Software Development Engineer in Test - Automation

01460 Continental Casualty Company - Chicago, IL

Full-time - Mid Level

Chicago, IL

About the position

As a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) at CNA, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and executing comprehensive test plans to ensure the highest quality standards for our software applications. This hands-on role emphasizes an automation-first mindset to efficiently tackle complex testing challenges. You will collaborate closely with developers, testers, and product teams to deliver robust software solutions.

Responsibilities

• Actively participate in all phases of the agile development process, including planning, refinement, review, and retrospectives.
• Follow BDD and TDD practices within the development cycles, ensuring robust test coverage and integration with overall development efforts.
• Collaborate with developers and product teams to understand requirements and translate them into effective test plans.
• Design and implement automated test scripts using industry-standard tools and frameworks (e.g., Selenium WebDriver, WebdriverIO, Cypress.io, PlayWright).
• Efficiently execute automated and manual testing across various platforms and devices.
• Engage closely with developers to derive needed understanding of code under test.
• Analyze test results, identify defects, and report them through effective bug tracking systems.
• Develop and contribute to automated testing frameworks and tools.
• Stay up to date on the latest testing methodologies and technologies.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the testing process and infrastructure.
• Leverage all available tooling inclusive of Generative AI capabilities, Test Data Management, Test Data Fabrication capabilities to maximize testing efficiency.
• Actively engage, partner and collaborate with others in the Quality Community of Practice.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience developing automation test scripts on a variety of frameworks and tools including Selenium, Cucumber, PlayWright, Cypress with Java, Python, and JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Solid experience and expertise leveraging automated testing across frontend, API or data to drive high quality delivery at speed.
• Proven experience with programming languages such as Python, JavaScript/Typescript, and Java.
• Experience with relational databases like Oracle, Postgres or non-RDBMS like Mongo DB.
• Experience working in Scaled Agile Framework environment (SAFe) supporting product-based software delivery preferred.
• Experience working with Agile tools like JIRA or Rally.
• Good understanding and experience of working with cloud capability providers like AWS, GCP etc. (GCP desirable).
• Exposure to DevSecOps platforms like GitHub, GitLab etc.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Analytical mindset with a strong attention to detail.

Nice-to-haves

• Insurance Domain experience is a plus but not required.

Benefits

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package to support physical, financial, emotional, and social wellbeing goals.