Lead QA Engineer - API & Mobile Testing

Covet Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Covet Health is seeking a proactive QA Engineer to lead quality assurance, design automated testing frameworks, and collaborate across teams to ensure bug-free deployments of our healthcare platforms. You will help establish testing standards, build from scratch, and drive reliability for providers, brokers, members, and employers.

The role involves testing mobile apps (iOS/Android) and web applications, designing robust test scripts, and working with the CTO and product teams to meet quality

Qualifications

• 2+ years of full-time QA engineering experience, focusing on both manual and automated testing, or equivalent experience demonstrating the ability to manage complex QA lifecycles.
• B.S. degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related discipline, or demonstrable relevant experience.
• Willingness and ability to learn new skills and techniques. We value diverse experiences and curiosity.
• Experience building automation frameworks for mobile apps (e.g., Appium, Flutter Integration Tests) and modern web applications (e.g., Cypress, Playwright, Selenium).
• Strong experience testing backend services and APIs (REST, GraphQL) using tools like Postman, automated scripts, or backend testing frameworks.
• Experience integrating automated test suites into continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines (e.g., Bitbucket Pipelines, GitHub Actions, GitLab).
• Familiarity with querying databases (SQL/noSQL) to validate data integrity and set up test environments.
• Basic understanding of application architectures (Monolith vs. microservice) and environment management tools (e.g., Docker) to assist in spun-up test environments.
• Understanding of basic security testing concepts (e.g., OWASP Top 10) or willingness to learn cyber security validation during QA.

Responsibilities

• Set QA direction and establish testing standards as an early engineering team member.
• Design, write, and maintain robust automated test scripts (E2E, API, UI).
• Collaborate with CTO, product managers, and developers to define quality benchmarks.
• Support testing of core infrastructure APIs, mobile apps (iOS/Android), and web apps.
• Manage bug tracking, triage issues, and assist engineers in troubleshooting.
• Engage in code reviews for test automation and ensure testability in features from day one.
• Prioritize security by identifying vulnerabilities and protecting PHI in test data.

Skills

Manual testing

Automation testing

QA strategy

Cross-functional collaboration

Security testing

Education

BS in CS or related

Equivalent experience

Tools

Appium

Cypress

Playwright

Selenium

Postman

Docker

GitHub Actions

Job description

Covet Health is seeking a proactive QA Engineer to lead quality assurance, design automated testing frameworks, and collaborate across teams to ensure bug-free deployments of our healthcare platforms. You will help establish testing standards, build from scratch, and drive reliability for providers, brokers, members, and employers.

The role involves testing mobile apps (iOS/Android) and web applications, designing robust test scripts, and working with the CTO and product teams to meet quality