Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Job Overview:

Applied Systems, Inc., a worldwide leader in insurance technology, is currently searching for a Sr Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to join our Quality Engineering team and help us explore, invent, develop, and deliver business products. In this role, you will be responsible for automated testing to ensure high quality integration and seamless delivery of updates across multiple software products. You will also provide technical leadership across the Integration and Performance Testing team as it relates to cloud and DevOps best practices around CI/CD implementation, metrics, and deployments.

What You'll Do

• Design, develop, and maintain test frameworks used for complex integration testing across the entire Applied Systems portfolio of products
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts with frameworks for various applications, using tools such as Playwright and Grafana k6
• Ensure automated test design adheres to architecture and quality assurance principles
• Integrate automated tests into continuous integration (CI) pipelines to ensure early detection of issues and seamless delivery of updates
• Resolve technical issues and anticipate risks to prevent high-severity issues
• Identify, document, and track defects, working with software development colleagues to reproduce issues, prepare detailed defect reports, and complete verification of fixes
• Maintain documentation of test architecture, design steps, integration processes, test plans, test cases, automated scripts, and testing processes
• Ensure effective collaboration and communication throughout the testing process to ensure alignment and regular updates on test processes and results
• Act as a technical lead for the Integration and Performance Testing teams for anything related to cloud computing
• Continuously learn about new tools and technologies to enhance test automation

What You’ll Need to Succeed

We’re looking for someone who:

• Can work 100% remotely, or from an Applied Systems office

Your experience should include some or all of the following:

• 5+ years of experience working as a Software Engineer/Software Engineer in Test
• Extensive experience coding in a high-level language such as Java, Go, Typescript, and/or C#
• Extensive experience working in cloud environments like AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Experience writing, debugging, optimizing, and scaling automated test frameworks
• Experience with microservices, integration, and cloud computing
• Experience with metrics and monitoring tools like DataDog, New Relic, Honeycomb, etc
• Experience with automating complex integration scenarios
• Knowledge of software engineering development life cycle practices
• Ability to develop test strategies and quality gating policies within CI/CT/CD pipelines
• Experience writing, debugging, optimizing, and scaling automated test scripts
• Interest in cross-product integration testing to ensure quality across the portfolio
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, technology, or equivalent work experience

                    We proudly support and encourage people with military experience, as well as military spouses, to apply 

Additionally, you may have:

• Experience working in an environment transformed from a predominately manual QA to an automated QA testing environment
• Experience with JIRA/Confluence or similar project management tools
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment
• Insurance industry exposure

What You’ll Gain

Benefits from Day One

• Health insurance plans, dental, and vision
• Wellness incentives
• 401(k) and/or RRSP retirement savings plans with employer match

Work-Life Balance

• Competitive paid vacation time and a free day for your birthday
• Personal/sick time
• Paid holidays
• Flex Time
• Paid parental leave (U.S. candidates)
• Volunteer time off

Empowering Career Growth and Success – We invest in talent, care about our people and are empowered by the results of our work. We grow our teams from within and give our employees opportunities to advance.

What We Value

We strive for excellence at every turn to be the best at what we do. We invest in talent, care about our people, and are empowered by the results of our work. We fulfill the promise of insurance – safeguarding and protecting what matters most in people’s lives. And there is no more important job than that.

Our focus on the workforce, workplace, and marketplace gives us a qualified individual in an environment in which they can be productive while we maintain our position in the industry. To help drive that change toward a vibrant, modern workplace, we have employee-driven networks with commonalities in ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and military status.

Who We Are

Applied Systems is the leading global provider of cloud-based software that powers the business of insurance. Recognized as a pioneer in insurance automation and the innovation leader, Applied is the world’s largest agency and brokerage management systems provider, serving customers throughout the United States, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, and the United Kingdom. By automating the insurance lifecycle, Applied’s people and products enable millions of people worldwide to safeguard and protect what matters most.

For 40 years, Applied Systems has led an industry we helped to create with a mission to continuously improve the business of insurance. From partnerships, acquisitions, and insurance innovation initiatives, Applied has focused on efforts to be the indispensable partner in our industry.

It’s an exciting time at Applied. You can do big things here, in an environment that supports creative thinking and bold ideas. Visit http://www.AppliedSystems.com for more information on how you can challenge what’s possible.

EEO Statement 

Applied Systems is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Diversity and Inclusion is a business imperative and is a part of building our brand and reputation. At Applied, we don’t discriminate, and we are committed to recruit, develop, retain, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.

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