Sr. Analyst, Quality Engineer

If you’re passionate about being part of a dynamic organization that enables a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales to drive innovation and adopt new technologies that deliver business results, then Nationwide’s Technology team could be the place for you! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care. The Sr. Analyst, Quality Engineer will support Nationwide’s Excess & Specialty Surplus Business Solution Area within the Order of the Phoenix team, whose primary responsibility is the Wholesale ExpressConnect 2.0 application. ExpressConnect 2.0 is a Guidewire InsuranceNow-based platform supporting wholesale commercial insurance capabilities across submission, rating, quoting, binding, policy issuance, policy maintenance, and related integrations. In this E-band role, the Quality Engineer will work within established team standards and guidance to validate assigned features and changes, partnering with product owners, technology analysts, software engineers, business partners, downstream teams, and other Quality Engineers. The role will support product and rating changes, APIs, policy transactions, Policy Extension, Guidewire Cloud Platform migration activities, authentication changes, rate migration, and release stabilization. The Quality Engineer will contribute to quality throughout the delivery lifecycle, including requirements refinement, three-amigo sessions, in-sprint validation, integration testing, regression, UAT, production readiness, and post-release verification.  The OOTP team provides exposure to Guidewire InsuranceNow, commercial insurance workflows, rating and policy behavior, APIs, downstream integrations, cloud modernization, and modern testing practices. The role offers the opportunity to work with experienced engineers, analysts, product partners, and business stakeholders while learning how software moves from requirements through production in an agile environment. Candidates will contribute to a team that values collaboration, continuous learning, automation, risk-based testing, and measurable improvement. OOTP quality practices include broad regression coverage, recurring critical-suite execution, reduced regression cycle time, and the use of tools such as Glean and GitHub Copilot to support requirements analysis, test-case development, unit-test development, and defect investigation.  The Quality Engineer will participate in stand-ups, backlog refinement, three-amigo sessions, sprint planning, release planning, and defect triage; review assigned requirements, acceptance criteria, designs, API contracts, and technical changes for testability; create and maintain test scenarios, test data, automation assets, and traceability; execute in-sprint functional testing across ExpressConnect 2.0 workflows; and support integration, regression, UAT, performance, and production-validation activities. The engineer will analyze test failures, reproduce and document defects with clear evidence, assess business impact with support from the team, and work with developers and analysts to verify fixes. The role will support release readiness by completing assigned testing, validating deployments and environment configuration, reporting results and open risks, and performing post-release smoke and regression validation. The Quality Engineer will also maintain and improve assigned automation, identify duplicate or low-value tests, follow team processes for test data and defect management, share findings with teammates, and build the product and insurance-domain knowledge needed to contribute effectively to the OOTP team. Experience : Two years of related experience with software delivery or educational experience within a technology domain.  Demonstrated experience in testing for agile teams including planning, test plan creation,