Sr Engineer, Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer – Quality Automation Focus

Are you passionate about driving software excellence through innovative testing strategies and automation? We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to play a key role in enhancing our quality assurance capabilities. In this role, you'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to build robust automated test frameworks, integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines, and ensure our software meets the highest standards. If you're a proactive problem-solver with a strong command of scripting, test automation, and modern DevOps practices, we'd love to hear from you.

What you'll do

• Contribute to the development and implementation of automated test frameworks and scripts to support quality assurance efforts.
• Apply a strong understanding of quality metrics to assess and improve testing effectiveness.
• Collaborate closely with development teams to seamlessly integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline.
• Promote and ensure adherence to best practices in code reviews and version control.
• Continuously enhance testing processes, frameworks, and tools to improve efficiency and maintain high standards.
• Demonstrate proficiency in tools such as Hexawise, Cucumber, and Guidewire products.

What we're looking for

• Scripting Languages: Proficiency in Ruby (preferred), with experience in other languages such as Java.
• Version Control: Solid understanding of GitHub workflows, including effective branching strategies and pull request management.
• Continuous Integration & Deployment: Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools, particularly GitHub Actions and Jenkins. Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies like Docker and Kubernetes is a plus.
• Test Automation: Proven ability to design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts and frameworks to ensure software quality.
• Analytical Thinking: Strong problem-solving skills with meticulous attention to detail.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a collaborative mindset and the ability to work effectively across teams.
• Value Stream: Guidewire Claims Center test automation and has experience with managing and testing multiple vendor integrations.
• Business Knowledge: Relating to the Claims lifecycle and familiarity with all Policy lines of business.

Job Description Summary

If you're enthusiastic about delivering secure technology solutions to support a company providing extraordinary care to its customers, then Nationwide Technology is the place for you. Nationwide's industry-leading technology workforce embraces an agile work environment and a collaborative culture to deliver outstanding solutions and results. If that sounds like something you aspire to, we want to hear from you! As a Senior Software Engineer, you will focus primarily on providing high quality, efficient technology solutions to business partners by crafting new software applications or modifying and/or supporting existing packaged or custom-built applications. In this capacity, you'll analyze, code, configure, test, debug, document and maintain applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyzes, solutions, develops, tests, debugs, documents and deploys software according to standards and best practices.
• Applies secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure our data and technology solutions are protected from threats and vulnerabilities.
• Uses DevSecOps practices, tooling and techniques.
• Drives continuous improvement and learning through ongoing training, practice and innovation.
• Manages project priorities, deadlines and deliverables proactively.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships: Reports to a Technology Manager/Director.

Typical Skills and Experiences:

Education: Undergraduate studies in computer science, management information systems, or other related degree. Technology experience or non-traditional technology certificates can be substituted for an undergraduate degree.

Experience: Two or more years of analysis and technology experience.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Proficiency in one or more programming language such as Java, C++, Python, JavaScript. Knowledge of software development lifecycle. Proven ability to tackle moderately sophisticated business and development problems. Ability to thrive in a team environment. Insurance/financial services industry knowledge a plus.

Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.

Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager's leader and Human Resources Business Partner.

Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions:

Overtime Eligibility: Not Eligible (Exempt)

Working Conditions: Office environment may vary based on team and/or location. Associates may have on-call responsibility after normal working hours and/or on weekends.

ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.

Benefits

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more.

Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.

NOTE TO EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES:

We value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. Nationwide does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies. All resumes submitted by employment agencies directly to any Nationwide employee or hiring manager in any form without a signed Nationwide Client Services Agreement on file and search engagement for that position will be deemed unsolicited in nature. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is subsequently hired as a result of the referral or through other means.