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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Intermediate Quality Software Engineer - **Company:** Transamerica Corporation - **Location:** Cedar Rapids, IA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $73,000.0 - $97,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Sql Data Warehouse, HTML, Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Ajax (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, ASP.NET MVC Framework, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, C Sharp (Programming Language), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Code Coverage, Software Quality, Code Review, Computer Programming, Databases, Continuous Integration, Dependency Injection, Software Design Patterns, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Hypertext Transfer Protocols (HTTP), Spring Framework, Junit, Nunit, Object-Oriented Software Development, OpenShift, Selenium, Test Execution Engine, Strategies of Testing, Azure Service Bus, Datadog, Cloud Platform System, Postman, ReactJS, Cypress (Programming Language), ReadyAPI, Reliability of Systems, Git, Vue.js, Specflow, Containerization, AngularJS, Integration Tests, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Playwright, Cosmos DB, Web Technologies, Functional Programming, Cucumber (Software), Splunk, Appdynamics, Dynatrace, Docker, Jenkins, Microservices - **Published:** May 22, 2026 - **Apply:** https://transamerica.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/US/job/Cedar-Rapids-Iowa/Intermediate-Software-Engineer_R20061591 ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience. * 3 years of experience working with modern distributed applications, databases, and microservices. * 3 years of hands-on experience in software quality engineering, including automated and manual testing. Technical Skills Programming & Architecture Proficiency in .NET/C# and/or Java with Spring Framework. Working knowledge of object-oriented and functional programming, service-oriented and microservices architecture, dependency injection, and core design patterns. Automation, Testing & Observability Tooling Test Automation Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Postman, REST-assured, NUnit, JUnit. BDD frameworks: Cucumber or SpecFlow. Performance & Reliability: Meter, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Splunk. CI/CD & DevOps Experience (3 years) with Git, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift within CI/CD pipelines. Cloud & Data Platforms Experience (3 years) testing applications deployed in AWS and/or Azure, including EC2, ECS, S3, Azure VMs, Blob Storage, Cosmos DB, Event Hubs, Data Factory, and SQL Data Warehouse. Exposure to infrastructure-as-code such as ARM Templates. UI & Web Technologies Experience (3 years) with Angular, React, or Vue.js, ASP.NET MVC, HTTP, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and AJAX. AI-Driven Development (Preferred) Exposure to AI-assisted development and testing practices to improve test creation, defect analysis, and quality insights. Experience with Kiro for AI-driven development or testing is a plus. Preferred Qualifications Cloud certifications such as AWS or Microsoft Azure. Experience in financial services or regulated industries. ## Description The Intermediate Software Engineer is a hands-on technical contributor responsible for designing, implementing, and executing high-quality testing and automation solutions across Transamerica's technology ecosystem. This role emphasizes test automation, CI/CD integration, and modern quality engineering practices for cloud-native, distributed systems. 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