Transamerica

Senior Quality Engineer -Test Governance & Standards

Transamerica$100K — $110K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience testing Enterprise Applications
  • Proficient with Enterprise Testing Tools (e.g., qTest, Jira)
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent experience
  • 3 years of Core Java or .NET testing experience
  • In-depth knowledge of cloud technologies (AWS, Azure)
  • Understanding of frontend frameworks (Angular, React)

Responsibilities

  • Review and approve test plans and exit reports
  • Train test teams on Quality Engineering processes
  • Ensure compliance with Quality Engineering standards
  • Collaborate with developers and product owners in an agile setting
  • Mentor teammates in testing practices and standards
  • Recommend solutions based on cost and business needs
  • Prepare presentations and lead development meetings

Benefits

  • Competitive pay
  • Bonus eligibility based on performance
  • Pension plan and 401k match
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Tuition reimbursement opportunities
  • Comprehensive health plans including medical, dental, and vision
  • Disability insurance and employee discounts
  • Career training and development opportunities
Full Job Description

Job Family

IT - Development

Job Description Summary

As a member of the Quality Engineering Center of Excellence, you will review and approve Test Plans and Exit Reports, provide support for testing teams through group training and individual support on testing, using QuMo, and following the company’s testing standards, and advise a team of local or outsourced software testers to test and support business application solutions.

Job Description

What You Will Do:

  • Review and approve test plans and exit reports for solutions to business challengesutilizingweb and cloud technologies

  • Train test teams on the Quality Engineering Testing Processes

  • Verify that the Quality Engineering processes are being followed

  • Work collaboratively with other development staff, including contract and offshore Software Engineers, and business product owners in an agile environment.

  • Serve as a subject matter expert for a wide range of areas, applications, and technologies and mentor other team members intestingstandards. 

  • Recommend solutions which take into consideration costs, business needs, and system impacts.

  • Learn and keep pace with the latest advances in the field and rapidly graspnew technologiesto support the environment and contribute to project deliverables.

  • Assistwith preparing presentations and may leaddevelopment meetings.

What You Will Need: 

Qualifications

  • Experience testing Enterprise Applications

  • Experience using Enterprise Testing Tools – Test Management (qTest), Requirements Management (Jira), Defect Management (Jira), 

  • Analytical and problem-solving skills

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, math, engineering, or other technical field, or equivalent education/experience

  • Three years of Core Java or .NETtest experience

  • Strong knowledge oftestingincoding platforms/frameworks (e.g..NET/C#, JAVA, OOD, OOP, Functional Programming, Spring Framework, J2EE Development, OOP, Service Oriented Architecture, Dependency Injection, and Core Architecture)

  • Understanding of cloud services (e.g.AWS/Azure) utilizingvarious supporting tools (e.g.EC2, ECS, S3, Kinesis, VMs, Blob, Cosmos, Data Factory, SQL Data Warehouse, ARM Templates, Event Hubs)

  • Knowledge oftestingdistributed computing (MS HPC, Sagemaker, Spark)

  • Two years oftestingexperience with integration and service frameworks (e.g.API Gateways, Apache Camel, Swagger API, Zookeeper, Kafka, messaging tools, microservices)

  • Knowledge oftestingMicroservices and REST based API development (e.g.Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Entity Framework, IIS, Swagger, Odata, .NET API 2, .NET API Core,AutoMapper)

  • Familiarity withtestingmodern frontend development frameworks (e.g.Angular, React, Vue.js, ASP.NET MVC, HTTP, HTML, JS, CSS, Ajax)

  • Advanced understanding of software development and research tools

  • Attention to detail and results oriented, with a strong customer focus

  • Ability to work as part of a team and independently

  • Analytical and problem-solving skills

  • Technical communication skills

  • Problem-solving and technical communication skills

  • Ability to prioritize workload to meet tight deadlines

Preferred

  • Experience in FinTech

  • Experience in Test Automation

  • Experience in Performance Testing

  • Understanding of advanced analytics and machine learning concepts and technology implementations

  • Technology or platform certifications (e.g.AWS, Microsoft)

  • Knowledge of the financial services industry

Working Conditions

  • HybridOffice Environment(in the office Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)

  • Hub locations: Denver, Cedar Rapids, Philadelphia

  • Work outside of normal business hours may berequired

  • Occasional Travel <10%

Compensation: 

 

The Salary for this position generally ranges between $100-110,000 per year. Please note that the salary range is a good faith estimate for this position and actual starting pay is determined by several factors including qualifications, experience, geography, work location designation (in-office, hybrid, remote) and operational needs. Salary may vary above and below the stated amounts, as permitted by applicable law. 

 

Additionally, this position is typically eligible for an Annual Bonus based on the Company Bonus Plan/Individual Performance and is at the Company’s discretion. 

 

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time. 

 

This is a hybrid position requiring three days in office per week in one of our hub locations (Denver, Cedar Rapids, Philadelphia). Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position. 

 

What We Offer 

For eligible employees, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support both the personal and financial well-being of our employees. 

 

Compensation Benefits 

  • Competitive Pay 

  • Bonus for Eligible Employees 

 

Benefits Package 

  • Pension Plan 

  • 401k Match

  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan

  • Tuition Reimbursement

  • Disability Insurance

  • Medical Insurance

  • Dental Insurance

  • Vision Insurance

  • Employee Discounts

  • Career Training & Development Opportunities

 

Health and Work/Life Balance Benefits 

About Transamerica

The Transamerica Corporation is an American holding company for various life insurance companies and investment firms operating primarily in the United States, offering life and supplemental health insurance, investments, and retirement services. The company has major offices located in Baltimore, Maryland; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Denver, Colorado; Norwood, Massachusetts; Exton, Pennsylvania; Harrison, New York; Johns Creek, Georgia; Plano, Texas; and St. Petersburg, Florida. Additional affiliated offices are located throughout the United States. In 1999, it became a subsidiary of Aegon, a European financial services company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands. Transamerica funds the Transamerica Institute, a nonprofit foundation which comprises the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies and the Transamerica Center for Health Studies.
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