SDET

Title: SDET Client: Apex / Axis Capital Duration: 12+ Month Location: 100% remote (must work EST hours)

Required Skills : -MUST have a mix of development and testing (PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT CANDIDATES WHO ONLY HAVE QA EXPERIENCE) -For development - .NET background is a big plus (but java is ok too) -This position is 100% remote (must work EST hours) -Other tech – SQL, Postman, Selenium

Strategy • Advocating and evangelizing best practices such as pair programming, Test Driven Development (TDD), behavioral-driven development (BDD), Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD)

Change • Collaborating with stakeholders and project teams to identify needs and gather requirements • Identifying defects and missing information in requirements • Analyzing and reviewing requirements for “testability” • Supporting the team in the design of user stories and acceptance criteria • Designing and implementing automated test cases • Contributing to the creation of a regression test plan specific to the project • Assisting the scrum team with sprint planning, test design, test execution, defect analysis/root cause investigation & reporting on test status • Developing test plans and test summary report documentation • Performing manual testing as required • Liaising with the project team on the test strategy / plan and adapting where necessary to reflect test results and other variables • Working with stakeholders to understand risk appetite and desired test coverage levels • Advocating automation throughout the software delivery lifecycle • Implementing and continually improving an automated testing framework at all levels of the application stack

Operations • Mentoring/coaching resources to improve performance Required Skills and Qualifications

• Extensive experience working with end-to-end testing processes and methodologies/frameworks • Deep experience implementing complex test automation using Agile automation techniques and tools • Experience working with Selenium (or other automation tools) implementing parallel test execution • Strong experience with Microsoft development and tooling stacks (.NET, Web API, C#, MS SQL, nUnit, Visual Studio, Test Manager, TFS) and front-end technologies (Javascript, HTML) • Ability to articulate the role of testing in an overall QA function and to influence a team of testers and developers towards a culture of “failing early” and “building quality in” • Exposure to Agile (Scrum) methodology • Exposure to development builds using Continuous Integration (CI) • Exposure to Test Driven Development (TDD) • Experience analyzing business requirements and functional specifications • Experience of Agile workload-planning and management (Stories, Tasks, etc) • Experience preparing defect reports and defect metrics, preferably automated • Defect analysis and management experience • Strong attention to detail • Dedicated and conscientious team player

Desirable Skills and Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science preferred • Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) or equivalent experience • Experience in specialty insurance and reinsurance • Experience of working on business-critical and large-scale applications • Experience on projects related to multi-tier, web, console applications, Windows Services, and Windows Forms using Microsoft technologies and tools