Lead Quality Software Engineer

We’re empowered by a vast agent network covering North America, with diversity to match. Together with our nonprofit research institute and foundation, we tune in, step up, and are a force for good — for our customers and the communities where we live, work, and play. United in our purpose, we help people create the financial freedom to live life on their terms.

Transamerica is organized into three distinct businesses. These include
1) World Financial Group, including Transamerica Financial Advisors,
2) Protection Solutions and Savings & Investments, comprised of life insurance, annuities, employee benefits, retirement plans, and Transamerica Investment Solutions, and
3) Financial Assets, which includes legacy blocks of long term care, universal life, and variable and fixed annuities. These are supported by Transamerica Corporate, which includes Finance, People and Places, General Counsel, Risk, Internal Audit, Strategy and Development, and Corporate Affairs, which covers Communications, Brand, and Government and Policy Affairs.
* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
* 5 years of experience with modern distributed applications, microservices, and database systems.
* 5 years of hands-on experience in software quality engineering with a strong emphasis on automation.* ##
** Programming & Architecture
*** Strong proficiency in .NET/C# and/or Java/Spring Framework.
* Advanced understanding of object-oriented and functional programming, service-oriented and microservices architecture, dependency injection, and core design patterns.* ##
** Automation, Testing & Observability Tooling
*** Test Automation:
Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Postman, REST-assured, NUnit, JUnit, Cucumber, Spec Flow.
* Performance & Reliability (3–5 years): JMeter, Dynatrace, App Dynamics, Splunk.* ##
** CI/CD & Dev Ops
*** CI/CD and Dev Ops enablement (5–8 years) using Git, Jenkins, Azure Dev Ops, Docker, Kubernetes, and Open Shift.* ##
** Cloud & Data Platforms
*** 4–6 years testing applications in AWS and/or Azure including EC2, ECS, S3, Kinesis, Azure VMs, Blob Storage, Cosmos DB, Event Hubs, Data Factory, and SQL Data Warehouse.
* Experience with infrastructure-as-code such as ARM Templates.* ##
** UI & Web Technologies
*** 4–6 years working with Angular, React, or Vue.js, ASP.NET MVC, HTTP, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and AJAX.* ##
** AI-Driven Development & Intelligent Automation
*** Experience applying AI-assisted and AI-driven development practices to improve software quality, test effectiveness, and delivery efficiency, including test generation, defect analysis, and quality insights.
* Experience with Kiro for AI-driven development and testing is a plus.
* Master’s degree in a technical field.
* Knowledge of the financial services industry.
* Cloud certifications such as AWS or Microsoft Azure The Salary for this position generally ranges between $110,000 - $140,000 annually.
*** Please note that 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.
* Pension Plan
* 401k Match
* Employee Stock Purchase Plan
* Tuition Reimbursement
* Disability Insurance
* Medical Insurance
* Dental Insurance
* Vision Insurance
* Employee Discounts
* Career Training & Development Opportunities
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