Helping careers take flight. Reshaping an industry. Enable you career to be Made on Duck Creek. WHAT WE ARE ABOUT: Our global team creates technology solutions that the insurance world has never seen - but really needs. With offices around the globe, our inclusive, innovative teams collaborate to continuously evolve our product offering that world class P&C Insurers build their core systems on – Billing, Claims, Policy, Insights, Reinsurance and more. The team at Duck Creek helps insurance companies bring amazing ideas to life quickly and easily with software that thinks and works like they do. Duck Creek is proud to be a Remote-First employer, empowering our employees with the choice to work from an office, from home or on a hybrid schedule. Our remote-first environment fosters inclusion, collaboration, and ensures a consistent employee experience regardless of location. We support our employees in making a decision that allows them to be the most productive they can be both at work and at home. If working in a fast paced, rapidly evolving company that is transforming one of the world’s oldest and largest industries into a standard for innovation and open exchange sounds exciting, let us know. We are excited for your career to be Made on Duck Creek. WHAT YOU’LL DO: The role of the Associate Test Engineer is to learn to plan, construct and execute test scripts and automation approach to drive quality in Duck Creek’s solutions. Test engineering roles are key in planning, designing, and evaluating products as well as collaborating with production management to apply knowledge and function to develop end to end testing strategies using quality processes and methodologies to ensure proper reliability of Duck Creek products. Learns to plan, construct and execute test scripts and automation approach to drive quality in Duck Creek’s solutions Learns test automation framework and build foundation of core testing skills Develops understanding of various test design techniques to learn to create high quality test cases keeping client/business impact and optimum coverage in perspective Creates and execute automated test scripts Conducts ad hoc and exploratory testing and develop manual scripts (only as required) Develops understanding of quality testing standards and procedures including manual and automated scripts, tools, merging, continuous delivery and continuous integration Creates test models for release testing (plans, data and scripts) including the identification, collection and/or creation of test data Coordinates and executes release testing as appropriate Develops understanding of the high-level solution and product architecture to follow the test pyramid and automation guidelines Builds awareness of the product backend systems/services (e.g. Database, APIs, XML etc.) and learns to develop ways to interact/test (e.g. using Queries, xPath, SOAP, Regression Runner, Spec Flow/Gherkin, Coded UI) and building custom tools as required Develops understanding of various tools used within the team and follow suggested guidelines Learns to demonstrate the ability to balance with growing complexity and creativity in design by thinking outside the box to determine the best way a test can be performed (with high quality, high optimization & efficiency) Demonstrates ability to able to estimate testing effort and schedules Participates in lessons learned as appropriate Identifies and adheres recommended test pyramid and automation guidelines and drive adherence across team Applies both business and functional knowledge, develop end to end testing strategies, using quality processes and methodologies Creates test plans and high-level scenarios from functional requirements Assists developers in finding root cause of simple to medium defects by identifying common manifestations of a problem Establishes understanding of how Duck Creek products are certified from sprint & system test perspective and contribute to optimize the same Contributes within an agile team on test strategy and technical/design decisions for features Contributes in identifying scope of testing/test planning/optimization of test conditions Learns to design & develop required test data, manual and automated test scripts for deliverables Participates in release testing efforts through script creation/execution, analysis of continuous integration results, updating scripts and reporting of defects Participates in peer reviews of test deliverables and incorporate feedback and coaching. May conduct peer reviews of peer deliverables. Contribute in refining the standards driving improvements Participates in release testing efforts Provides input on test metrics for quality results and status reporting and help with analysis of metrics and trends Actively participates in sprint level and maintenance testing release estimates as well as sprint reviews for project deliverables as appropriate Learns to assist with planning, creation and control of the test environment(s) Learns test release installation procedures Participates in delivery retrospectives as appropriate Establishes effective communication with required stakeholders Demonstrates awareness of concept and ability to perform the following with support and coaching from more experienced team members: Test Case Design, Test Planning & Estimation, Test Execution, Test Data Management, Testing Techniques/Types, Test Optimization, Ability to work with Testing Stack (including all layers), Test Driven Development, Testing Tools, Test Architecture, Mobile Testing, Root Cause Analysis, Test Automation Framework Design and Development, Proficiency in scripting languages, Understanding of Continuous Integration, Understanding of cloud based application development and test approach and upgrade test approach, Database knowledge Learns and develops core test engineer skills, P&C industry acumen and functional knowledge for at least one Duck Creek product Participates in small to moderate delivery effort, quality initiative and/or team May mentor 2-3 interns. If acting as a mentor, assure that communication is clear and concise for mentee WHAT YOU’VE DONE: Bachelor’s degree, or higher education level, or its foreign equivalent, in Engineering, Computer Science or related degree Software developer and/or technical background preferred Awareness of PDLC best practices Demonstrates self-learning and problem-solving ability to continue to become more independent within the team Active member in the team participating in various team activities/processes Vocal participant in sharing inputs and suggestions and challenging approaches taken to drive quality outcome Excellent time and priority management skills to drive expected outcomes even when dealing with multiple tasks and areas of focus Requires analysis and solving of increasingly complex problems Requires minimal instruction on daily work tasks and a moderate level of instruction on new assignments Self-starter and requires initial interaction with Duck Creek peers to address issues and mitigate risks before seeking support from supervisors Ability to effectively interact with all skill groups and levels of Duck Creek organization Decisions impact own work and may impact the work of others Individual contributor with support from more experienced team members Quick learner with eagerness to learn and grow domain skill and product knowledge Contributes to tactical problem solving utilizing input from delivery team Strong communicator. Contribute to ongoing improvement of communication efforts (e.g. sprint review, provide training to a small group, work with business architects, developers or other stakeholders directly) Travel: 0-10% Work Authorization: Legally authorized to work in the country of the job location. Physical: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met. Our global company celebrates & leverages the differences each employee brings to the table. Our success is a direct result of an inclusive culture where opportunities to learn from one another occur regardless of title, seniority or background. This collaborative and team-oriented approach is at the core of how we operate and continuously improve our products, services and systems. As such, Duck Creek is committed to providing equal opportunity to all employees and applicants - to recruit, hire, train, and reward employees for their individual abilities, achievements and experience without regard to race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, marital, military, or any other protected status. Duck Creek Technologies does not accept nor will we pay a fee for any hires resulting from unsolicited headhunter or agency resumes. #LI-Remote