Application Engineer II (SDET)

About the role 

The primary responsibility of an Application Engineer is the overall technology delivery of the Product and Manage Application(s) lifecycle of applications. Together with other team-members like Engineering leads, Product Owners, plan the project timeline, assess risk, prioritize technical tasks and plan milestones and delivery of project. 

The responsibility could span multiple products and would require collaboration across various global teams with a mix of both internal and external members. 

We’re looking for potential team members who … 

• Have strong fundamentals with in-depth knowledge of core technologies and Testing platforms. 

• Have strong understanding of software development process and various Testing Methodologies  

• Have extensive experience working in agile cross-functional and continuous delivery teams and in-sprint Automation.  

• Must be data driven and a pragmatic problem solver with an eye for business who loves creating order out of uncertainty and thinks strategically about tough trade-offs. 

• Have a resilient personality, comfortable with change and able to get over setbacks and motivate peers to do the same. 

• Can listen, comprehend the vision, challenge requirements and work out a realistic design. 

About the Team 

Our team is the global L&H Reinsurance Engineering team, responsible for the technical Architecture and Engineering of IT solutions for Reinsurance business unit. The team members are passionate about technology with deep understanding of reinsurance business. We closely collaborate with other teams and colleagues around the globe to share knowledge and engineer solutions. 

Growing experience will, over time, give you a broad view on Architecture & Engineering of a global reinsurer and enable you to have a comprehensive understanding, people and systems involved and how these systems shape business outcomes. This will allow you to build up an excellent foundation for a next career step in a role closer to the operational business activities in our global organization. 

About You 

To succeed in this role, you will possess … 

• Over Eight years of experience in software engineering with strong fundamentals on data structures, algorithms & architecture patterns with strong experience in Test Driven Development.  

• Brings strong coding skills and uses these skills to write and modify test automation scripts. Additionally, should have a strong knowledge of testing tools, frameworks, and methodologies. 

• At least Five years of experience in Automation Frameworks such as Selenium/Playwright and related technologies in an enterprise system. 

• Perform exploratory testing to identify defects, defects in regression test suits and help prioritize bug fixes.  

• Hands on Experience on API Automation testing using Rest Assured and Postman. 

• Hands on Experience in BDD Cucumber/Spec flow framework using Selenium WebDriver. 

• Have experience working in cross-functional teams and enterprise-wide programs, operating effectively across the organization and within complex contexts. 

• Responsible for maintaining test suites, documentation, and test results to ensure traceability and repeatability by effectively managing the Test Data across various scenarios and test environments such as Dev, QA and UAT.  

• Substantial Technology background with experience in delivering IT projects including cloud-native applications, operations and knowledge of state-of-the-art technology. 

• Strong analytical skills, and seek problems in a structured way, joining your own creative ideas and those of others. 

• Combined agile practices with collaborative skills across cultures, geographies and organizational levels. 

• Committed to continuous learning and self-improvement. 

• Excellent communication & presentation skills with proficiency in English 

• Focus on outcome and getting things accomplished with a strong commitment to quality and timely customer service. 

• At ease with leaving your comfort zone dealing with ambiguity 

• Understanding of insurance/reinsurance business is a plus.