Job Description

Outer Ring Road, Devarabisanahalli Vlg Varthur Hobli, Bldg 2A, Twr 3, Phs 1, BANGALORE, IN, 560103 DATA AND AI 10276 Band B Aileni Swetha 11/20/2025

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Associate Engineer, Quality Engineering

Bangalore, Karnataka, India


AXA XL offers risk transfer and risk management solutions to clients globally. We offer worldwide capacity, flexible underwriting solutions, a wide variety of client-focused loss prevention services and a team-based account management approach. AXA XL recognizes data and information as critical business assets, both in terms of managing risk and enabling new business opportunities. This data should not only be high quality, but also actionable - enabling AXA XL's executive leadership team to maximize benefits and facilitate sustained dynamic advantage. Our Chief Data Office is focused on driving innovation through optimizing how we leverage data to drive strategy and create a new business model - disrupting the insurance market. As we develop an enterprise-wide data and digital strategy that moves us toward greater focus on the use of data and data-driven insights, we are seeking an Associate Scientist for the Quality Engineering team. The Associate Scientist sits next to our Business Partners and tests our AXIOM platform according to our stakeholders needs. At AXA XL, we view individuals holistically through their People, Business, and Technical Skills. We're interested in what you bring, how you think, and your potential for growth. We value diverse perspectives, recognizing that each person contributes uniquely to our team's success. We welcome candidates with relevant education and experience in a related field, as well as those with diverse educational backgrounds or equivalent experience.

What you'll be DOING

What will your essential responsibilities include?

Domain Knowledge in Data Warehousing and Data Models: Demonstrate expertise in Data Warehousing technologies and data modeling to develop effective test strategies and ensure quality in ETL and BI deliverables. Test Planning and Prioritization: Collaborate with stakeholders to triage, prioritize, and plan testing activities for stories and epics, ensuring timely and efficient delivery. Stakeholder Engagement and Communication: Effectively coordinate with Business Partners, Product Owners, Development, and Infrastructure teams to align testing efforts with project roadmaps and objectives. Automation and Testing Efficiency: Apply an automation-first approach to testing user interfaces and functionalities, continuously seeking opportunities for process improvements and efficiency gains. Test Progress Tracking and Metrics Analysis: Monitor testing activities, collect and analyze test metrics, and communicate insights and improvement actions to relevant teams. System Integration and Functional Testing: Design, develop, and execute test plans, scripts, and procedures for functional and System Integration Testing (SIT), ensuring coverage and compliance with standards. Testing Documentation and Standards Development: Review and maintain testing documentation, define testing standards, analyze test results, and present findings clearly to stakeholders. Root Cause Analysis and Data Quality: Investigate and identify causes of data deficiencies, contributing to data quality improvement initiatives and reusable data asset integrity. Best Practices and Standards Development: Contribute to establishing and maintaining quality engineering standards, ensuring consistency and efficiency across testing efforts. Data Validation and Business Collaboration: Partner with business teams to validate data products, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and alignment with business requirements. Software Development Lifecycle Awareness: Maintain a broad understanding of the entire software development cycle, from business analysis through release and post-production support. Agile Methodology Proficiency: Apply knowledge of Scaled Agile, Scrum, or Kanban methodologies to plan, execute, and improve testing processes within Agile frameworks. Performance Optimization: Use appropriate tools and techniques to optimize project performance, resource utilization, and testing efficiency. Cross-Functional Collaboration for Quality Assurance: Drive quality assurance success through effective collaboration with engineering, design, and production teams, fostering a culture of quality. Effective Communication and Requirement Clarification: Facilitate open communication among team members to clarify requirements, analyze defects, and promote a shared understanding of project goals. Requirements Gathering and Risk Management: Engage in requirements collection, identify potential risks early, and develop mitigation strategies with clear reporting.

You will report to Lead UAT.

What you will BRING

We're looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

Required Skills and Abilities:

Business & Insurance Acumen: Deep understanding of insurance processes, data, underwriting, claims, and operations to contextualize testing activities and validate data accuracy. Digital Literacy: Familiarity with digital tools, platforms, and data visualization solutions like PowerBI, Qlikview, and cloud-based analytics tools. Stakeholder Management: Ability to effectively manage expectations, gather requirements, and communicate progress and risks to stakeholders at all levels. Data Analytics & Data Warehousing: Expertise in working with unstructured and large datasets, data modeling, and designing ETL pipelines using Pyspark, SQL, and cloud-based data platforms. Troubleshooting & Debugging: Effective problem-solving skills to identify, analyze, and resolve data quality issues, system defects, and performance bottlenecks. Testing & Automation: Experience with functional testing, System Integration Testing, API testing, UI automation, and automation frameworks, with a focus on efficiency and repeatability. Data Warehousing Technologies: Knowledge of tools and platforms such as SQL Server, Azure Databricks, ADLS, CosmosDB, SQL DW Analytics, and related cloud services. Distributed Computing & Cloud Systems: Robust understanding of distributed computing concepts, cloud-based systems, and data staging layers in cloud environments. Scripting & Development: Proficiency in Python, Pyspark, and scripting for developing ETL pipelines and automation scripts. Tools & Platforms: Experience with Jira, Confluence, PowerBI, Qlikview, and Azure analytics tools. Data Validation & Quality Assurance: Proven ability to validate data accuracy, develop testing standards, and implement QA processes to ensure high-quality data products. Experience in Insurance Industry Testing: Proven track record of UAT, System Integration Testing, and data validation within the insurance domain.

Desired Skills and Abilities:

Customer Centricity: Ability to understand and prioritize end-user needs, ensuring testing efforts align with customer expectations and business impact. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Effective collaboration with Business Partners, Product Owners, Development, Infrastructure teams, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment and shared understanding of requirements and issues. Analytical & Strategic Mindset: Robust problem-solving skills, ability to interpret complex data requirements, and develop strategic testing approaches to ensure quality and efficiency. Resilience: Ability to adapt to changing priorities, manage testing difficulties, and persist in resolving issues under tight deadlines. Growth Mindset: Continuous learning and improvement, actively seeking opportunities to enhance testing processes, automation, and technical expertise. Performance Excellence: Consistently striving for high-quality outcomes, driving QA success, and fostering a culture of quality within cross-functional teams. Excellent Communication Skills: Clear written and spoken communication to influence stakeholders and articulate testing results and issues effectively.

Who WE are

AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don't just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.

How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.

With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.

Learn more at axaxl.com

What we OFFER

Inclusion

AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and origins, marital status, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic. At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture and enables business growth and is critical to our success. That's why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most inclusive workforce possible, and create a culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and reach their highest potential. It's about helping one another -- and our business -- to move forward and succeed.

Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity and origins, disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe. Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements Enhanced family-friendly leave benefits Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter


Learn more at axaxl.com/about-us/inclusion-and-diversity. AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Total Rewards

AXA XL's Reward program is designed to take care of what matters most to you, covering the full picture of your health, wellbeing, lifestyle and financial security. It provides competitive compensation and personalized, inclusive benefits that evolve as you do.

We're committed to rewarding your contribution for the long term, so you can be your best self today and look forward to the future with confidence.

Sustainability

At AXA XL, Sustainability is integral to our business strategy. In an ever-changing world, AXA XL protects what matters most for our clients and communities. We know that sustainability is at the root of a more resilient future. Our 2023-26 Sustainability strategy, called "Roots of resilience", focuses on protecting natural ecosystems, addressing climate change, and embedding sustainable practices across our operations.

Our Pillars:

Valuing nature:

How we impact nature affects how nature impacts us. Resilient ecosystems - the foundation of a sustainable planet and society - are essential to our future. We're committed to protecting and restoring nature - from mangrove forests to the bees in our backyard - by increasing biodiversity awareness and inspiring clients and colleagues to put nature at the heart of their plans.

Addressing climate change:

The effects of a changing climate are far-reaching and significant. Unpredictable weather, increasing temperatures, and rising sea levels cause both social inequalities and environmental disruption. We're building a net zero strategy, developing insurance products and services, and mobilizing to advance thought leadership and investment in societal-led solutions.

Integrating ESG:

All companies have a role to play in building a more resilient future. Incorporating ESG considerations into our internal processes and practices builds resilience from the roots of our business. We're training our colleagues, engaging our external partners, and evolving our sustainability governance and reporting.

AXA Hearts in Action

: We have established volunteering and charitable giving programs to help colleagues support causes that matter most to them, known as AXA XL's "Hearts in Action" programs. These include our Matching Gifts program, Volunteering Leave, and our annual volunteering day - the Global Day of Giving.


For more information, please see axaxl.com/sustainability.