Our people help make Progressive a successful, energetic, forward-moving organization. Time after time, Progressive has turned the insurance industry upside down through its innovative services, its use of technology and its continual push to be the No. 1 choice for auto insurance.

Do you enjoy experimenting with technology and trying to figure out how things are put together? Do you have a passion for seeing a problem and immediately discerning the likely solution? Do you like the idea of using your technical skills to break systems, rather than build them?



If so you may very well be a great candidate for the External Data Platform team who has an opening for a Software Test Engineer. As a Software Test Engineer you will:

- Review software specifications, architecture & design for functional, system & performance weaknesses and other potential vulnerabilities.

- Analyze risks & prioritize test objectives

- Explore the application and system's functionality and architecture

- Identify the interfaces between components

- Identify dependencies & fault conditions

- Develop test paradigms and suites/cases to test the functionality

- Conduct both functional & nonfunctional testing

- Report bugs and advocate for them in such a way that they get fixed



Required Skills:

- At least 8-10 years of experience as a developer or in a test engineering role with previous leadership responsibilities

- You must have strong analytical & troubleshooting skills

- Fluency in coding, especially OO-based languages

- Extensive experience with databases, being able to understand, create and test databases, schemas, stored procedures & queries

- Good communication skills

- Experience with test design techniques geared to improve efficiency in testing.

- Understanding of key metrics used to report on testing efforts

- Expertise in coding, analyzing and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems

- Excellent knowledge of Internet/Web technologies and database technologies

- Above and Beyond - Internally driven to accomplish goals

- Self Directed - Prescriptive directives are not needed to get things done or to solve a problem

- Relationship Building - Can establish trust & credibility quickly with peers, superiors, and business customers.

At Progressive, status quo won't cut it. Our leaders want results and you'll have the chance to make significant contributions in a company that has taken the insurance world by storm. Our company is full of opportunity and promise. Consider the strength of your new employer as one of the country's largest auto insurance companies. You'll be surrounded by smart, driven people like yourself, who combine innovation and analysis to achieve industry-leading results and recognition, such as the BusinessWeek50 and the distinction of being one of America's Most Admired Companies, according to Fortune. Visit us at jobs.progressive.com and share your personality with a company that will value your unique contributions. Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V.