Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

Reliant Health Partners is an innovative medical claims repricing service provider, helping employers achieve maximum health plan savings with minimum noise. We tailor our services to each client’s needs, providing everything from individual specialty claims repricing, to full plan replacement as a high-performance, open-access network alternative.

The Quality Assurance (QA) Automation Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining automated testing solutions that improve software quality and reduce reliance on manual testing. This role partners closely with Product, Engineering, and QA to develop test strategies based on business requirements, Jira stories, and acceptance criteria. The QA Automation Engineer will play a key role in evaluating, implementing, and managing the organization's test automation framework while ensuring high-quality releases across the claims processing platform.

Primary Responsibilities:

Review Jira stories, business requirements, and acceptance criteria to develop comprehensive test plans and test cases

Design test scenarios that validate functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end workflows

Identify opportunities to automate repetitive and high-value test scenarios

Participate in backlog refinement, sprint planning, and requirement discussions to ensure requirements are testable

Evaluate, recommend, and implement an automation testing framework and supporting tools

Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for web, API, and system testing

Build and maintain reusable automation libraries and testing standards

Continuously expand automation coverage to reduce manual testing and improve release quality

Maintain and update automated test scripts as application functionality evolves

Execute automated regression, smoke, and functional test suites

Perform manual testing when automation is not practical or during new feature development

Validate end-to-end business workflows across the claims processing platform

Verify fixes and ensure production readiness before releases

Identify, document, and track defects in Jira with clear reproduction steps and supporting evidence

Collaborate with developers to troubleshoot issues and validate resolutions

Retest resolved defects and confirm successful implementation

Communicate testing status, risks, and quality metrics throughout the development lifecycle

Lead the evaluation, selection, implementation, and ongoing administration of the organization's test automation solution

Recommend process improvements that increase testing efficiency and software quality

Develop automation best practices, coding standards, and supporting documentation

Work closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, and QA team members throughout the Agile development lifecycle

Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, and release activities

Partner with Product and Engineering to implement and continuously improve the organization's test automation strategy

Stay current on emerging automation tools, frameworks, and industry best practices

Qualifications:

3–5+ years of Quality Assurance experience with a strong focus on test automation – Required

Intermediate level experience with SQL and database validation – Required

Experience designing, developing, and maintaining automated testing frameworks – Required

Hands-on experience with Playwright for test automation – Required

Experience with test automation tools and frameworks – Required

Experience with API testing using Postman – Required

Experience working with Jira and Agile/Scrum methodologies – Required

Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, SDLC, and defect lifecycle – Required

Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills – Required

Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technical and business teams – Required

Experience implementing a test automation framework from the ground up – Preferred

Experience testing healthcare, claims processing, or other enterprise applications – Preferred

Familiarity with performance and load testing tools – Preferred

Experience mentoring QA team members on automation best practices – Preferred

Individual compensation will be commensurate with the candidate's experience and qualifications. Certain roles may be eligible for additional compensation, including bonuses, and merit increases. Additionally, certain roles have the opportunity to receive sales commissions that are based on the terms of the sales commission plan applicable to the role.

Pay Transparency

$85,000 — $90,000 USD

Benefits:

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage

401(k) retirement plan with employer match

Health Savings Account (HSA) & Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Paid time off (PTO) and disability leave

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Equal Employment Opportunity : At Reliant, we know we are better together. We value, respect, and protect the uniqueness each of us brings. Innovation flourishes by including all voices and makes our business—and our society—stronger. Reliant Health Partners is an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to providing equal opportunity in all of our employment practices, including selection, hiring, performance management, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, education, training, social, and recreational activities to all persons regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, genetic information, pregnancy, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, and military and veteran status, or any other protected status protected by local, state or federal law.