Job description
Description
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior SDET to join our software development team in the United Kingdom. As a Senior SDET, you will play a critical role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of our software applications through the design, development and execution of robust test strategies and automation frameworks. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, QA engineers and product/business owners, to ensure the delivery of high-quality software products.
Who We Are
Life Technology Solutions (LTS) is a practice within Milliman, Inc., one of the largest actuarial consulting firms in the world. Our system Integrate is a market-leading application used throughout the life insurance industry for activities such as financial modeling, business planning and reporting, and insurance product pricing.
Our cloud-hosted products, including Integrate, use Microsoft Azure for large-scale financial modeling and reporting calculations, making us the leading actuarial Microsoft Azure Partner and one of the largest worldwide users of cloud computing services.
What We Value
- Our customers, and providing them with innovative solutions.
- Professionalism in all areas: communication, work product, relationships, attitude.
- Personal responsibility: the quality of our work is a matter of pride, therefore we take ownership of our tasks to ensure success.
- Integrity: Milliman’s people demonstrate integrity in all that we do.
- Team collaboration and professional excellence: as a global organization, we rely on our staff to contribute to the good of the overall team.
What We Offer
- A flexible and collaborative work environment.
- Full support and encouragement for a healthy work-life balance.
- A rapidly expanding team comprised of ground-breaking software professionals and technologists, with a passion for excellence.
- A competitive salary and an excellent benefits package.
- Equal Opportunity Employer.
Main Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain automated test frameworks, tools, and test suites to validate software functionality, performance, and scalability.
- Design and implement comprehensive test plans, test cases and test scenarios based on software requirements and design specifications.
- Collaborate with software developers and architects to influence the design and architecture of software applications to enhance testability and maintainability.
- Drive the adoption of best practices for automation testing and contribute to the improvement of software development processes.
Skills and Qualifications
Essential
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- Extensive professional experience as an SDET or a similar role, with a strong focus on test automation and software development.
- Proficiency in C# programming language and experience with test automation frameworks (Selenium & Playwrite)
- Strong understanding of software development processes, software architecture and object-oriented programming concepts.
- Solid knowledge of software testing methodologies, best practices, and tools.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with meticulous attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.
Preferred
- Experience with API testing, performance testing and security testing
About Milliman
Milliman Inc. is a global, independent actuarial and consulting firm. Founded in Seattle in 1947 and the firm has offices in major cities around the globe. Milliman’s primary business includes consulting practices for employee benefits, healthcare, investment, life insurance and financial services, and property and casualty insurance. The firm is the clear leader in actuarial consulting services in the US and Canada, and has an established presence in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.
Life Technology Solutions, a subsidiary of Milliman, Inc., provides market-leading products and services related to financial risk reporting. Integrate is the key platform, with MG-ALFA®, and MG-Triton® as the core actuarial calculation engines.