Quality Engineering Lead

Optum; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Optum is seeking an Automation QA engineer to design and develop automation frameworks using Java, Cucumber, and Maven. You will lead QA practices, perform end-to-end and integration testing, and mentor team members. The role includes cloud deployments, extensive test coverage, and building reliable environments.

Strong automation, RESTful services, and GitHub pipelines are essential. The candidate should be proficient with Selenium, Jenkins, and AI-assisted development, and capable of

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent certification.
• Solid knowledge on Selenium, Java, Maven, Cucumber, RESTful Service Automation, GitHub, Jenkins pipeline for build automation.
• Ability to use AI Tools like GitHub Copilot, Codex, Claude for faster development.
• Capability to lead and mentor other automation members.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop automation frameworks using Java, Cucumber, Maven, Webservices.
• Lead Quality practice, E2E automation, Integration testing and mentor team members.
• Deploy on cloud environment.
• Ensure extensive test coverage.
• Be capable of building, deploying and managing own environment.
• Develop quality automation code and maintaining the same.
• Database testing.
• Test plan, test case, and test script creation and execution.
• Requirements analysis and estimation.
• Environment validation.
• Investigate issues and provide analysis.
• Defect and trend tracking, reporting, and analysis.
• Use of QA methodology and processes.
• Be a member of Scrum team.
• Assess and interpret customer needs and requirements; identify solutions to non-standard requests and problems.
• Use AI Tools like GitHub Copilot, Codex, Claude for faster development.

Skills

Java

Cucumber

Maven

Web services

Education

Bachelor's degree in information systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

GitHub

Jenkins

Azure

Kafka

MongoDB

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:

• Design and develop automation frameworks using Java, Cucumber, Maven, Webservies
• Lead Quality practice, E2E automation, Integration testing and Mentor Team Members
• Deploy on cloud environment
• Ensure extensive test coverage
• Be capable of building, deploying and managing own environment
• Develop quality automation code and maintaining the same
• Database testing
• Test plan, test case, and test script creation and execution
• Requirements analysis and estimation
• Environment validation
• Investigate issues and provide analysis
• Defect and trend tracking, reporting, and analysis
• Use of QA methodology and processes
• Be a member of Scrum team
• Assess and interpret customer needs and requirements
  Identify solutions to non-standard requests and problems
• Use AI Tools like GitHub Copilot, Codex, Claude for faster development
• 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:

• Bachelor''s degree in information systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent certification
• Solid knowledge on Selenium, Java, Maven, Cucumber, RESTful Service Automation, GitHub, Jenkins pipeline for build automation
• Ability to use AI Tools like GitHub Copilot, Codex, Claude for faster development
• Capability to lead and mentor other automation members

Preferred Qualification:

• Skills on Azure, Kafka, MongoDB, Domain Driven Design, Event Driven Design and DevOps

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.