About this role
Are you passionate about quality assurance and ready to lead end-to-end testing initiatives? Join our dynamic team as a Test Lead where you'll drive testing excellence, champion automation, and ensure flawless application performance. This role offers the perfect blend of technical expertise and leadership opportunity in a collaborative, innovative environment.
About the Role
As a Test Lead, you'll be at the forefront of our quality assurance efforts, orchestrating comprehensive testing strategies across multiple application components. You'll leverage your expertise in both manual and automated testing to ensure our products meet the highest standards of quality and performance.
Key Responsibilities
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Lead end-to-end testing across all application components including API, web, and server
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Design and implement automation frameworks for API and UI testing using modern technologies
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Conduct performance testing using JMeter or other industry-standard tools and document results
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Guide team members in optimizing automation frameworks and QA release processes
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Manage test pipelines and trigger appropriate test suites (sanity, smoke, regression, functional) as needed
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Communicate test results effectively, demonstrating issues to development teams and escalating blockers when necessary
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Develop and maintain test planning, test strategies, and test matrices
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Facilitate bug triage sessions and ensure proper defect management
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Oversee STLC implementation within an Agile development environment
About the Team
At Swiss Re, you'll join one of the world's leading providers of reinsurance, insurance, and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer. Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture that encourages fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. You'll be part of a global team of more than 14,000 employees working together to make the world more resilient.
About You
You're a detail-oriented quality assurance professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment. You have a passion for finding and preventing issues before they reach production. Your technical expertise is complemented by strong communication skills, allowing you to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and guide junior QA engineers. You're proactive, analytical, and committed to continuous improvement in testing processes.
We are looking for candidates who meet these requirements:
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6+ years of experience in manual testing and automation (UI and API)
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Hands-on expertise in automation scripting and execution using Typescript, Playwright, RestSharp, C#, Selenium, or Postman
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Experience in developing automation frameworks (POM, TDD, BDD), integrating pipelines, and running builds
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Solid understanding of test methodologies and best practices for productive delivery
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Experience in leading QA teams and effective defect management
These are additional nice to haves:
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Experience with performance testing and measuring API responses
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Knowledge of cross-browser compatibility testing
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Experience with geolocation applications and Google Maps integration
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Insurance domain knowledge, particularly in P&C
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Azure DevOps experience for maintaining test suites and repositories
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Experience with version control tools like Git, SVN, or Mercurial
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Strong code review and refactoring skills
About Swiss Re
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. We cover both Property & Casualty and Life & Health. 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 and their passion for sustainability.
If you are an experienced professional returning to the workforce after a career break, we encourage you to apply for open positions that match your skills and experience.
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Other facts
About Swiss Re
The Swiss Re Group is a leading wholesale provider of reinsurance, insurance and other insurance-based forms of risk transfer. Dealing direct and working through brokers, its global client base consists of insurance companies, mid-to-large-sized corporations and public sector clients. From standard products to tailor-made coverage across all lines of business, Swiss Re deploys its capital strength, expertise and innovation power to enable the risk taking upon which enterprise and progress in society depend.
Founded in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1863, Swiss Re serves clients through a network of over 70 offices globally and is rated "AA-" by Standard & Poor's, "Aa3" by Moody's and "A+" by A.M. Best. Registered shares in the Swiss Re Group holding company, Swiss Re Ltd, are listed in accordance with the Main Standard on the SIX Swiss Exchange and trade under the symbol SREN.
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What you'll do
- As a Test Lead, you will lead end-to-end testing across all application components and design automation frameworks for API and UI testing. You will also manage test pipelines and communicate test results effectively to development teams.
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