MetLife

When you join MetLife’s Global Technology team, you’ll be part of a forward-thinking group dedicated to shaping the future of digital solutions for customers worldwide. You’ll develop, maintain and support technology applications and delivery, leveraging AI, automation, and contemporary ways of working to enhance experiences and drive business outcomes. Your work will simplify complex processes, improve tech resiliency, and ensure high-performing, seamless solutions that power life’s most important moments. In this dynamic environment, you’ll collaborate with talented peers across teams and functions, expanding your skills in impactful ways. Ready to push boundaries and set new industry standards? Join us and help drive the future of technology forward.

We are seeking a Senior Software Test Engineer (Automation) to design, build, and maintain scalable automation frameworks and ensure high-quality delivery across UI, API, batch, database, and file-based systems. This role requires strong technical abilities, hands-on automation expertise, and experience using Artificial Intelligence to optimize workflows.  This is an exciting opportunity to contribute in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines, working closely with product, development, DevOps, and release stakeholders.

• Design, develop, and maintain test automation frameworks (including framework creation, enhancements, and long-term maintenance).
• Write and maintain automated tests using Java and C#, applying strong engineering practices (clean code, reuse, maintainability).
• Author, test, and evangelize AI optimization Agents, Skills, and Instructions that speed test automation generation and execution.
• Guide product teams to create and maintain test plans, test approach documents, and execute test strategies aligned to delivery goals.
• Troubleshoot test and software issues using logs, diagnostics, and monitoring outputs to isolate root causes and recommend fixes.

• Strong technical abilities and comfort working with multiple software tools and programs. 
• 3 - 5+ years (or equivalent) in software testing with a strong focus on test automation. 
• Strong programming skills in Java and C# (and ability to learn other languages/tools as needed per project). 
• Strong knowledge of testing processes, problem solving, creating test plans, executing tests, opening/tracking defects, and delivering test status and recommendations, including experience leveraging AI tools to accelerate test case development, improve coverage, and analyze defects for root causes. 
• Experience with Azure DevOps and/or GitHub suite for planning, test management, reporting, and pipelines.

• CI/CD pipeline design and optimization experience (gating, test stages, parallelization, reporting).
• Experience creating AI Agents, Skills, and related AI assets focused on automating and optimizing test management lifecycle with an AI First mindset.
• Familiarity with Terraform / Infrastructure as Code concepts.
• Experience creating dashboards/metrics for quality, automation health, and pipeline outcomes.
• Experience testing distributed systems, microservices, and complex integrations.

The expected salary range for this position is $80,000 - $125,000. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation and stock-based long-term incentives. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.