Automation Engineer II (Hybrid)

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Job Type

Full-time

Description

Who we are:

Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Company is a mutual insurance company, rated A (Excellent) by A.M. Best, with over 140 years of experience serving policyholders' property-and-casualty insurance needs across multiple regions in the United States. Michigan Millers believes in striving for growth without sacrifice. We know that our culture creates and cultivates happy and dedicated employees, which we believe gives us the ability to deliver the highest level of customer service.

At Michigan Millers our core values, Team

• Customers

• Results, are incorporated into all that we do. Our workplace culture encourages employees to seek out learning opportunities and to strive for growth and development in the insurance industry.

We understand the importance of a positive work community and a healthy workplace environment when striving for organizational success. Our emphasis on internal growth and maintaining healthy team relationships translates into external growth and building sustainable customer relationships.

Does this opportunity interest you?

Michigan Millers is seeking an Automation Engineer II to join our team!

The individual in this role will have the opportunity to help with the collaborative implementation, testing, and validation of deployments of software application modifications.

What are the responsibilities and opportunities of this role?

• Collaborates with product team to test and deploy application modifications of mixed impact and risk based on collaboratively defined requirements.

• Participates in work refinement and estimation processes with product team.

• Prepares and executes testing on all new and modified code per team / product / organization standards.

• Works with product and change control teams to ensure quality deliverables that provide customer value.

• Creates and maintains documentation that the product team or company has defined as important (e.g., support processes, team processes, system documentation, decisions / discussions).

• Ensures timely delivery of projects and tasks and communicates delays and roadblocks with team and leadership as needed.

• Flexes to non-core responsibilities as needed to ensure timely work delivery to the customer (e.g., analysis, testing, deployment, meeting facilitation).

• Develops, executes, and contributes test automation using a variety of languages, frameworks, tools, and techniques.

• Understands and identifies inclusion of testability during design and development phases.

• Solicits and performs code review per team / product / organization standards.

• Identifies opportunities for process improvement and shares during process improvement conversations at product team level.

• Identifies defect-prone areas in product design and provides test coverage.

• Actively participates in test defect resolution process and provides defect descriptions, documentation, and recommendations for resolution.

• Participates in troubleshooting, resolution, and communication of urgent production issues.

• Performs special projects and other duties as assigned.

Requirements

What are the must-have qualifications for a candidate?

• Experience coding with Java or JavaScript.

• Experience with TestCafe, Cypress, or Selenium.

• Experience with developing features, test scenarios, and step-definition for BDD (behavior driven development) using Cucumber (Gherkin).

• Experience with version control tool Git and Git branching models.

• Experience on either GitLab, Bitbucket, or GitHub.

• Experience with CI / CD platforms like Jenkins or TeamCity.

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing to technical and non-technical audiences.

What will our ideal candidate have?

• Demonstrated intermediate organizational and prioritization skills; ability to accomplish multiple priorities of low-to-average impact and risk within specified timeframe.

• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with all product team members.

• Demonstrated basic knowledge and application of relevant Agile testing methodologies at product team level.

• Property-and-casualty insurance industry experience / education.

• Jira or similar issue-tracking software is preferred.

• Xray or similar testing tool software experience is preferred.

• Guidewire certification preferred.

• Insurance knowledge is preferred.

• Bachelor's degree preferred.

Compensation Overview:

The targeted hiring range for this role is $67,640 -$84,550, annually. However, the base pay offered may vary depending on the job-related knowledge, skills, credentials, and experience of each candidate as well as other factors such as the scope and location of the role. Candidates looking for compensation outside of the posted range are encouraged to apply and will be considered based on their individual qualifications and/or may be considered for other positions.

Michigan Millers offers full-time employees a significant Total Rewards Package, including:

• Medical insurance options and other standard employee benefits, including dental insurance, vision benefits, life insurance, and more!

• Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

• 401(k) Plan (plus company match)

• Time Off - including vacation, volunteer, and holiday pay

• Paid Parental Leave

• Bonus opportunities

• Tuition assistance

• Wellness Program - including an onsite fitness studio

Michigan Millers believes in supporting the balance between work and life by providing a flexible work environment, which includes a variety of hybrid work arrangements designed to balance individual, job, department, and company needs.

Michigan Millers provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Salary Description

$67,640 -$84,550