Senior Software Engineer, Test
Join Ethos Life as a Senior Software Engineer in Test to enhance product quality and developer productivity in a hybrid work environment.
Posted by employer 5 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 week ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Skills & Technologies
Requirements
- Experience
- 7–12 years
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
In the role of Senior Software Engineer, Test at Ethos Life, the individual will focus on enhancing product quality while streamlining development processes through effective testing strategies. Key skills include proficiency in programming languages like JavaScript or Python, along with experience in automation frameworks and CI/CD tools. This position is ideal for seasoned professionals with a strong background in software development and a passion for quality assurance. Ethos Life is committed to transforming the life insurance industry, making this a pivotal role in a forward-thinking company.
Joblaze insights
- Listed 9 days ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Ethos Life's career page.
- Ethos Life has 70 other open roles including Manager- Life Underwriting, Life Underwriter, IT Engineer.
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Quick facts
- Is the Senior Software Engineer, Test role remote?
- It's hybrid — Ethos Life expects some on-site time in Bangalore, India.
- How much experience is required?
- 7–12 years of relevant experience for this Senior Software Engineer, Test role.
- Where is the role based?
- Ethos Life is hiring for this position in Bangalore, India.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Cucumber, Cypress, GCP, Java, JavaScript.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Ethos Life targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Software Engineer, Test role at Ethos Life.
From the original posting
About Ethos
Ethos is a leading life insurance technology company on a mission to protect families by democratizing access to life insurance and empowering agents at scale. With its robust three-sided technology platform, Ethos is transforming the life insurance experience for consumers, agents, and carriers alike. Ethos offers instant, accessible products and a seamless online process that requires no medical exams and just a few health questions; it eliminates traditional barriers, making it easier than ever for everyone to protect their families. Ethos is redefining how life insurance is bought, sold, and underwritten.
About the Role
As a software engineer in test you will care about the quality of products along with velocity of development. You will not only drive the path for our testing infrastructure, automation testing but also deeply care about the developer productivity and CI/CD. If you should be passionate about your work and relentless about quality and automation, you will fit right in.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Be a strong quality advocate, collaborating closely with software engineers, designers, and product managers, etc. to release life-changing products
- Design and deliver risk-based test plans for new features and functionality, choosing the right method of testing for each situation or phase (scenario, exploratory, scripted, manual, automated, etc.)
- Help ensure your vertical's releases adhere to deadlines while not compromising on quality
- Pair with software engineers to identify coverage gaps, automate repeated tasks, and build regression test coverage through existing or new infrastructure
- Be a reliable, friendly source of feedback on new functionality, features, and process changes
- Awe your team by uncovering or better yet preventing corner case defects
Qualifications and Skills:
- A minimum of 7-12 years of software development or test framework development experience
- Proficient in at least one programming/scripting language (e.g. Javascript, Java, Python).
- Familiarity with CI/CD and infrastructure tools (e.g. AWS/GCP, etc.).
- Experience with hands-on automation framework development: TestNG/Cypress/Selenium/Rest Assured/Cucumber/Jest etc.
- Expertise on test-driven development, developing different levels of automated tests, such as unit tests, integration tests, and functional tests
- Self-directed, deeply curious and you take action on your great ideas
- Detail oriented and have amazing communication skills; explaining technical problems succinctly and clearly
- Willingness to challenge existing practices in order to make them even better
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Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. At Ethos we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace.
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