance aggregation services, and digital infrastructure that simplifies insurance.

PolicyStreet Group is backed by leading venture capital firms Altara Ventures and Gobi Partners, as well as sovereign wealth funds Khazanah Nasional Berhad and Cool Japan Fund. The Group serves over 10 million customers with more than US$10 billion in sum insured. It was featured in the Financial Times and Statista’s Top 500 High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2026 list and named “Most Disruptive Insurtech in Malaysia” at the Insurance Asia News (IAN) Country Awards for Excellence 2025.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

We are looking for a QA Automation Engineer with strong hands-on experience in test automation and a solid understanding of manual testing methodologies.

The primary responsibility of this role is to develop, maintain, and execute automated test scripts to improve testing efficiency, increase test coverage, and ensure software quality.

The ideal candidate should have practical experience with automation frameworks, programming languages, API testing, and regression testing, while also being capable of performing manual testing when required.

Automation:

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts
• Build and enhance existing automation frameworks for sanity test support
• Identify suitable test scenarios for automation
• Troubleshoot failed automation scripts and improve test stability with test report
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
• Continuously improve automation coverage and testing efficiency

Manual:

• Analyze business requirements and technical specifications
• Prepare and execute test plans
• Perform manual functional and exploratory testing when required
• Manage all issues and defects that arise during testing and track software defects
• Schedule test executions in order to meet the project timeline and ensure software meets business and functional requirements
• Design test cases to cover test conditions

Others:

• Work closely with developers, business analysts, and product owners
• Participate in Agile/Scrum activities
• Report testing progress, automation coverage, and quality issues
• Support continuous improvement of QA processes and automation strategies

Requirements

WHAT WE EXPECT OF YOU:

• Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or equivalent
• At least 3-5 years work experience in Software QA, including both manual & automation testing
• Minimum 2 years of hands-on Automation Testing experience. 
• Experience in Functional, Regression, API, Integration Testing with Scrum/Agile Methodologies
• Understanding of software testing methodologies and SDLC/STLC 
• Experience developing and maintaining automation test scripts with Playwright, Selenium or Cypress
• Basic programming and scripting knowledge (eg. Typescript, Javascript, Python, Java etc)
• Knowledge of API testing and RESTful services
• Knowledge of SQL and database validation 
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline integration with Bitbucket
• Able to detect defects and familiar with JIRA or similar tools
• Good analytical, problem solving and communication skills
• Good in Chinese speaking for certain project
• ISTQB certification is a plus
• Experience in Performance Testing is a plus

Benefits

PERKS YOU’LL GET TO ENJOY WHILE WORKING HERE!

• Medical and Life insurance.
• A wide range of health benefits - including optical, dental, and physiotherapy.
• Opportunities for continuous and rapid growth as well as skills enhancement.
• Collaboration with a talented and youthful team that makes the work and learning a lot more fulfilling and fun.
• And a well stocked pantry!

Join Our Team in Shaping the Future of Insurance

As a homegrown startup that seeks to innovate how we use and think of insurance, we value teammates who think big, challenge the old ways, and take extreme ownership.

In PolicyStreet, we aim to do better, to serve people better. We are committed to pushing boundaries of innovation and to develop Purposeful and Simple insurance solutions for businesses and consumers, narrowing the protection gap and improving financial inclusivity in the region.

If you are driven to make change, keen to be at the forefront of insurance innovation, and grow with a team of talented and motivated people, we’d be just as excited to get to know you too!

Find out more about us via our website at www.policystreet.com.

At PolicyStreet, we uphold the principles of equal opportunity and embrace diversity. We are committed to a workplace free from discrimination based on race, religion, colour, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.