Software Development Engineer in Test
- Full-time
- Verisk Business: Claims Solutions
Company Description
We help the world see new possibilities and inspire change for better tomorrows. Our analytic solutions bridge content, data, and analytics to help business, people, and society become stronger, more resilient, and sustainable.
Job Description
Job Summary:
Responsible for the development and maintenance of automated tests for software used by insurance market professionals as guided and supervised by more senior automation engineers and management.
Requirements:
* Basic to mid-level experience with object-oriented programming languages.
* Good understanding of testing methodologies
* Good understanding of Quality Assurance techniques and best practices
* Able to operate in a team environment, as well as independently when necessary.
* Reasonable understanding of Web APIs and how to interact with them.
* Able to contribute to testing strategies and design and assisting with selecting appropriate methodologies based on change sets and acceptance criteria.
* Able to debug software applications using stack traces, output logs, and debugging tools.
* Understanding of software design principles and patterns
* Capable of providing feedback on software best practices to teammates.
* Reasonable understanding of continuous integration and build-pipelines.
* Experience with Jira or similar issue tracking tools.
* Reasonable knowledge of software development life cycles
Qualifications
Requirements:
* Supports execution of test plans primarily automated tests and occasionally manual tests.
* Develops a working understanding of the test automation framework(s) being used.
* Assists with creating/maintaining the automation test suite and reporting on its status.
* Expands the capabilities of the automation systems to cover time consuming manual test cases.
* Provides estimation of work to senior QA automation engineers and management and highlights any difficulty in meeting these targets.
* Diagnoses, logs and tracks defects towards their resolution closely within the QA Team.
* Maintain manual testing responsibilities while transitioning over to Automation tasks as relevant.
* Assists in ensuring high Quality is maintained throughout the software development lifecycles, and results in high Quality products released to customers.
* Completes all responsibilities as outlined on annual Performance Plan.
* Completes all special projects and other duties as assigned.
* Must be able to perform duties with or without reasonable accommodation.
Competencies (Behaviors and Technical):
* Clear communication skills to work with developers, analysts, and engineers.
* Attention to detail and ability to focus
* Self-sufficient in at least one large area of the automation system, with a high-level understanding of other components.
* Ability to manage own time to meet work estimates.
Additional Information
In 2022, Verisk received Great Place to Work® Certification for our outstanding workplace culture for the sixth year in a row and second-time certification in the UK, Spain, and India. We’re also one of the 38 companies on the UK’s Best Workplaces™ list and one of 18 companies on Spain’s Best Workplaces™ list.
For over fifty years and through innovation, interpretation, and professional insight, Verisk has replaced uncertainty with precision to unlock opportunities that deliver significant and demonstrable impact. From our historic roots in risk assessment, we’ve grown to provide analytic insights that help transform industries focused on some of the world’s most critical areas. Today, the insurance industry relies on Verisk to be, and to make the world, more productive, resilient, and sustainable.
Verisk works in collaboration with our customers and at the intersection of people, data, and advanced technologies. Through proprietary platformed analytics, advanced modeling, and interpretation, we deliver immediate and sustained value to our customers and through them, to the individuals and societies they serve, with greater speed, precision, and scale. We’re 9,000 people strong, committed to translating big data into big ideas. We help others see new possibilities and empower certainty into big decisions that impact individuals and societies. And we relentlessly and ethically pursue innovation to help move our customers, and the world, toward better tomorrows.
Everyone at Verisk—from our chief executive officer to our newest employee—is guided by The Verisk Way, to Be Remarkable, Add Value, and Innovate.
• Be Remarkable by doing something better each day in service to our customers and each other
• Add Value by delivering immediate and sustained results that drive positive outcomes
• Innovate by redefining what’s possible, embracing challenges, and pushing boundaries
Verisk Businesses
Underwriting Solutions — provides underwriting and rating solutions for auto and property, general liability, and excess and surplus to assess and price risk with speed and precision
Claims Solutions — supports end-to-end claims handling with analytic and automation tools that streamline workflow, improve claims management, and support better customer experiences
Property Estimating Solutions — offers property estimation software and tools for professionals in estimating all phases of building and repair to make day-to-day workflows the most efficient
Extreme Event Solutions — provides risk modeling solutions to help individuals, businesses, and society become more resilient to extreme events.
Specialty Business Solutions — provides an integrated suite of software for full end-to-end management of insurance and reinsurance business, helping companies manage their businesses through efficiency, flexibility, and data governance
Marketing Solutions — delivers data and insights to improve the reach, timing, relevance, and compliance of every consumer engagement
Life Insurance Solutions – offers end-to-end, data insight-driven core capabilities for carriers, distribution, and direct customers across the entire policy lifecycle of life and annuities for both individual and group.
Verisk Maplecroft — provides intelligence on sustainability, resilience, and ESG, helping people, business, and societies become stronger
Verisk Analytics is an equal opportunity employer.
All members of the Verisk Analytics family of companies are equal opportunity employers. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, veteran's status, age or disability.
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