Senior Quality Software Engineer

Transamerica•Cedar Rapids, IA

20h•$95,000 - $120,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Quality Software Engineer is a hands-on technical contributor responsible for designing, implementing, and executing high-quality testing and automation solutions across Transamerica’s technology ecosystem. This role emphasizes test automation, CI/CD integration, and modern quality engineering practices for cloud-native, distributed systems. The Senior Quality Software Engineer collaborates closely with engineering, product, and DevOps teams to ensure software reliability, scalability, and continuous improvement throughout the development lifecycle.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
3 years of experience working with modern distributed applications, databases, and microservices.
3 years of hands-on experience in software quality engineering, including automated and manual testing.
Proficiency in .NET/C# and/or Java with Spring Framework.
Working knowledge of object-oriented and functional programming, service-oriented and microservices architecture, dependency injection, and core design patterns.
Test Automation Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Postman, REST-assured, NUnit, JUnit.
BDD frameworks: Cucumber or SpecFlow.
Performance & Reliability: Meter, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Splunk.
Experience (3 years) with Git, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift within CI/CD pipelines.
Experience (3 years) testing applications deployed in AWS and/or Azure, including EC2, ECS, S3, Azure VMs, Blob Storage, Cosmos DB, Event Hubs, Data Factory, and SQL Data Warehouse.
Exposure to infrastructure-as-code such as ARM Templates.
Experience (3 years) with Angular, React, or Vue.js, ASP.NET MVC, HTTP, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and AJAX.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to AI-assisted development and testing practices to improve test creation, defect analysis, and quality insights.
Experience with Kiro for AI-driven development or testing is a plus.
Cloud certifications such as AWS or Microsoft Azure.
Experience in financial services or regulated industries.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain automated test solutions aligned with established quality standards and best practices.
Execute functional, regression, API, and integration testing for complex applications and microservices.
Contribute to test strategy and test plan development for assigned products or platforms.
Develop and maintain automated tests integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
Participate in code reviews and design discussions to ensure testability and quality.
Identify, document, and track defects, performing root-cause analysis as needed.
Collaborate with DevOps and platform teams to ensure reliable test execution in cloud and containerized environments.
Support performance, reliability, and security testing efforts.
Communicate test results, risks, and quality insights to technical stakeholders.
Continuously improve test coverage, automation reliability, and developer feedback loops.

Benefits

Competitive Pay
Bonus for Eligible Employees
Benefits Package
Pension Plan
401k Match
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Tuition Reimbursement
Disability Insurance
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Employee Discounts
Career Training & Development Opportunities
Paid Time Off starting at 160 hours annually for employees in their first year of service.
Ten (10) paid holidays per year (typically mirroring the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) holidays).
Be Well Company holistic wellness program, which includes Wellness Coaching and Reward Dollars
Parental Leave – fifteen (15) days of paid parental leave per calendar year to eligible employees with at least one year of service at the time of birth, placement of an adopted child, or placement of a foster care child.
Adoption Assistance
Employee Assistance Program
Back-Up Care Program
PTO for Volunteer Hours
Employee Matching Gifts Program
Employee Resource Groups
Inclusion and Diversity Programs
Employee Recognition Program
Referral Bonus Programs