Senior Level Program Quality Engineer Jobs
Senior level program quality engineer jobs put experienced engineers in charge of quality strategy, process ownership, and the cross-functional initiatives that drive product reliability at scale. Hiring concentrates across Consulting & Professional Services, Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals, and Technology & Software, with 20% of openings remote or hybrid, and employers like Garver, Katalyst Healthcares & Life Sciences, and Burns & McDonnell hiring at this level now.
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Senior Software Quality Engineer will be responsible for server-side back-end and UI test execution. This role develops and designs test cases to validate the medical analytic decision engine, performs data/schema migration testing, and executes data integrity validations. The engineer will also design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using C#, Playwright, and Selenium, and leverage AI-assisted automation to improve test coverage, accelerate script creation, and optimize regression efficiency.
Responsibilities:
- Assists team lead in establishing processes that complement tools and provide end-to-end traceability.
- Facilitates tools for development and execution of Functional Verification Tests, System Verification Tests, Integration Tests, Performance Tests, Regression Tests, API testing, and test automation frameworks.
- Designs, develops, executes, and maintains automated UI, API, and backend test scripts using C#, Playwright, and Selenium.
- Uses AI-assisted tools and automation accelerators to create, optimize, and maintain test scripts, improve test coverage, and reduce manual effort.
- Recommend processes, automation strategies, and systems for continuous quality improvement.
- Verifies and creates defects submitted by customer implementation and QA teams.
- Views application logs and runs debugger to isolate system issues.
- Demonstrates expert knowledge in debugging RDBMS issues, including complex SQL for data analysis, inner and outer joins, triggers, functions, procedures, packages, and data mining.
- Installs product bundles on various OS environments (Linux, Windows).
- Creates test cases and validates the integrity of XML.
- Applies solid understanding of web-service integration (WSDL, XSD).
- Performs white-box, web-service integration, server back-end testing, and automated functional/UI validation.
- Performs data extraction, transformation (ETL), and data analysis.
- Develops test approaches and test coverage matrices that cover corner cases, and executes tests according to the test plan.
- Performs data analysis and validation across various sources and formats including XML, FHIR, and JSON.
- Builds and supports automation suites integrated into CI/CD pipelines for repeatable and scalable test execution.
- Collaborates closely with developers, scrum masters, DevOps, DB engineers, and physician teams to analyze complex system-level problems and understand clinical rules requirements.
- Works effectively in a high-energy, fast-paced, and dynamic environment.
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Required Qualifications
- BS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
- Minimum of 7 years of recent QA experience
- Strong expertise in SQL, including complex query development, data validation, troubleshooting, and working with Oracle and MySQL databases.
- Proven experience in UI Testing, including designing, executing, and maintaining manual and automated test cases to ensure high-quality user experiences.
- Experience with test automation using C# and Selenium, including developing and maintaining automated test scripts.
- Experience using AI tools or AI-assisted platforms to create, enhance, or maintain test scripts is highly preferred
- UNIX/LINUX experience is required
- Working knowledge of Linux environments, including basic command-line operations, log analysis, file management, and application troubleshooting.
- Strong understanding of XML for data validation, configuration management, and integration testing activities.
- Knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and quality assurance best practices across requirements, development, testing, and release phases.
- Experience using qTest or similar QA management tools for test planning, execution, defect tracking, and reporting
- Experience with API, backend, integration, and regression automation testing
- Experience setting up testing environments to run repeatable tests, preferably in AWS and GCP cloud environments
- Experience integrating automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines
- Familiarity with AI and Agentic AI concepts, including leveraging AI-powered tools to improve testing efficiency, test generation, analysis, and quality engineering processes.
- Ability to analyze complex business and technical requirements and translate them into comprehensive test strategies and test cases.
- Strong desire and ability to learn new technologies in a short time
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Experience with Jira, Confluence, Atlassian products, Bamboo, Bitbucket, Kanban Boards, Azure Boards, Sprints, Repos, Branching, Pipelines, and JFrog Artifactory (Packages, Builds, Repositories, Bundles)
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in healthcare, clinical systems, medical analytics, or decision-engine validation.
- Experience validating FHIR, JSON, XML, and data migration workflows.
- Familiarity with pipeline automation and pipeline-as-code concepts for test execution within DevOps workflows.
- Experience contributing to scalable enterprise automation practices and reducing developer/testing overhead through automation.
Work at Home Requirements: To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees’ ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees must meet the following criteria: At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is required; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested. In certain roles, the minimum recommended internet speed required by Humana may not be sufficient for business needs. Humana reserves the right to require associates to upgrade their internet service if necessary. Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information.
Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
Pay Range
The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.
$97,900 - $133,500 per year
This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.
Description of Benefits
Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.
About us
About Humana: Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is a leading U.S. healthcare company. Through our Humana insurance services and our CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare and Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large. Learn more about what we offer at Humana.com and at CenterWell.com.
Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.
Become a part of our caring community
Senior Software Quality Engineer will be responsible for server-side back-end and UI test execution. This role develops and designs test cases to validate the medical analytic decision engine, performs data/schema migration testing, and executes data integrity validations. The engineer will also design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using C#, Playwright, and Selenium, and leverage AI-assisted automation to improve test coverage, accelerate script creation, and optimize regression efficiency.
Responsibilities:
- Assists team lead in establishing processes that complement tools and provide end-to-end traceability.
- Facilitates tools for development and execution of Functional Verification Tests, System Verification Tests, Integration Tests, Performance Tests, Regression Tests, API testing, and test automation frameworks.
- Designs, develops, executes, and maintains automated UI, API, and backend test scripts using C#, Playwright, and Selenium.
- Uses AI-assisted tools and automation accelerators to create, optimize, and maintain test scripts, improve test coverage, and reduce manual effort.
- Recommend processes, automation strategies, and systems for continuous quality improvement.
- Verifies and creates defects submitted by customer implementation and QA teams.
- Views application logs and runs debugger to isolate system issues.
- Demonstrates expert knowledge in debugging RDBMS issues, including complex SQL for data analysis, inner and outer joins, triggers, functions, procedures, packages, and data mining.
- Installs product bundles on various OS environments (Linux, Windows).
- Creates test cases and validates the integrity of XML.
- Applies solid understanding of web-service integration (WSDL, XSD).
- Performs white-box, web-service integration, server back-end testing, and automated functional/UI validation.
- Performs data extraction, transformation (ETL), and data analysis.
- Develops test approaches and test coverage matrices that cover corner cases, and executes tests according to the test plan.
- Performs data analysis and validation across various sources and formats including XML, FHIR, and JSON.
- Builds and supports automation suites integrated into CI/CD pipelines for repeatable and scalable test execution.
- Collaborates closely with developers, scrum masters, DevOps, DB engineers, and physician teams to analyze complex system-level problems and understand clinical rules requirements.
- Works effectively in a high-energy, fast-paced, and dynamic environment.
Use your skills to make an impact
Required Qualifications
- BS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
- Minimum of 7 years of recent QA experience
- Strong expertise in SQL, including complex query development, data validation, troubleshooting, and working with Oracle and MySQL databases.
- Proven experience in UI Testing, including designing, executing, and maintaining manual and automated test cases to ensure high-quality user experiences.
- Experience with test automation using C# and Selenium, including developing and maintaining automated test scripts.
- Experience using AI tools or AI-assisted platforms to create, enhance, or maintain test scripts is highly preferred
- UNIX/LINUX experience is required
- Working knowledge of Linux environments, including basic command-line operations, log analysis, file management, and application troubleshooting.
- Strong understanding of XML for data validation, configuration management, and integration testing activities.
- Knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and quality assurance best practices across requirements, development, testing, and release phases.
- Experience using qTest or similar QA management tools for test planning, execution, defect tracking, and reporting
- Experience with API, backend, integration, and regression automation testing
- Experience setting up testing environments to run repeatable tests, preferably in AWS and GCP cloud environments
- Experience integrating automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines
- Familiarity with AI and Agentic AI concepts, including leveraging AI-powered tools to improve testing efficiency, test generation, analysis, and quality engineering processes.
- Ability to analyze complex business and technical requirements and translate them into comprehensive test strategies and test cases.
- Strong desire and ability to learn new technologies in a short time
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Experience with Jira, Confluence, Atlassian products, Bamboo, Bitbucket, Kanban Boards, Azure Boards, Sprints, Repos, Branching, Pipelines, and JFrog Artifactory (Packages, Builds, Repositories, Bundles)
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in healthcare, clinical systems, medical analytics, or decision-engine validation.
- Experience validating FHIR, JSON, XML, and data migration workflows.
- Familiarity with pipeline automation and pipeline-as-code concepts for test execution within DevOps workflows.
- Experience contributing to scalable enterprise automation practices and reducing developer/testing overhead through automation.
Work at Home Requirements: To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees’ ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees must meet the following criteria: At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is required; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested. In certain roles, the minimum recommended internet speed required by Humana may not be sufficient for business needs. Humana reserves the right to require associates to upgrade their internet service if necessary. Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information.
Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
Pay Range
The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.
$97,900 - $133,500 per year
This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.
Description of Benefits
Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.
About us
About Humana: Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is a leading U.S. healthcare company. Through our Humana insurance services and our CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare and Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large. Learn more about what we offer at Humana.com and at CenterWell.com.
Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.
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Who's Hiring
- Garver13
- Katalyst Healthcares & Life Sciences12
- Burns & McDonnell10
- CooperSurgical9
- Jobot8
Top Industries Hiring
- Consulting & Professional Services71
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals48
- Technology & Software41
- Manufacturing37
- Construction & Real Estate24
Senior Level Program Quality Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a senior level program quality engineer job?
Employers at this level look for engineers who have owned quality systems end-to-end, not just executed within them. Demonstrated experience leading audits, defining quality frameworks, and influencing product or manufacturing decisions signals readiness. Candidates who show they have mentored junior engineers and driven measurable improvements in defect reduction or process efficiency tend to stand out against the competition.
Which companies hire senior level program quality engineers?
Companies hiring senior level program quality engineers right now include Garver, Katalyst Healthcares & Life Sciences, and Burns & McDonnell, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. At this level, hiring tends to come from aerospace, defense, medical device, and industrial manufacturing firms that maintain rigorous compliance and certification requirements.
Are there remote senior level program quality engineer jobs?
Yes, though availability varies by industry. About 20% of senior level program quality engineer openings are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, with hybrid arrangements more common in sectors where hands-on process oversight or facility audits are part of the role. Fully remote positions tend to concentrate in software quality and program management functions.
What makes a program quality engineer role senior level?
Senior level roles are defined by scope and ownership. Where mid-level engineers execute quality plans, senior engineers design them, set standards across programs, and are accountable for outcomes. Expectations include leading quality planning for major programs, resolving complex supplier or compliance issues independently, and mentoring less experienced engineers. Cross-functional influence, not just technical execution, is the core distinction.
Which industries hire the most senior level program quality engineers?
Senior Level program quality engineer roles concentrate in Consulting & Professional Services, Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals, and Technology & Software, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors drive demand because they operate under strict regulatory frameworks, complex supply chains, and high-stakes product performance standards that require seasoned quality leadership rather than general engineering support.