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Senior QA Automation Engineer (whitebox) Guidewire Software
We are hiring mid-level and senior QA automation engineers for the Guidewire Software platform development team. You'll work side by side with other talented engineers testing high-quality, high-performance technologies. We value clear, logical thinking, good communication skills, detail orientation, a focus on quality, and the ability to work well in a team.
Guidewire sells three enterprise web-based software products to insurance companies that offer Property and Casualty insurance. Our products share a core technology platform that the Guidewire Platform team develops. Our customers domestically and internationally require a highly-configurable reliable technology platform. Writing that kind of software for insurance companies worldwide turns out to be surprisingly complex and difficult to get exactly right. Understanding and rising to that challenge can be fun.
Our platform includes an MVC web presentation layer, a cluster-safe persistent data layer, advanced performance tools, an inter-application messaging architecture, and a lot more. The Platform team writes most code in Java, though we use the Gosu language too. The Platform team built the Gosu language at Guidewire to make us more productive, and it's now freely available at
We strongly value test-driven development. Our test framework runs over 100K tests regularly for every branch. We constantly improve and brainstorm how to improve coding and testing processes.
Our software is great, the coffee is okay, and the buildings are decent enough. What's special, though, is that we're a team passionately focused on customer success and our long term goals. Talk to people here and you'll immediately sense their enthusiasm. We write software the way we've always wanted to write it. We want smart, motivated people to help build the future for ourselves and our customers. We are proud of what we build and how we work together.
At the heart of Guidewire culture are three principles:
§ Collegiality. We work together as professional equals, with a minimum of hierarchy. We strive for good processes and realistic assumptions to keep workload sustainable. We trust people to manage their own time. We seek input without regard for title. We welcome and consider contrary opinions. We value work/life balance.
§ Integrity. We insist on truthful relationships with customers, prospective customers, partners, investors, and each other in everything that we do.
§ Rationality. We communicate through clear arguments. We decide carefully based on factual evidence. We like calm, systematic, thoughtful solutions. More than 100K unit tests per branch prove our code succeeds and fails where expected. We constantly improve processes. We use the latest Agile and Lean coding techniques, including work pods, sprints, and scrums.
Seem like a good fit?
If you're excited by the same things we are, we want to hear from you today! We're continuing to grow our Development teams and we are eager to learn more about you.
Job Responsibilities:
§ Drive software quality assurance lifecycle as part of Agile process and deliver high quality releases on time
§ Participate throughout the design and development process, analyzing features to point out weaknesses or inconsistencies
§ Work closely with Product Management and development engineers to understand features and establish test strategies, design comprehensive test plans and robust test cases
§ Set up test environments.
§ Perform functional, exploratory, and acceptance testing
§ Develop, maintain and update automated tests in partnership with developers for continuous regression testing
§ Identify, diagnose, report, and assist developers in resolving defects and verifying bug fixes
Requirements:
§ Experience in creating test plans, test cases, and doing risk analysis prior to product releases
§ Experience in developing automated tests and/or frameworks using Java, C++, or an equivalent object-oriented language
§ Working knowledge of database concepts and query languages (SQL)
§ Working knowledge of XML
§ Very self-motivated, flexible, with a strong desire to join a fast paced team and make a big difference
§ Strong analytical and problem solving skills and attention to detail
§ Excellent verbal and written communication and documentation skills
§ An appreciation for test-driven development.
§ Bachelor of Science or Master of Science in Computer Science or equivalent
Preference to Applicants with:
§ Knowledge of test frameworks such as JUnit
§ Java programming experiences using J2EE technologies, XML and web services
§ Experience in agile development including continuous integration
§ Experience in working with application servers, such as Tomcat, JBoss, WebLogic and WebSphere
§ Experience working with commercial RDBMS, such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server and IBM DB2
§ Experience working in Unix/Linux environment
Knowledge of ORM technologies, such as Hibernate, JPA, JDO, HQL, XQuery, XPath
§ Gosu experience would be nice.
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| Location: | Foster City, CA United States |
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Guidewire Software
As the number one provider of enterprise software applications to the property and casualty insurance industry, we beat our competitors (Accenture, SAP, and others) 9 times out of 10. Guidewire is an award-winning company both within the insurance industry and in the software technology space. Given our success and increasing demand for our products domestically and internationally, we continue to experience double-digit revenue growth. Guidewire has offices throughout the world, including in London, Munich, Paris, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, Hong Kong, and the United States.
Profitable Investors: Battery Ventures, Bay Partners, U.S. Venture Partners
All Jobs: at Guidewire Software
| Web Site: | www.guidewire.com |
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| Headquarters: | 2211 Bridgepointe Parkway, Ste 200 San Mateo, CA 94404 United States |
| Employees: | >100 |
| 2002 | |
| Industry: | Software |
| Guidewire Software is a profitable, privately held, and VC-backed enterprise software product development company that exclusively serves the 1.5 trillion dollar property and casualty insurance industry. Our products enable companies such as GEICO, Liberty Mutual, and Amica to efficiently run their high volume core operations, including underwriting, policy administration, claims, and billing. Our success can be directly attributed to the bright and extremely talented employees who make it all happen. If you are looking for an opportunity where your talents will not only be recognized and leveraged but also challenged, at a company that is grabbing significant market share in a 1.5 trillion dollar industry, then Guidewire is the place for you. We have an extremely low-turnover organization and 100 percent customer referenceability. |
