Product Test Engineer - Guidewire

At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life's uncertainties. And for more than 90 years our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers' evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection.

Job Description
Looking for a Guidewire Certified Product Test Engineer having 6 - 8 years of overall experience, who can work as an individual contributor and have good working knowledge of GW ecosystem.
Should provide oversight and guidance across quality control automation throughout the organization and focuses on the creation/execution of test scripts and also focus on automation of medium to high complexity projects. Should provide direction and show leadership on test strategy, script execution, test automation framework and test environment design, designs and implements test automation architecture and designs, modifies and enhances the test automation framework.

Skills

• Functional knowledge of Guidewire Policy Center/Claims Center/Policy integrations.
• Programming in one or more object-oriented programming languages (e.g. Java / Python / JavaScript).
• Systems Development and Testing life cycle (SDLC) and application development best practices.
• Agile methodology and best practices.
• Change tickets to conduct risk impact assessments, rollback, and implementation planning.
• Common design patterns, their purpose, and when and how they are applied to commonly encountered design problems.
• Back-end development, design, and implementation.
• Code versioning tools (e.g. GIT).Development tools (e.g. integrated development environments (IDEs).
• Automated testing and monitoring tools (e.g. Junit, Selenium, etc.) and approaches.
• Trouble ticketing tools.
• Interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
• Analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.

Certification

• Guidewire Certified

Experience

• 6 - 8 Years of overall experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Develops and executes test plans and scripts designed to detect problems of GW PC integrations and automate them using GT UI/API.
• Participates in retrospectives to gather feedback and derive actionable items to improve the team and the product
• Participates in daily site, cross-site, and product team standups
• Practices daily paired programming and test-driven development in writing software and building products
• Collaborates within the team in designing systems and apps
• Participates in iteration planning meetings ensuring that the team has a common understanding of each story and chores in a team's backlog
• Establishes continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment pipelines and practices
• Participates in knowledge sharing, and contributes to the overall growth of the collective knowledge of the team
• Ability to demonstrate our values and behaviours with right mindset.

Education & Experience (in lieu)

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science / Computer Engineering.

Primary Skills
Customer Centricity, Digital Literacy, Inclusive Leadership, Learning Agility, Results-Oriented

Shift Time
Shift B (India)

Recruiter Info
Yateesh B G

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About Allstate

Joining our team isn't just a job - it's an opportunity. One that takes your skills and pushes them to the next level. One that encourages you to challenge the status quo. And one where you can impact the future for the greater good.

You'll do all this in a flexible environment that embraces connection and belonging. And with the recognition of several inclusivity and diversity awards, we've proven that Allstate empowers everyone to lead, drive change and give back where they work and live.

Good Hands. Greater Together.

The Allstate Corporation is one of the largest publicly held insurance providers in the United States. Ranked No. 84 in the 2023 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue, The Allstate Corporation owns and operates 18 companies in the United States, Canada, Northern Ireland, and India. Allstate India Private Limited, also known as Allstate India, is a subsidiary of The Allstate Corporation. The India talent center was set up in 2012 and operates under the corporation's Good Hands promise. As it innovates operations and technology, Allstate India has evolved beyond its technology functions to be the critical strategic business services arm of the corporation. With offices in Bengaluru and Pune, the company offers expertise to the parent organization's business areas including technology and innovation, accounting and imaging services, policy administration, transformation solution design and support services, transformation of property liability service design, global operations and integration, and training and transition.

Learn more about Allstate India here.