Software Development Engineer in Testing

CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA Insurer•Walnut Creek, CA

1d•$99,855 - $133,250•Remote

About The Position

CSAA Insurance Group (CSAA IG), a AAA insurer, is one of the leading personal lines property and casualty insurance groups in the United States. Here, every employee shapes our mission. We build innovative, human-centered solutions that help AAA members prevent, prepare for, and recover from life's uncertainties. You will join a collaborative, inclusive culture where your strengths have room to grow and your ideas can drive real impact. Step into a role where you can contribute to our shared success through meaningful work. We are actively hiring for a Software Development Engineer in Testing - Remote. Your Role: As a member of an Agile Team, responsible for delivery of software testing tasks in support of business capabilities and the foundational needs of the overall solution. In addition to continuing to extend and grow test automation development skills, automation tools, domain knowledge and understanding of SDLC and Agile Methodology, provides technical expertise and skills to deliver high-quality software testing services and employs software engineering methods in the delivery of the same. Responsible for supporting the team to achieve high degrees of automation using well established DevOps and Agile practices working with Product managers, business stakeholders and other technology practitioners (Software Engineers, QA Architects and Solution Architects). May support software development in business applications, digital or data solutions.

Requirements

3 years professional experience in the design, delivery, and support of complex projects across web platforms & mobile applications, with internal and external design, development, and quality assurance teams.
Direct hands-on experience with the specific technologies used in the teams systems/solutions as called out in Skills section.
Proven ability to deliver artifacts that set the bar within your team for engineering excellence, from designs to algorithms to implementations.
Bachelor's degree in related area or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Experience in the practical application of QA test automation with an object oriented programming language (Java preferred)
Can demonstrate practical application of API Testing tools (SOAP, RESTful, Rest Assured, etc.)
Experience in the practical application of SDLC and testing methodologies
Experience in the practical application test automation tools (Selenium, RestAssured, etc.)
Working knowledge in fully automated QA (TDD, BDD, Performance, Security, Integration/Compatibility, Regression, and Functional Testing), API-Driven Development and systems design, Enterprise-level scale and complexity

Nice To Haves

Actively shapes our company culture (e.g., participating in employee resource groups, volunteering, etc.)
Lives into cultural norms (e.g., willing to have cameras when it matters: helping onboard new team members, building relationships, etc.)
Travels as needed for role, including divisional / team meetings and other in-person meetings
Fulfills business needs, which may include investing extra time, helping other teams, etc

Responsibilities

Review and understand complex test plans and designs to validate the quality of new and existing software functionality and support existing application testing capability.
Take a defined complex test design and turn it into either appropriate manual or develop required automated test cases and deliver it on schedule, applying appropriate technologies and current software engineering standards. Can also call out potential coverage gaps or missing test scenarios within that test design.
Write stable, efficient and maintainable automated test code. Use technology to solve straightforward problems, seeking input and guidance from team members.
Works with more junior members to mentor and support them as they create manual or develop automated tests based on defined test plans.
Insist on relentlessly high standards by promoting a culture of highly automated testing with minimal manual test activity and continuously support the release top quality software using automation and monitoring. Participates in code reviews and implements best coding practices and organizational coding standards.
Focus on operational excellence, constructively identifying problems and proposing solutions, taking on projects that improve automated test code, making it better and easier to maintain.
Work effectively with customers and/or internal partners to understand business impacts and identify any opportunities/problems arising from technical decisions. Invent, refine and develop solutions to ensure software testing outcomes are meeting customer needs and team goals. Responsible for tactical ownership and hands-on design implementation, and support of components within your team’s projects.
Collaborates with more senior Software Development Engineer in Test and QA Architects to establish a technical vision for your Agile team, define standards, analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs and make the right decisions to ensure your teams future success.
Solve complex problems, by understanding them and translating them into feasible solutions that can be implemented by the team.
Collaborate with team members to understand the needs of the business and our customers and create test scenarios to deliver the high quality solutions to our customers.
Actively participate in team design, scoping, prioritization discussions and Agile ceremonies.