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Senior Quality Engineering Lead

Optum

5 - 10 years

Chennai

Posted: 22/08/2025

Job Description

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 inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Automation and Manual testing for Web and APIs. Create test plans, scenarios, execute and ensure 100% automation
  • Design, develop and execute, maintain automation frame work using visual, BDD/TDD approaches for Web and API applications
  • Be able to quickly learn new tools for web/API testing (e.g., RESTful/SOAP APIs, Chaos testing, Postman tools etc.), do POCs and incorporate as per the project needs
  • Be passionate to enhance or refractor existing test framework by adopting industry best practices/tools. Looks for opportunities to enhance QE aspects in different stages of SDLC and implementation of the same
  • Be able to asses, implement best engineering practices on continuous testing and automated performance tests etc. To achieve this, candidate should be able to collaborate with other team members and advance the automation
  • Be able to understand cloud platform(s), infrastructure and come up with various test scenarios
  • Be able to plan test strategies for distributed environments and automate
  • Be able to do RCA (Root-Cause-Analysis) for defects, collaborate with engineering teams as required for this, identify improvement areas for better test coverage
  • 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:

  • Graduate or Post Graduate in Computer Science or Engineering or Science or Mathematics or related field
  • Experience to have implemented performance, load, fail-over, Security and DR testing
  • Experience to have done significant contributions to enhance Automation framework (design test plans, scenarios, automate, execution and report results).
  • Hands-on experience on Java Selenium, Java or J2EE, SQL, Protractor JS, JMeter (or any other load test tools).
  • Technical Skills
    • AI Engineering: Hands-on experience building and deploying AI models in real-world applications
    • Cloud Platforms: Experience with Microsoft Azure and Log analysis
    • Databases: Familiar with SQL Server and T-SQL
    • Programming Languages: Proficient in Javascript, Java , SpringBoot and Linux
    • Agile Scrum: Proven expertise in leading Agile teams, Scrum practices, and certified in PMP or SAFe
    • Testing: Proven skilled in API & Performance Testing (JMeter & Playwrights)
    • Version Control and DevOps: Proven comfortable using GitHub and working with CI/CD pipelines
  • Good understanding of Agile processes, participate in scrum ceremonies and be able to present product functionalities to stakeholders
  • Expert in Web, API and Automation & Manual Testing
  • Exposure to Behavior Driven Development and test-driven development (BDD and TDD).
  • Knowledge of SQL and any DB tools.
  • Proven good grasp on Software Testing Life Cycle.
  • Proven solid communication, presentation, collaboration, analytical and troubleshooting skills

Preferred Qualifications: 

  • Health care industry experience
  • Experience on cross-browser testing and exposure tools like Sauce Labs.
  • Healthcare knowledge

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.

Country: IN

About Company

Optum is a leading health services and innovation company, part of UnitedHealth Group. It combines data, technology, and clinical expertise to improve healthcare delivery, reduce costs, and enhance outcomes. Optum operates across three core areas: OptumHealth (care delivery), OptumInsight (data and analytics), and OptumRx (pharmacy care services), serving millions of individuals, employers, and healthcare organizations globally.

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