Software Quality Assurance (QA) Specialist

Job Title : Software Quality Assurance (QA) Specialist

Organization : The Surplus Line Association of California (SLA)

Location : San Ramon, CA

Position Type : Full-time, Remote

Salary : $75,000 - $90,000

Come join our team — we’d love to have you!

At the SLA, we take pride in fostering an open, inclusive, and collaborative culture where employees come first. Our commitment to creating an exceptional workplace has earned us recognition :

• Certified as a Great Place to Work® three years in a row
• Named one of California’s Best Workplaces for 2025

And it’s not just the accolades — our employees agree! According to recent survey results, 87% of our team members would recommend working here to their friends and family.

As an employee-first organization, we’re passionate about supporting our team inside and outside the workplace.

We offer :

If you’re looking to grow your career in an environment where your voice is heard, your contributions are valued, and fun is part of the culture — come join us!

About Us :

At the Surplus Line Association of California (SLA), we don’t sell insurance—we protect access to it. As the only organization overseeing California’s $20+ billion surplus lines insurance marketplace, we help support coverage availability for businesses—from film studios to freight haulers—when risks are too complex, too large or too unique for the standard market.

Each year, we review more than 1 million policy transactions, equip insurance brokers with compliance tools and continuing education courses, monitor the financial stability of global insurers, and deliver data-driven insights that help the industry stay ahead of emerging risks. That impact—combined with our strong employee culture—has earned us recognition by Fortune as one of the Bay Area’s best places to work.

Quick Clarifier :

We are not insurance agents or a government agency—and we won’t be quoting your car or life insurance. We oversee a multibillion-dollar market that primarily serves businesses with hard-to-place risks. It’s niche, essential, and surprisingly interesting.

Position Overview :

This position will be responsible for assuring the quality of software releases. The person in this role will perform manual and automated testing and verification of bug fixes, features, and new projects. Creation of automation for regression testing crucial existing system modules will also be expected. The role will require the creation of test scripts, test cases, UAT hand-off guides. It involves participation throughout the full software development lifecycle (SDLC), from requirements gathering to writing ticket acceptance criteria through final release.

Responsibilities :

Qualifications :

This job description is not intended, and should not be construed to be, an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job. It is intended, however, to be an accurate reflection of those principal job elements essential for making decisions related to job performance, employee development, and compensation. The Company reserves the right to change, modify, amend, add to or delete from any section of this document as it deems, in its judgment, to be proper.

The SLA is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

About The Surplus Line Association of California :

The Surplus Line Association of California (SLA) operates as a private, 501(c)(6) not-for-profit organization governed by a plan of operation approved by both the California Department of Insurance (CDI) and the SLA Board of Directors. Appointed by the Commissioner in 1994, the Association serves as the statutory surplus line advisory organization to the CDI and facilitates the state’s capacity to monitor and direct surplus line brokers’ placements of insurance with eligible surplus line insurers.

Working with its members and the CDI, the Association assists its members’ compliance with California laws and regulations; helps maintain a healthy, fair, and competitive surplus line marketplace in California; and strives to protect the interests of California insurance consumers.