Description and Requirements
Role Value Proposition
MetLife is offering an exciting opportunity to contribute to our digital and AI transformation journey. We are seeking an experienced technology leader to drive the transformation that will enable business results.
The SDET Lead has the responsibility of leading and driving the testing practices to enable the delivery of high quality software in an Agile environment. This includes the adoption of test automation within the Agile sprint, and the leverage of Gen-AI toolset to achieve high velocity of releases without compromising delivery quality.
Key Responsibilities:
- People Management - Managing SDET's located in Inda, upskilling/reskilling, hiring and retention, including adoption of engineering culture
- Stakeholder Management - Working with key business and technology stakeholders to deliver automation testing suites/strategies and capabilities to support the digital transformation agenda.
- Ways of Working - Adoption of the Agile ways of working in the software delivery lifecycle.
- E2E Software Development Test Lifecycle Management
- Develop code for test automation
- Help define Software Testing Design at the Solution level.
- Build new tools to enhance test automation and functional testing, and innovate on existing automation processes.
- Lead the planning and documentation of complex test strategies and acceptance criteria based on customer needs.
- Maintain automation scripts and perform peer reviews of the automation codebase.
- Analyze and repair broken test cases and failures.
- Investigate, diagnose, and repair complex problems, testing bugs, and manage bug reports.
- Understand business processes at the Solution level to integrate industry best practices into testing processes.
- Tracks usage of platforms across business units and defines costs per business unit accordingly.
Candidate Qualifications - Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills:
Education:
- Bachelor in Computer Science or equivalent
Experience
- 8+ years in leading SDET teams to drive digital transformation in financial services or technology domain
- Developing and implementing automation testing practices using modern technology stack and patterns.
- Familiarity with various test methodologies and their corresponding tools.
- Proficiency in software development lifecycle including CI/CD, test driven development and Agile ways of working.
- Strong experience in driving testing/QA transformation
- Proven track record in partnering with the business to deliver mission critical transformation via Agile approach.
Language:
- Business proficiency in English. Japanese language knowledge may be an added advantage.
Skills and Competencies:
- Competencies
- Hands-on in test automation
- Exposure to Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and experience in programming and testing
- Test Strategy: Align the Test Strategy with Agile Development Model and use relevant techniques such as BDD etc to implement scalable automation framework
- Communication: Ability to influence and help communicate the organization's direction and ensure results are achieved
- Collaboration: Proven track record of building collaborative partnerships and ability to operate effectively in a global environment
- People Management: Inspiring, motivating and leading diverse and distributed teams
- Diverse environment: Can-do attitude and ability to work in a high paced environment
Tech Stack
Development & Delivery Methods:
Agile (Scaled Agile Framework)
Mobile
Appium
Automated Testing Framework + UI:
Selenium, TOSCA, BDD-Cucumber, Playwright
UI: Java, JavaScript, Python, GitHub, DS-Algo
API
RestAssured, Postman,KarateDSL
Cloud Platform
Azure DevOps - Test Plan, Perfecto, SauceLabs, BrowserStack
Performance Testing
Jmeter, Blazemeter
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the 2024 "World's Most Admired Companies" and Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™ for 2024, MetLife , through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by empathy, we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services.
At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
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What the Team is Saying
What We Do
Named among the World’s Most Admired Companies™ by Fortune and recognized in the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list in 2025, MetLife is leading the global transformation of an industry we’ve defined for more than 155 years. At MetLife, every innovation and line of code is a lifeline for our customers and their families—from victims of natural disasters to people living with disabilities and beyond. With operations in more than 40 markets and leading positions across the globe, MetLife fosters an inclusive culture where our people are energized and inspired to deliver for our customers and communities. Join our remarkable journey—one in which you help write the next century of innovation in financial services—because with MetLife, making the world a better place is All Together Possible.
Why Work With Us
At MetLife, you’ll be working for a company whose purpose is to help customers throughout their life’s journey, and often in their most critical time of need. You’ll be a part of developing leading-edge platforms that will have a lasting impact on the lives and well-being of tens of millions of customers.
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