Intermediate Quality Software Engineer
Transamerica
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Job summary
Transamerica is seeking an Intermediate Software Engineer in Philadelphia, responsible for designing and implementing automated test solutions. The ideal candidate will work closely with engineering and DevOps teams to ensure high-quality software across platforms.
The role emphasizes test automation and continuous improvement within a hybrid work environment. Applicants should have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and three years of relevant experience.
Qualifications
- Three years of experience with modern distributed applications and databases.
- Experience in software quality engineering, including automated testing.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test solutions.
- Execute functional, regression, API, and integration testing.
- Collaborate with DevOps teams for reliable test execution.
Skills
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Job description
The Intermediate Software Engineer is a hands‑on technical contributor responsible for designing, implementing, and executing high‑quality testing and automation solutions across Transamerica’s technology ecosystem. This role emphasizes test automation, CI/CD integration, and modern quality engineering practices for cloud‑native, distributed systems. The Senior Quality Software Engineer collaborates closely with engineering, product, and DevOps teams to ensure software reliability, scalability, and continuous improvement throughout the development lifecycle.
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test solutions aligned with established quality standards and best practices.
- Execute functional, regression, API, and integration testing for complex applications and microservices.
- Contribute to test strategy and test plan development for assigned products or platforms.
- Develop and maintain automated tests integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
- Participate in code reviews and design discussions to ensure testability and quality.
- Identify, document, and track defects, performing root‑cause analysis as needed.
- Collaborate with DevOps and platform teams to ensure reliable test execution in cloud and containerized environments.
- Support performance, reliability, and security testing efforts.
- Communicate test results, risks, and quality insights to technical stakeholders.
- Continuously improve test coverage, automation reliability, and developer feedback loops.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- Three years of experience working with modern distributed applications, databases, and microservices.
- Three years of hands‑on experience in software quality engineering, including automated and manual testing.
- Proficiency in .NET/C# and/or Java with Spring Framework.
- Working knowledge of object‑oriented and functional programming, service‑oriented and microservices architecture, dependency injection, and core design patterns.
- Test Automation: Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Postman, REST‑assured, NUnit, JUnit.
- BDD frameworks: Cucumber or SpecFlow.
- Performance & Reliability: Meter, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Splunk.
- Experience (3 years) with Git, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift within CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience (3 years) testing applications deployed in AWS and/or Azure, including EC2, ECS, S3, Azure VMs, Blob Storage, Cosmos DB, Event Hubs, Data Factory, and SQL Data Warehouse.
- Exposure to infrastructure‑as‑code such as ARM Templates.
- Experience (3 years) with Angular, React, or Vue.js, ASP.NET MVC, HTTP, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and AJAX.
- Exposure to AI‑assisted development and testing practices to improve test creation, defect analysis, and quality insights.
- Experience with Kiro for AI‑driven development or testing is a plus.
- Cloud certifications such as AWS or Microsoft Azure.
- Experience in financial services or regulated industries.
- Hybrid‑Office Environment (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays)
- Work outside of normal business hours may be required
- Occasional Travel
The salary for this position generally ranges between $73,000‑97,000 annually. The salary range is a good faith estimate for this position and actual starting pay is determined by several factors including qualifications, experience, geography, work location designation (in‑office, hybrid, remote) and operational needs. Salary may vary above and below the stated amounts, as permitted by applicable law.
Additionally, this position is typically eligible for an annual bonus based on the Company Bonus Plan/Individual Performance and is at the Company’s discretion.
Applicants must possess legal authorization to work for our company in the U.S. without the need for immigration, sponsorship or otherwise serving as an employer of record for immigration employment purposes.
At this time, this role is not eligible for immigration‑related employment authorization sponsorship.
This is a hybrid position requiring three days in office per week in one of our hub locations (Philadelphia, Denver, Cedar Rapids). Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.
For eligible employees, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support both the personal and financial well‑being of our employees.
- Competitive Pay
- Bonus for Eligible Employees
- Pension Plan
- 401k Match
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Disability Insurance
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Employee Discounts
- Career Training & Development Opportunities
- Paid Time Off starting at 160 hours annually for employees in their first year of service.
- Ten (10) paid holidays per year (typically mirroring the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) holidays).
- Be Well Company holistic wellness program, which includes Wellness Coaching and Reward Dollars.
- Parental Leave – fifteen (15) days of paid parental leave per calendar year to eligible employees with at least one year of service at the time of birth, placement of an adopted child, or placement of a foster care child.
- Adoption Assistance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Back‑Up Care Program
- PTO for Volunteer Hours
- Employee Matching Gifts Program
- Employee Resource Groups
- Inclusion and Diversity Programs
- Employee Recognition Program
- Referral Bonus Programs
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