Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 14,000 employees across the world.

Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work.

About the team

The Elevate incubator team has been established to bring simplicity and efficiency to our clients, brokers and colleagues through innovative use of data and technology. Customers will experience products and a customer journey that is consistent, easier to understand and reliable.

To achieve this bold goal we are building up a dedicated incubator squad - a small start-up within the company.

This new initiative has a global span, rolling out in the US and Europe first and will continue to grow in the coming years.

About the Role

As associate QA automation engineer in the incubator squad you'll combine your extensive test automation experience and business domain know how to help building secure, high-quality applications.

Your responsibilities:

• You work closely with the Product Owner and the development squad to understand the problems, formulate solution proposals and evaluate test automation effort and feasibility.
• Together with the squad you use design thinking techniques to empathize with our customers on their journey and find creative solutions to tackle their problems.
• You'll work on testing all tiers of the product including UI, service and data layer.
• You focus on developing modern test automation frameworks and are able to handle complex test scenarios including external services.
• You embrace the DevOps culture, automate everything and enable continuous delivery of secure and high-quality software, delivering valuable features at a very fast pace!

Nobody is perfect and meets 100% of requirements. If you however meet some of the criteria below, we will be happy to meet you.

• Vast knowledge of test automation
• Hands-on experience in Selenium, Cucumber, REST-assured or other open source frameworks
• Understanding of the principles of REST, modern authentication principles such as OAuth2 and OIDC and ability to handle these technologies in test automation frameworks
• Ability to use Java, SQL and general database utilities to configure and manipulate automated test scripts and compare baseline and test execution outputs
• You seek for an efficient test pyramid setup to satisfy the fast feedback loop required in agile software delivery
• You have strong analytical skills, and take on problems in a structured way, joining your own creative ideas and those of others. You can do this on an abstract level and engage in detail to make sure ideas are realistic and pragmatic
• An understanding of P&C primary insurance is a plus
• Knowledge of insurance regulatory requirements in software development is a plus.
• Proficient in English

You can look forward to extra rewards and benefits, such as:

• Attractive annual bonus
• Additional days of vacations
• Company stock options
• Space for professional growth incl. e.g. leadership and language trainings
• Flexible working hours - you own the way you work - and home office
• Fully paid lunch allowance
• Sick leave compensation
• Employee pension contribution
• Medical service contribution
• and many more!