Kuvare is a growth-oriented insurance platform that delivers diversified annuities, life insurance, and supplemental products to the middle-income and mass-affluent consumer segments through its acquisition-led growth strategy. Kuvare provides proven capabilities, strategic support, substantial resources, and patient capital to help insurance companies pursue and achieve sustainable growth opportunities. With its patient capital, Kuvare targets differentiated annuity and life insurance companies to bring into its family of brands.
Summary/Objective
The Test Automation Engineer will hold a key role on our QA and Testing team. They will be responsible for identifying opportunities for automation within the software development life cycle and implementing them with the necessary code, tools, and frameworks.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Designing and executing QA tests with scripts that test functionality periodically without the need for human intervention.
- Performing tests on all parts of the product’s infrastructure, such as databases, networks, applications, systems, software, firmware, and hardware.
- Finding places within the team’s software development process where automation could be executed.
- Analyzing and Understanding testing procedures and requirements.
- Locating bugs and identifying quality issues within various processes, whether on a business, development, or service level.
- Working with other departments, including non-technical team members to understand how automation can improve their processes and identify areas of improvement. Working with developers and the IT staff to align test automation with code releases, combining an understanding of both engineering and coding. (CI/CD).
- Obtaining requirements from stakeholders and end-users to find automation solutions that align with development goals.
- Ensuring product quality & processes.
- Installing the necessary tools and frameworks that make better automation possible
Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, management information systems, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Five or more (5+ years) of test automation experience.
- Working knowledge of Web and Mobile testing.
- Strong knowledge of automation frameworks.
- Experience with Azure DevOps.
- Proficiency with database usage and SQL, SQL Server.
- Proficiency in multiple programming languages.
- Proficiency with low-code automation solutions.
- Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
- Experience with Waterfall and Agile development methodology and concepts.
- Five or more (5+ years) of Life and/or Annuity Insurance experience is preferred
- Experience with PowerShell and / or Windows Commands preferred.
Skills/Competencies:
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Excellent listening and interpersonal skills.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Ability to communicate ideas in both technical and user-friendly language.
- Analytical and creative problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
- Ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
- Strong customer service orientation.
Physical Demands:
- Normal office working environment
- Occasional evening and weekend hours to meet deadlines
- Ability to sit for extended periods of time
- Ability to type / perform data entry
- Ability to read from a computer screen and paper reports
- Express ideas and otherwise communicate with the spoken word
- Limited travel (5-10%) may be required
Upon request, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Kuvare company is an equal opportunity employer that makes hiring decisions based on merit, qualifications, and the business need. We are dedicated to a policy of nondiscrimination in employment on any basis including age, sex, color, race, creed, national origin, religious persuasion, marital status, political belief, or disability that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply.