Sr. Software Development Engineer in Test

Job Description

Job Description

$90,000 - $110,000 + VIP Bonus

$90,000 - $110,000 / year

Vertafore is a leading technology company whose innovative software solutions are advancing the insurance industry. Our suite of products provides solutions to our customers that help them better manage their business, boost their productivity and efficiencies, and lower costs while strengthening relationships.

Our mission is to move InsurTech forward by putting people at the heart of the industry. We are leading the way with product innovation, technology partnerships, and focusing on customer success.

Our fast-paced and collaborative environment inspires us to create, think, and challenge each other in ways that make our solutions and our teams better.

We are headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with offices across the U.S., Canada, and India.

We believe that quality is everyone’s responsibility. As a team member embedded in an energetic agile team of Software and QA Engineers, you will create software products utilizing state of the art technologies. You will help the software engineers and teams cultivate a quality mindset, advocating for quality while assisting the engineers with software development and test automation best practices. Our culture fosters collaboration, innovation, integrity, mentorship, commitment to success and FUN. Our managers are dedicated to growing their people and offering an opportunity that allows you to make impact in your career.

If you love technology, are hungry to learn, and are looking for a creative, fun and friendly workplace where you get to develop high quality software that will transform the insurance industry, we would love to get in touch with you.

Core Requirements and Responsibilities :

Essential job functions included but are not limited to the following :

Write reliable UI and API tests to increase testing coverage

Develop database fixtures and testing hooks to facilitate automation

Develop scripts and tools for our continuous integration system

Research new testing tools and technologies

Review specs and technical designs from a testability perspective

Work closely with product and development teams to understand requirements and technical specifications

Create test plans, test cases, and automation for new features and enhancements to existing features

Plan, design and implement automation frameworks for various applications from frontend to backend

Setup and monitor continuous integration for build, deploy and automated tests

Work with support and implementation team to investigate production support issues and perform root cause analysis as needed

Perform exploratory testing as needed

Investigate and troubleshoot failing automation tests to determine root causes

Other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

Ability to define problems, collect data, analyze data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions

Ability to manage a broad range of deliverables in an ever-changing environment

Ability to communicate and work effectively with cross-functional teams

Ability to comprehend documentation clearly and effectively

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Working knowledge of OOP coding concepts

Strong time management and organizational skills

Detail oriented; demonstrated ability to handle multiple strategic projects and priorities with efficiency and accuracy

An inherent drive to solve problems, collaborate with others and mentor team members

Strong presentation, verbal and written skills as proven with well-written technical, project, client and related communications and presentations

Qualifications :

3-5 years of professional experience with C#

Experience coding in a modern scripting language (e.g., JavaScript, C#, etc.)

Experience writing SQL (you should be able to join tables)

Experience testing JSON-based APIs and web applications

An understanding of Selenium 2 / WebDriver

An interest in understanding how systems behave (and misbehave)

Minimum of 3 years’ experience in software engineering

Experience in agile / scrum methodologies

Excellent communication skills

Minimum of 3 years’ experience building and executing Automated Tests

Have iOS / Android experience

Have 5-7 years experience with JavaScript, HTML, CSS and AJAX

Strong understanding and experience with Node.js and the NPM ecosystem

Experience with modern web application frameworks (Ex. Angular, Ember, React, etc.)

Additional Requirements and Details :

Travel required up to 10% of the time.

Located and working from an office location.

Occasional lifting and / or moving up to 10 pounds.

Frequent repetitive hand and arm movements required to operate a computer.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision (working on a computer, etc.).

Frequent sitting and / or standing.

THE VERTAFORE STORY

Over the past 50 years, Vertafore has advanced the entire insurance distribution channel with the best software solutions in the industry. Today, we’re proud to say hundreds of thousands of Vertafore users rely on our solutions to write business faster, reduce costs, and fuel growth by increasing collaboration and streamlining processes. Vertafore leads the industry with secure, cloud-based mobile products that provide superior reporting and analytics, delivering actionable insight— right when customers need it most. We partner with other leading technology companies to deliver comprehensive solutions to improve the way our customers do business and serve their customers.

The Vertafore Way

Insurance is about relationships, and technology should make those relationships stronger. That’s why, at Vertafore, it’s our mission to transform the way the industry operates by putting people at the heart of insurance technology. By focusing on our customers, becoming better every day, and delivering results you can see, we provide the level of trust and security that insurance is all about.

• Bias to Action : We're united by an innate drive to take action and make a difference in the technology and insurance spaces.
• Win Together : We work together as one team, showing empathy and respect along the way.
• Show Up Curious : We work to challenge one another to push boundaries and think beyond the box.
• Say It, Do It : We honor every one of our commitments because integrity is important to us.
• Customer Success is Our Success : We cultivate authentic relationships and follow up by actively listening to their needs.
• We Love Insurance : We appreciate the impact insurance has on the world.

Is this role not an exact fit for you? Keep an eye on our Careers Page for other positions!

Vertafore is a drug free workplace and conducts preemployment drug and background screenings .

The selected candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the job responsibilities, duties, skill, or working conditions. In addition, this document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.

Vertafore strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.

We do not accept resumes from agencies, headhunters, or other suppliers who have not signed a formal agreement with us.