AI-Driven SDET Manager: Quality Engineering Lead

RiseMe; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 93,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking an SDET Manager to lead Quality Engineering and software delivery transformation across the Medicare Sales & Acquisition ecosystem. This role will modernize how we build, test, and deliver software, including embedding AI-driven capabilities into the SDLC.

You will translate business workflows into scalable automated testing solutions, design automated SDLC pipelines, and mentor a high-performing SDET team while transitioning toward AWS-native test infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Software Development Engineering, Quality Engineering, or related technical disciplines.
• 2+ years of experience leading automation strategy and/or managing engineering teams.
• Strong hands-on experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, or Python.
• Experience building and integrating APIs and distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with API testing tools and frameworks (e.g. Postman,RestAssured, Karate).
• Proven experience with test automation frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Selenium, Cypress).
• Experience testing React-based applications, including component-level and end-to-end UI testing.
• Hands-on experience with AI/GenAI tools.
• Familiarity with Jira for workflow, defect tracking, and reporting.
• Ability to work East Coast business hours.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of AI-augmented Quality Engineering solutions - including agentic test generation, self-healing frameworks, and AI-assisted defect analysis - advancing the SDLC toward an AI-driven Automated Delivery Lifecycle (ADLC).
• Drive the migration of automation frameworks and test data management onto AWS-native services (e.g., Bedrock for model orchestration, Lambda/Step Functions for event-driven test pipelines), enabling QE to scale elastically with delivery volume rather than being infrastructure-constrained.
• Advance the team's testing model from AI-assisted to agent-orchestrated QE, where autonomous agents manage larger portions of the requirement-to-release cycle (test planning, execution, triage) with human review concentrated at key decision gates.
• Translate business processes across Sales & Acquisition into actionable automation strategies and validation models.
• Design and implement automated SDLC pipelines, including requirement-to-test generation, PR impact analysis, and automated validation workflows.
• Establish evaluation frameworks and quality gates for AI-generated test artifacts and automation outputs, including prompt/response validation, guardrails, and responsible AI governance within the testing lifecycle.
• Integrate LLM-based and AI-assisted tooling (test generation, orchestration frameworks, cloud-native services) into existing test automation frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and enterprise platforms such as GitHub, Jira, and internal data systems.
• Drive adoption of modern automation frameworks (UI, API, data validation) integrated into CI/CD pipelines with quality gates and regression intelligence -with particular focus on API test coverage and React component/UI testing given the current tech stack.
• Manage, mentor, and grow a team of SDETs, setting technical direction and career development paths.
• Partner with cross-functional teams (Business, Product, Engineering, DevOps, QE) to ensure solutions are scalable, compliant, and aligned with business outcomes.
• Partner with business and technology teams to identify high-value opportunities for AI-driven test automation and translate them into scalable Quality Engineering solutions.
• Establish standards, governance models, and reusable automation assets, including prompt libraries and automation accelerators.
• Monitor and improve key engineering metrics such as automation coverage, defect leakage, cycle time, and delivery efficiency.
• Communicate automation strategy and AI-driven quality initiatives clearly to engineering teams, architects, product owners, business stakeholders, and senior leadership.
• Stay current with evolving automation technologies, AI/agent-based workflows, and enterprise automation best practices.

Skills

Automation strategy

JavaScript/TypeScript

Java

Python

API testing

Test automation

React testing

AI/GenAI tools

Jira

East Coast hours

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Postman

RestAssured

Karate

Playwright

Selenium

Cypress

Job description

CVS Health is seeking an SDET Manager to lead Quality Engineering and software delivery transformation across the Medicare Sales & Acquisition ecosystem. This role will modernize how we build, test, and deliver software, including embedding AI-driven capabilities into the SDLC.

You will translate business workflows into scalable automated testing solutions, design automated SDLC pipelines, and mentor a high-performing SDET team while transitioning toward AWS-native test infrastructure.