Senior Quality Engineer I

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.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design and develop comprehensive automation frameworks for UI, API, Microservices, Integration, and performance testing, and contribute, debug, troubleshoot, and optimize existing automation scripts and frameworks
• Write high-quality, maintainable, and scalable automation scripts using Java, Cucumber, and Selenium, and design end-to-end automation frameworks for API testing with tools like Postman, Rest Assured, or equivalent
• Participate in agile ceremonies process and deliver stories/features according to the schedule
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Business, Product, Development, DevOps, QA) to identify and automate testing processes across the software lifecycle and create comprehensive test plans
• At time lead testing teams or work independently, fully owning project delivery, including both manual and automated testing tasks. Work effectively with onshore and offshore partners to ensure seamless integration and execution of testing activities
• Integrate automation frameworks with CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing and faster releases
  Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in developing and maintaining automation frameworks and tools
• Experience in API testing and automation using tools like Rest, Postman, or equivalent
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or GitHub Actions
• Experienced in writing efficient SQL queries for database interactions
• Experience with cloud platforms AWS or GCP, Containerization (e.g., Docker/Kubernetes), and microservices architecture
• Experience with writing efficient SQL queries, NoSQL for database interactions
• Experience working with cross-functional teams, including developers, business analysts, and product managers
• Expertise in using and implementing test automation and of end-to-end automation framework using Selenium, Junit, Mockito, Cucumber Cypress, Playwright, Appium, or similar
• Solid understanding of testing methodologies (e.g., TDD, BDD, data-driven testing)
• Solid knowledge of Java, including advanced concepts like multithreading, collections, and exception handling.  Experience with event-driven architecture, microservices
• Solid analytical skills to identify, analyze, and solve complex technical problems

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes – an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.