Quality Engineer, Instanda
Client Delivery
Company bonus scheme + Company share plan available
More information about location
No-code design platform for insurance products
Job no longer available
No-code design platform for insurance products
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
Company bonus scheme + Company share plan available
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
Instanda is on a mission to digitise the insurance industry, solving challenges for all insurance providers and enabling them to offer unrivalled customer experience at low cost.
Role
Who you are
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in software testing with hands-on experience in various testing methodologies and approaches
- Comfortable and diplomatic in challenging team members and stakeholders on quality related issues
- Strong communication skills to engage with both internal teams and external clients
- Clear understanding of the SDLC and the responsibilities of a tester
- Ability to test beyond a simple demonstration of the required functionality
- Experience with estimation techniques to support project planning and release cycles
- Exceptional organisational skills, with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced agile environment
- Understands what an API is, can engage in meaningful discussions with a stakeholder relating to an API specification
- A basic understanding of Javascript
- Comfortable highlighting and escalating any risk they foresee within the project lifecycle
- Can think outside the box and use own initiative to problem solve
- Can Interpret API specifications and derive appropriate expected behaviour, business logic, test data and test cases
- Identify and query specific business rules / logic
Desirable
- Previous exposure working with a SaaS product, in a high growth company or in the insurance industry
What the job involves
- Reporting to our QA Manager/Lead, we are looking to hire smart and technically savvy QA Engineers to join our team and help drive the growth of INSTANDA
- You will be an SME in Testing, assisting one or more teams in developing high quality deliverables for clients including designing and developing articulate and reusable test artefacts for exercising functionality at the UI level and APIs
- Collaborating with the PM, Business Analysts and Configurators to define testable Acceptance Criteria
- Actively participate in all phases of software development lifecycles
- Analysing requirements, plans, prepare test cases and test scenarios
- Execution of manual and automated tests (primarily API focused)
- Communicating effectively with technical and non-technical colleagues
- Sharing knowledge and building the Client delivery community
- Implementation of appropriate estimation techniques to guide planning and support Client releases
- Effective utilisation of toolsets designed to support API testing
Salary benchmarks
Otta's take
Sam Franklin
CEO of Otta
Instanda has brought much-needed innovation into the insurance industry by offering its users a no-code, customisable platform upon which they can build a consumer front-end. The company's platform is updated as frequently as every few weeks to accommodate the needs of its customers' end users, promising them up-to-date offerings without the technological investment.
The insurance market is enormous, and big established players are always looking for new distribution channels. Thanks to this, Instanda has onboarded leading insurers like Hiscox, Vitality, and AXA - a critical move, as its success is dependent on attracting and retaining these big brands.
The company has steadily grown its customer base, and secured partners such as Deloitte and Microsoft. The insuretech boom has no doubt contributed to Instanda growing its footprint, and enabled it to raise new funding in 2022. The investment is cited to fuel growth across Europe, the US, Japan and the United Arab Emirates, as well as supporting the rapid improvement of the platform's capabilities and creation of a future-proofed marketplace.
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
29% female employees
20% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jun 2022
$45m
SERIES B
Jul 2020
$7.5m
SERIES A
Total funding: $72.9m
Company benefits
- We offer 25 days holiday, with the option of buying up to 5 additional holiday days per year
- Wellness allowance - £100 per month (to put towards anything health and well being related)
- Inclusion in the company share plan
- All employees are included in the company discretionary bonus scheme
- Access to an Employee Assistance Program, that supports our staff 24/7
- Annual Learning & Development allowance of £1250
- Group Income Protection
- Life Cover
- Participation in the company pension scheme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Active social committee who arrange events throughout the year
Company values
- Client Mindset: We strive to be a client’s competitive advantage. Thinking like their customers and teams enables us to critically evaluate everything we do to help our clients be more successful
- Act with integrity: Honest, transparent and fair - we are committed to doing what is right NOT what is easy. We are trusted to deliver on our promises no matter what.
- Everyday Excellence: Dedicated to delivering excellence we hold ourselves accountable for outcomes, good and bad. We don’t pass the buck or shy away from the tough conversations. We have the tenacity and drive to keep moving forward.
- Passionate People: Curious, courageous and collaborative. Driven by our desire to be the best we constantly push ourselves to evolve and improve, driving innovation and having fun whilst we do it
- Fuelled by Diversity & Inclusion: Different views are advantages, combining our different backgrounds, experiences, and expertise makes us savvier problem solvers and drives better results.
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Articles
Founders
Tim Hardcastle
(CEO)Previously CIO of Hiscox (specialist insurer) and COO of Agilisys (fast growing outsourcing/offshoring business).
Derek Hill
(COO)Previously Head of IT Services at Hiscox and Agilisys. Has worked with Tim for over a decade, showing the strength of their partnership.
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