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Posted by the employer · Bengaluru, India

Software Engineer - Test

Ethos Life · Bengaluru · India

Software Engineer

Posted: 25/4/2026 · On the employer's job feed since 11/10/2026

The advert

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About Ethos

Ethos is a leading life insurance technology company on a mission to protect families by democratizing access to life insurance and empowering agents at scale. With its robust three-sided technology platform, Ethos is transforming the life insurance experience for consumers, agents, and carriers alike. Ethos offers instant, accessible products and a seamless online process that requires no medical exams and just a few health questions; it eliminates traditional barriers, making it easier than ever for everyone to protect their families. Ethos is redefining how life insurance is bought, sold, and underwritten.

About the Role

As a Software Engineer, Test, you'll have an opportunity to work with some of the best engineers in the InsureTech space. You’ll design and implement test automation that will be built ground up to support Ethos. We are detail-oriented and value clean, modular, and high-performing code. You’ll maintain test scripts and will scale up the tests for faster and reliable execution. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Be a strong quality advocate, collaborating closely with software engineers, designers, and product managers, etc. to release life-changing products
  • Design and deliver risk-based test plans for new features and functionality, choosing the right method of testing for each situation or phase (scenario, exploratory, scripted, manual, automated, etc.)
  • Help ensure your vertical's releases adhere to deadlines while not compromising on quality
  • Pair with software engineers to identify coverage gaps, automate repeated tasks, and build regression test coverage through existing or new infrastructure
  • Be a reliable, friendly source of feedback on new functionality, features, and process changes
  • Awe your team by uncovering or better yet preventing corner case defects

Qualifications and Skills:

  • 3-6 years of software development or test framework development experience
  • Proficient in at least one programming/scripting language (e.g. Javascript, Java, Python).
  • Familiarity with CI/CD and infrastructure tools (e.g. AWS/GCP, etc.).
  • Experience with hands-on automation framework development: TestNG/Cypress/Selenium/Rest Assured/Cucumber/Jest etc.
  • Expertise on test-driven development, developing different levels of automated tests, such as unit tests, integration tests, and functional tests
  • Self-directed, deeply curious and you take action on your great ideas
  • Detail oriented and have amazing communication skills; explaining technical problems succinctly and clearly
  • Willingness to challenge existing practices in order to make them even better

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Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. At Ethos we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Pursuant to the SF Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider employment for qualified applicants with arrests and conviction records.

To learn more about what information we collect and how it may be used, please refer to our California Candidate Privacy Notice.

Recruitment Notice: Please be aware of recruitment scams. All legitimate communication from our team will only come from email addresses ending in @ethos.com or @getethos.com.

We will never ask for payment, banking details, or sensitive personal information during the hiring process. If you are contacted by someone claiming to represent us from a different email address, please treat it as fraudulent.

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