Description and Requirements

1. As a bilingual SDET, need to support the end-to-end quality assurance lifecycle , including requirements analysis, test case design, test data preparation, manual and automated testing, test execution, and result reporting.

2. Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts with help on AI to ensure high product quality and efficient regression coverage.

3. Collaborate closely with product owners, developers, and QA teams to understandfunctional and non-functional requirements and ensure comprehensive test coverage.

4. Act as a bilingual communication bridge between onshore and offshore teams in English and Japanese, ensuring clear understanding of requirements, timely clarifications, and effective knowledge sharing.

5. Translate and explain requirements, testing outcomes, and technical details across teams to ensure alignment and shared understanding.

6. Actively contribute within Agile/Scrum environments, participating in sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.

7. Track defects through their lifecycle, ensure timely updates and follow-ups, and help drive prompt resolution of critical issues. Identify recurring issues, recommend preventive actions, and suggest improvements in automation, test coverage, and overall efficiency.

8. Ability to leverage AI , Prompt Engineering, Copilot technologies, and AI-assisted quality engineering practices to enhance test planning, test design, automation, defect analysis, risk assessment, and overall STLC efficiency, accelerating delivery while improving product quality and team productivity.

• Proficiency in at least one programming language: JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, or Java

• Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks, such as Playwright or similar tools

• Strong understanding of test automation best practices, test design patterns, and CI/CD integration

• Experience working in Agile development methodologies.

• Must Exposure to AI, including agentic workflows.

• Practical knowledge of applying AI across multiple phases of testing such as requirement analysis, test design, test data generation, automation development, execution analysis, and defect triage.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.

• English (Business Level/Native)

• Japanese (Native/N2 or equivalent able to speak/understand Business/Technical conversation)

• Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

• Familiarity with modern development and testing tools in cloud-based or distributed systems

• Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills

• Experience working across onshore and offshore delivery models.

Tech Stack : Selenium or Playwright, Azure (cloud, devops) Knowledge of AI-enabled testing approaches including agentic AI and RAG.

Join a highly collaborative team where quality engineering, product, business, and technology professionals work together to deliver reliable, scalable, and customer-centric solutions across the organization. This role offers the opportunity to influence quality strategy, partner with architects and engineers, drive test automation initiatives, and ensure high standards of software quality throughout the development lifecycle.

The team fosters a culture of collaboration, innovation, continuous learning, quality ownership, and engineering excellence , while embracing AI-driven testing and modern engineering practices to improve productivity, accelerate delivery, enhance test coverage, and enable data-driven decision-making. You will have opportunities to leverage modern technologies including cloud platforms, test automation frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, APIs, enterprise integrations, observability tools, and AI-powered engineering solutions, while continuously expanding your technical and leadership capabilities. This is an ideal role for individuals who are passionate about quality, enjoy solving complex engineering challenges, champion automation-first approaches, mentor fellow engineers, and thrive in a supportive, forward-thinking environment that encourages experimentation, innovation, continuous improvement, and professional growth.

福利厚生

メットライフ生命では、ワークライフバランスと社員の心身の健康を促進する福利厚生を提供しています。社員はフレックスタイム制度、年次有給休暇、特別連続休暇、リフレッシュ休暇等の休暇を利用できます。また、社会保険や団体保険の他、旅行や英会話教室で使える割引も提供しています。柔軟に働けるよう、オフィス勤務と在宅勤務を組み合わせた勤務形態の導入や、短時間勤務制度、また柔軟性のあるドレスコードなども設けています。

Benefits We Offer

MetLife Japan offers a comprehensive benefits package that promotes work-life balance and employee wellbeing. Employees can take advantage of flex time policy and a generous time-off policy, national holidays, annual paid leave, special consecutive leave, and refreshment leave. We also provide full social insurance coverage, a commuting expense reimbursement, group insurance, and discounts on travel and English language lessons. To support work flexibility, employees also have hybrid work options, shortened working hours for parents with children in third grade or below, and a casual dress code.

メットライフについて

メットライフは、グローバルで展開する金融サービス企業です。個人および法人のお客さまがより確かな未来を築けるよう、保険、年金、社員福利厚生給付、資産管理のサポートを提供しています。1868年に創業したメットライフは、世界40以上の市場で事業を展開し、米国、アジア、中南米、ヨーロッパ、中東において業界をリードしています。

メットライフは、New Frontier戦略の一環として、AIを活用し、人を中心に据えた未来を築いています。私たちは、AIを活用して顧客へのサービス向上、地域社会への支援、そして働き方の変革を推進していく中で、好奇心、適応力、そして成長意欲を持つ人材を求めています。メットライフにおいて、AIは、人間の判断力、創造性、継続的な改善を支える責任あるパートナーであり、信頼、インクルージョン、そして長期的な価値の構築に貢献しています。

メットライフ生命は、日本初の外資系生命保険会社として、1973年2月に国内での営業を開始しました。当社のPurpose「ともに歩んでゆく。よりたしかな未来に向けて。」は、メットライフが誇るグローバルネットワークと世界中のベストプラクティスを活かし、お客さまのニーズに応え、地域社会との信頼関係を築くという信念を表しています。

About MetLife

MetLife Inc., through its subsidiaries and affiliates (MetLife), is one of the world's leading financial services companies, providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to help individual and institutional customers build a more confident future. Founded in 1868, MetLife has operations in more than 40 markets globally and holds leading positions in the United States, Asia, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East.

As part of our New Frontier strategy, MetLife is building an AI-enabled, people-centered future. We're looking for people who bring curiosity, adaptability, and a growth mindset as we use AI to enhance how we serve customers, support communities, and evolve the way work gets done. At MetLife, AI is a responsible partner that supports human judgment, creativity, and continuous improvement while helping us build trust, inclusion, and long-term value.

MetLife Japan began operations in February 1973 as Japan's first foreign-owned life insurance company. Our purpose, "Always with you, building a more confident future," encapsulates our strong commitment to leveraging our global network and best practices worldwide to stand with our customers and build trust with our communities.

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