Senior Software QA Engineer

McKesson • Full-time • Virginia, United States, US • $119,100 - $198,500 / year • 2d ago

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The Senior Software QA Engineer is a highly skilled software engineering role responsible for leading complex manual and automated testing initiatives across Ontada’s product ecosystem. This role designs, builds, and optimizes automation frameworks; drives quality strategy within an Agile squad; mentors junior engineers; and ensures releases meet stringent quality, performance, and compliance standards.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Strategy

Lead test strategy, planning, and execution for complex products and releases.
Drive the evolution of the test automation framework, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to QA Engineers and junior team members.
Champion shift‑left testing practices and CI/CD quality gates across development squads.
Collaborate with architecture and engineering leadership to define quality standards and automation best practices.

Automation & Framework Development

Design, develop, and maintain advanced automated test suites (UI, API, backend, data validation).
Build and enhance automation frameworks using tools such as Selenium, TOSCA, Playwright, or similar.
Develop robust API automation using RestAssured, Postman scripts, or equivalent frameworks.
Create effective test data strategies, including synthetic data generation and environment management.

Test Planning & Execution

Author comprehensive, well‑structured test strategies, plans, and test cases.
Lead exploratory testing efforts to uncover complex defects.
Coordinate validation of deployments across multiple environments, ensuring end‑to‑end readiness.
Perform advanced backend testing across SQL/NoSQL database systems.

Collaboration & Agile Delivery

Work closely with Product Owners to refine user stories, define acceptance criteria, and ensure testability.
Partner with developers, product teams, and DevOps to ensure high‑quality releases.
Influence iteration planning, sprint commitments, and quality checkpoints.
Coordinate with onshore/offshore QA teams to drive consistent delivery and quality standards.

Quality Governance & Compliance

Ensure alignment with HIPAA and other regulatory/security requirements.
Support continuous improvement initiatives for QA processes, tools, and documentation.
Lead root‑cause analysis and drive corrective actions for systemic quality issues.

Minimum Requirement

Degree or equivalent and typically requires 7+ years of relevant experience.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent experience.

Critical Skills

7+ years of progressive Software Quality Assurance experience, preferably in healthcare or regulated industries.
5+ years of hands‑on test automation development experience using Selenium, JavaScript automation frameworks (Cypress, Playwright, Jest), or similar.
5+ years of strong API testing and automation experience.
5+ years of backend testing experience using various database technologies.
1+ years testing AI/ML or GenAI systems (LLMs, recommendation engines, NLP pipelines, or MLOps) — or demonstrated delivery of AI‑adjacent quality frameworks (e.g., RAG evaluation, guardrails).
Experience owning QA responsibilities for complex product areas with minimal oversight.
Proven experience mentoring QA engineers and influencing technical direction.

Additional Skills

5+ years in Agile SDLC environments with strong exposure to CI/CD pipelines.
Strong programming or scripting experience (Java, JavaScript, Python, etc.).
Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar) and build tools (Maven, Gradle, Ant).
Deep understanding of QA methodologies, automation strategies, and quality metrics.
Strong analytical, problem‑solving, debugging, and decision‑making abilities.
Experience in Prompt design and prompt testing; negative testing for prompt injection/jailbreaks.
RAG testing (embedding quality, retrieval accuracy/recall, chunk strategy validation).
Familiarity with vector databases and semantic search evaluation.
Excellent communication and documentation skills.
Experience with Bitbucket, GitHub, Git Bash, or similar SCM tools.
Experience with test management platforms (qTest, ALM, TestLink TestRail, etc.).
Knowledge of healthcare software, data privacy, and compliance best practices is a plus.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently in a fast‑paced environment.

Working Conditions

Remote work location — Eastern or Central United States.
Occasional travel up to 10%.

Candidates must be authorized to work in USA. Sponsorship is not available for this role.

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Our Base Pay Range for this position

$119,100 - $198,500

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