Quality Engineer

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.  

A Quality Engineer focused on automation at Optum spends most days designing, building, and maintaining automated tests and test frameworks that ensure software products meet reliability and performance standards. They collaborate closely with other Optum developers and product managers to understand requirements, translate them into automated test cases, and integrate those tests into continuous integration and delivery pipelines. Daily work includes writing and refactoring test scripts, reviewing test results, investigating failures to distinguish defects from test issues, and improving test coverage and efficiency. They also monitor build health, help define quality metrics, and proactively enhance automation tools and processes to reduce manual testing effort and enable faster, more confident releases.

Primary Responsibilities

Quality Engineering & Testing

• Analyze and break down software requirements and technical specifications to design and execute comprehensive test strategies and software development.
• Write, execute, and maintain manual and automated test cases
• Test applications and drive resolution of defects by collaborating closely with development teams
• Establish and maintain test cases, test suites, and test data
• Create and maintain test cases and test execution results in Rally
• Develop, maintain, and execute automated test scripts using industry-standard frameworks such as Playwright, Cucumber, Selenium, or similar tools
• Perform REST API testing and validate backend services
• Review automated test code to ensure adherence to coding standards and best practices
• Continuously improve test automation frameworks, processes, and coverage
• Stay current with industry trends, tools, and best practices in test automation and quality engineering Software Development
• Design, develop, and enhance application features, services, and components using Java, TypeScript, Python, or C#
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following engineering best practices
• Contribute to unit testing, integration testing, and test-driven development (TDD/BDD) practices
• Participate in code reviews and provide feedback to ensure code quality and reliability
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software in an agile environment
• Support CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions and integrate automated testing into build and deployment workflows Collaboration & Agile Practices
• Actively participate in walkthroughs, inspections, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives
• Collaborate with business users, system analysts, designers, and engineers to refine requirements and technical designs
• Plan, document, evaluate, and track testing and development results to ensure defect-free system applications
• Communicate effectively regarding defects, enhancements, risks, and technical decisions
• Follow Agile/Scrum standards and engineering best practices
• Leverage enterprise-approved AI tools to streamline workflows, automate tasks, and drive continuous improvement  

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear directions on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED
• 3+ years of experience in software development and/or quality engineering, with strong exposure to automation testing
• 3+ years of experience with automation frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber, or similar
• 3+ years of experience in R