Quality Engineer III (Remote)

Availity delivers revenue cycle and related business solutions for health care professionals who want to build healthy, thriving organizations. Availity has the powerful tools, actionable insights and expansive network reach that medical businesses need to get an edge in an industry constantly redefined by change.

At Availity, we're not just another Healthcare Technology company; we're pioneers reshaping the future of healthcare! With our headquarters in vibrant Jacksonville, FL, and an exciting office in Bangalore, India, along with an exceptional remote workforce across the United States, we're a global team united by a powerful mission.

We're on a mission to bring the focus back to what truly matters – patient care. As the leading healthcare engagement platform, we're the heartbeat of an industry that impacts millions. With over 2 million providers connected to health plans, and processing over 12 billion transactions annually, our influence is continually expanding.

Join our energetic, dynamic, and forward-thinking team where your ideas are celebrated, innovation is encouraged, and every contribution counts. We're transforming the healthcare landscape, solving communication challenges, and creating connections that empower the nation's premier healthcare ecosystem.

Reporting into the Manager, Software Engineering, the Quality Engineer III is responsible for continuously improving the quality of the company’s product line by preventing, quickly detecting, and validating product and process defects, to deliver market and customer driven business results. You will evaluate the test results, prepare change requests and generate measures to assess the product quality. In this role you will work with an integrated team of developers, product managers, product owners, and system analysts for test planning, test automation and execution, and product validation.

• Sponsorship, in any form, is not available for this position.
• Location: Remote, US 
• Why you want to work on this team:
• You strive to join a team that supports a high transactional platform that directly impacts patient experience by delivering a quality product.
• You are excited to belong to a team that is driven to continually improve process and enhance platform capabilities.
• You are a quality evangelist and are passionate about delivering high performing, functional software to the healthcare industry.

To be qualified for this position you:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent
• Must have working knowledge of test management and manual/automated testing tools for regression, cross browser and functional testing.
• Must have experience in an Agile and/or SCRUM environment.
• Experience with Scaled Agile (SAFe) is a plus.
• Must have 8+ years of working automation experience.
• Must have 5+ years of experience with AWS.
• 5+ years of experience with JavaScript (or similar languages).
• 5+ years of experience in business/systems testing.
• 3+ years of experience with Cucumber with Selenium WebDriver
• Must have strong experience using SQL for creating, updating and deleting for the management of test data.
• Must be able to work cross-functionally to:
• Must have knowledge of underlying technologies supporting the applications under test i.e., REST API’s, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, C#, Java, SQL, SFTP, microservices, and cloud architecture.
• Must have working knowledge/experience with:
• Ability to showcase an understanding of general testing techniques such as functional, integration performance and regression testing.
• Identify gaps or missing elements across the test cycle.
• Collaborate with User Experience and Customer Support to incorporate customer feedback into testing approaches.
• Provide insights on best practices to ensure that deadlines are executed.
• Agile work planning tools (JIRA or similar).
• Source-control change management software (GIT or similar).
• Test management software (TestRail or similar).
• Continuous integration tools (GitLab Actions or similar).
• Application performance management (NewRelic, Splunk, or similar).

You will set yourself apart with:

• Docker experience.
• Experience leveraging AI tools.
• Healthcare industry experience.

You Will Be:

• Assigned to a SCRUM team operating in 2-week sprints, you will be developing test plans, test scenarios and test cases based on the business, user, and functional/nonfunctional requirements.
• Participating in daily stand ups at 9:15 AM ET.
• Participating in weekly planning and refinement meetings.
• Contributing to retrospectives and the inspection phase of SCRUM.
• Utilizing JIRA for project planning and tracking.
• Collaborating with the Product Owner on a regular basis.
• Sharing your knowledge and expertise with your team members, as well as mentoring junior engineers to improve the overall quality of automation at Availity.
• Creating and executing automated tests using user-level test automation tools and/or behavioral-driven test scenarios.
• Validating and documenting the completion of testing and development processes to ensure compliance standards are met​.

Availity Culture And Benefits:

• Availity is a certified “Great Place to Work”! Culture is important to us and there are many ways for you to make your mark here!
• We have several Diversity & Inclusion teams, a Young Professionals Group, a She Can Code IT group for women in tech, and various ways to engage with fellow Availity associates. 
• Availity is a culture of continuous learning. We have many resources and experts in our tech stack and in our industry that can help get you there too!
• Don’t feel like wearing business attire? Cool, you can wear jeans – we are a casual place.
• We offer a competitive salary, bonus structure, generous HSA company contribution, healthcare, vision, dental benefits and a 401k match program that you can take advantage of on day one! 
• We offer unlimited PTO for salaried associates + 9 paid holidays. Hourly associates start at 19 days of PTO and go up from there with all the same holiday benefits. 
• Interested in wellness? We allow our associates to reimburse up to $250/year for gym memberships, participation in racing events, weight management programs, etc.
• Interested in furthering your education? We offer education reimbursement!
• Availity offers Paid Parental Leave for both moms and dads, both birth parents and adoptive parents. 
• Want to work for an organization that gives back to the community? You’re at the right place! Availity partners with various organizations, both locally and nationally, to raise awareness, funds and morale as our staff members volunteer their time and funds to engage the organizations campaign.

Next Steps:

After you apply, you will receive text/email messages thanking you for applying and then you will continue to receive more text/email messages alerting you as to where you are in the recruitment process. 

Interview Process:

• Recruiter Recorded Video Pre-Screen
• Video Interview with Hiring Manager
• Technical Video Panel Interview
• Video Interview with Senior Director, Software Development
• Video Interview with Chief Data and Engineering Officer

Video Camera Usage:

Availity fosters a collaborative and open culture where communication and engagement are central to our success.  As a remote first company, we are also camera-first and provide all associates with camera/video capability to simulate the office environment. If you are not able to use your camera for all virtual meetings, you should not apply for this role.

Having cameras on helps create a more connected, interactive, and productive environment, allowing teams to communicate more effectively and build stronger working relationships.  The usage of cameras also enhances security and protects sensitive company information. Video participation is required to ensure that only authorized personnel are present in meetings and to prevent unauthorized access, data breaches, preventing social engineering, or the sharing of confidential information with non-participants.

Disclaimers:

Availity is an equal opportunity employer and makes decisions in employment matters without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws and ordinances.

Availity is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

NOTICE: Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States. When required by state law or federal regulation, Availity uses I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification in conjunction with E-Verify to determine employment eligibility. Learn more about E-Verify at http://www.dhs.gov/e-verify.

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