Software Development Engineer in Test II
Company: Vertafore
Location: Denver
Posted on: March 20, 2023
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Job Description:
$75000 - $115000 / year
Vertafore is a leading technology company whose innovative software
solution are advancing the insurance industry. Our suite of
products provides solutions to our customers that help them better
manage their business, boost their productivity and efficiencies,
and lower costs while strengthening relationships.
Our mission is to move InsurTech forward by putting people at the
heart of the industry. We are leading the way with product
innovation, technology partnerships, and focusing on customer
success.
Our fast-paced and collaborative environment inspires us to create,
think, and challenge each other in ways that make our solutions and
our teams better.
We are headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with offices across the
U.S., Canada, and India.
JOB DESCRIPTION
We believe that quality is everyone's responsibility. As a team
member embedded in an energetic agile team of Software and QA
Engineers, you will create software products utilizing state of the
art technologies. You will help the software engineers and teams
cultivate a quality mindset, advocating for quality while assisting
the engineers with software development and performance test
automation best practices. Our culture fosters collaboration,
innovation, integrity, mentorship, commitment to success and FUN.
Our managers are dedicated to growing their people and offering an
opportunity that allows you to make impact in your career.
If you love technology, are hungry to learn, and are looking for a
creative, fun, and friendly workplace where you get to develop high
quality software that will transform the insurance industry, we
would love to get in touch with you.
Core Requirements and Responsibilities:
Essential job functions included but are not limited to the
following:
--- Design and incorporate new automation with the Performance
Engineering and Automation Practice and publish small and
composable libraries to be reused across the Enterprise for
exploratory, functional, and non-functional (load and performance)
automation purposes
--- Partner with Stakeholders to discover performance requirements,
document critical scenarios, discover data requirements, and
identify potential risks / blockers / limitations
--- Grasp complex application architectures to identify unique
automation techniques to meet the precise performance requirements,
deliver timely results to our Stakeholders, and maintain
sustainable and scalable automation for future reuse and cross-team
publication
--- Prepare data requirements and partner with Scrum Team to plan
and automate data needed for non-functional testing
--- Review specs and technical designs from a testability
perspective
--- Work closely with product and development teams to understand
requirements and technical specifications
--- Create Performance test plans, test cases, and automation for
precise Performance Goals
--- Understand various load test types and performance test types
and advise Stakeholders on the best available technique to meet the
performance goal using the available supported tools and automation
architecture and deliver expected results on time
--- Integrate non-functional performance automation with
self-service continuous testing pipeline
--- Analyze performance results from a performance test batch run
and investigate client-side metrics, server-side metrics / errors /
logs / call stacks / stack traces and publish a Performance
Assessment to our Stakeholders for critical input in release
readiness
--- Document potential application performance defects, root cause
analysis, and potential suggestions on how to fix / address /
improve performance
--- Participate / coach Scrum Team on discovering performance and
automation impact early in the SDLC, such as during Planning,
supplying the automation analysis, and sharing estimates on effort
and cost (where applicable)
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
--- Experience with reviewing performance batch runs and
identifying application performance trends, for example memory
leaks, application cache contention, and resource contention, such
as database I/O or network
--- Ability to review APM tool output, such as stack trace and call
stack, to identify application performance contention and share
suggestions with our Stakeholders on how to potentially reduce
performance overhead, optimize application workflow, reduce
exceptions, or improve application code
--- Ability to accurately test / automate product business actions
at various architectural levels, such as UI, presentation, API, and
service-layer, and share the differences / benefits / limitations
of each
--- Working knowledge of OOP coding concepts
--- Unique tact to balance Stakeholder expectations with available
technologies and techniques to deliver an agreed upon performance
test strategy that accurately meets the goals and aligns with
suggested Enterprise standards
--- Ability to define problems, collect data, analyze data,
establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and share potential
suggestions on improvement
--- Ability to manage a broad range of deliverables in an
ever-changing environment
--- Ability to communicate and work effectively with
cross-functional teams
--- Ability to comprehend documentation clearly and effectively
--- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
--- Strong time management and organizational skills
--- Detail oriented; demonstrated ability to handle multiple
strategic projects and priorities with efficiency and accuracy
--- An inherent drive to solve problems, collaborate with others
and mentor team members
--- Strong presentation, verbal and written skills as proven with
well-written technical, project, client and related communications
and presentations
Skills & Requirements
Qualifications:
Over the past 50 years, Vertafore has advanced the entire insurance
distribution channel with the best software solutions in the
industry. Today, we're proud to say hundreds of thousands of
Vertafore users rely on our solutions to write business faster,
reduce costs, and fuel growth by increasing collaboration and
streamlining processes. Vertafore leads the industry with secure,
cloud-based mobile products that provide superior reporting and
analytics, delivering actionable insight- right when customers need
it most. We partner with other leading technology companies to
deliver comprehensive solutions to improve the way our customers do
business and serve their customers.
The Vertafore Way
Insurance is about relationships, and technology should make those
relationships stronger. That's why, at Vertafore, it's our mission
to transform the way the industry operates by putting people at the
heart of insurance technology. By focusing on our customers,
becoming better every day, and delivering results you can see, we
provide the level of trust and security that insurance is all
about.
--- Bias to Action: We're united by an innate drive to take action
and make a difference in the technology and insurance spaces.
--- Win Together: We work together as one team, showing empathy and
respect along the way.
--- Show Up Curious: We work to challenge one another to push
boundaries and think beyond the box.
--- Say It, Do It: We honor every one of our commitments because
integrity is important to us.
--- Customer Success is Our Success: We cultivate authentic
relationships and follow up by actively listening to their
needs.
--- We Love Insurance: We appreciate the impact insurance has on
the world.
Is this role not an exact fit for you? Keep an eye on our for other
positions!
Vertafore is a drug free workplace and conducts preemployment drug
and background screenings.
The selected candidate must be legally authorized to work in the
United States.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature
and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job.
They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the job
responsibilities, duties, skill, or working conditions. In
addition, this document does not create an employment contract,
implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.
Vertafore strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all
applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender
identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age,
marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical
condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other
characteristic protected by state or federal law.
We do not accept resumes from agencies, headhunters, or other
suppliers who have not signed a formal agreement with us.
Qualifications Vertafore is a Flexible First working environment
which allows team members to work from home as often as you'd like,
while using our offices as a place for collaboration, community,
and teambuilding. There are times you may be asked to come into an
office and/or travel for specific meetings for a specific business
purpose and this varies by job responsibilities.
Why Vertafore is the place for you: *Canada Only
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature
and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job.
They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the job
responsibilities, duties, skill, or working conditions. In
addition, this document does not create an employment contract,
implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.
Vertafore strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all
applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender
identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age,
marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical
condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other
characteristic protected by state or federal law.
The Professional Services (PS) and Customer Success (CX) bonus
plans are a quarterly monetary bonus plan based upon individual and
practice performance against specific business metrics. Eligibility
is determined by several factors including: start date, good
standing in the company, and actives status at time of payout.
The Vertafore Incentive Plan (VIP) is an annual monetary bonus for
eligible employees based on both individual and company
performance. Eligibility is determined by several factors
including: start date, good standing in the company, and actives
status at time of payout.
Commission plans are tailored to each sales role but common
components include quota, MBO's and ABPMs. Salespeople receive
their formal compensation plan within 30 days of hire.
Vertafore is a drug free workplace and conducts preemployment drug
and background screenings.
We do not accept resumes from agencies, headhunters or other
suppliers who have not signed a formal agreement with us.
We want to make sure our recruiting process is accessible for
everyone. if you would like to contact us regarding the
accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the
application process, please contact
Just a note, this contact information is for accommodation requests
only.
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