Quality Assurance Engineer, Afficiency
$100-120k
API-delivered life insurance products for digital distributors
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API-delivered life insurance products for digital distributors
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
$100-120k
21-100 employees
Company mission
Afficiency's mission is to provide sellers of life insurance more relevant products and an easier purchasing experience for their clients.
Role
Who you are
- We are seeking a self-starter; a proactive and self-motivated individual who thrives in a dynamic environment and can independently initiate and drive projects to completion
- Candidate should have a deep understanding of systems architecture & design
- 5+ years of experience in quality assurance engineering, software engineering, or a similar role
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- Proficient in Python, JavaScript, Microservices, Postman, SQL, No-SQL Databases, Manual Testing, and Automation
- Experience with API testing using Postman
- Hands on experience with Test Management and Defect Tracking tools
- Experience with web applications, libraries, languages, and frameworks
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Experience working with Agile teams
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Great team player and able to work efficiently and independently with minimal supervision
- Able to sit in front of a computer for long hours at a time
- Must live in NYC metro area – role is hybrid
What the job involves
- We are seeking for a qualified Quality Assurance Engineer to join our quickly growing Capabilities Team
- The key responsibilities include overseeing the quality assurance process of our company, improving our current deployment pipelines and testing applications end to end
- Create tests to identify software problems
- Analyze bugs and errors found during tests
- Document results of tests for the software development team
- Create high quality reports for stakeholders
- Work together with development team enhance current testing pipelines
- Research and compare similar competitor products
- Maintain updated knowledge of industry trends and advancements
Our take
Afficiency is aiming to streamline the life insurance purchasing process by offering digital distributors a platform which allows them to quote, underwrite and deliver policies in minutes via API.
Considering that on average, it takes between three and six weeks to get life insurance, Afficiency is clearly on to something with its platform. The fact that its solutions are delivered via API is also key, as it allows sellers to continue operating on their own native stacks.
The nearly $4 billion insurtech market is extremely competitive, but the background of Afficiency’s leadership team offers encouragement. CEO Mark Scafaro was previously at MetLife, while he and fellow Co-founder Ravi Arasan have over three decades combined experience from American Express.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Apr 2022
$7m
SERIES A
Mar 2020
$3.2m
SEED
Total funding: $10.2m
Company benefits
- Competitive package with benefits and equity
- Flexible vacation and working from home (continuing post-pandemic)
- Work at a supportive and fast-growing start-up with a fantastic team
- Opportunity to make an impact in the lives of tens of millions of consumers
- Environment to learn from other team members, grow a business from the ground up and quickly assume additional responsibility
- Support in developing your skills and accelerating your career quickly
- Regular team get-togethers in awesome locations
Company HQ
Tribeca, New York, NY
Leadership
Mark Scafaro
(Co-founder & CEO)Was MetLife's Head of Customer Acquisition & Servicing for three years prior to Afficiency, following 11 years at American Express, which culminated in a spell as Vice President of Operations.
Ravi Arasan
(Co-founder)Has been at American Express since 1999, operating in a range of senior and executive positions. Is currently VP, Head of Global Big Data Development. Founded strategy consulting & software company BDIPlus in 2016 and serves as President.
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