Jr. Software Dev Engineer

Role Value Proposition:

MetLife is the leading provider of Group Benefits. The Group Disability technology organization is a diverse team of technologists, all working towards the common goal of ensuring the customer is at the center of everything we do. As a Software Dev Engineer Tester in the Group Disability technology organization, you will be responsible for conducting thorough, hands-on testing to ensure the functionality and quality of our deliverables. You will work closely with developers, product owners, and other stakeholders to identify and resolve issues, ensuring development deliverables meet both functional and user experience standards. The ideal candidate will have a keen eye for detail and a passion for delivering high-quality results. As a Software Dev engineer tester, you are responsible for the design, development, implementation and maintenance of solutions supporting Disability & Absence products at MetLife - products that provide income protection and job protection to millions of employees across the United States. You will collaborate closely with the Scrum Lead, Product Owner and ART Leadership. You will have an opportunity to impact every part of the system and iterate over solutions to be the very best you can be to deliver for our customers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work closely with software engineers to identify code defects or regressions

• Partners with Sr Software Dev Engineer Test to write efficient test automation code using coding standards and best practices. Writes manual test where automated is not supported.

• Validate application functionality through the implementation of test strategies, automation frameworks, tools, and dashboards

• Participates in planning and documenting basic test strategies and acceptance criteria based on customer needs

• Participate in test execution (automated and manual) (new builds and regression), analyze the reports, troubleshoot & investigate the failures

• Investigate, diagnose and repair basic problems, testing bugs, and creating and managing bug reports.

• Continually look for ways to innovate and improve the testing process to gain efficiencies

• Develop/enhance and document automated testing framework, tools and dashboards

• Leads the planning and documenting test strategies and acceptance criteria based on customer needs

• Leads and participates in test execution (new builds and regression), test suite grooming, analyze the reports, troubleshoot & investigate the failures. Performs peer reviews of automation codebase.

• Understanding the business processes at the feature level to pro-actively look for ways to innovate and improve the testing process to gain efficiencies.

Expected behaviors:

• A self-starter capable of acting independently and proactively requiring minimal management oversight.

• Ability to work across cultures and geographies to encourage team to adopt best practices

At MetLife, we’re leading the global transformation of an industry we’ve long defined. United in purpose, diverse in perspective, we’re dedicated to making a difference in the lives of our customers.