QA Lead (SDET)

VIMO INC; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Life, Disability, and Vision insurance

Retirement benefits (401k)

Paid time off

Job summary

VIMO INC is seeking a QA Lead (SDET) to oversee testing for a complex web-based health insurance marketplace in Mountain View, California. This role combines hands-on testing (70%) with leadership responsibilities (30%), focusing on building automation and improving quality assurance processes.

The ideal candidate will lead a distributed team in the US and India, ensuring successful deployments while collaborating with various stakeholders to enhance QA practices using modern tools and methodologies.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in manual testing of web applications.
• Solid understanding of QA methodologies, processes, and test design techniques.
• Experience testing APIs and data-driven systems.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end QA delivery for a client deployment.
• Define and drive automation-first test strategy.
• Design, develop, and maintain test automation frameworks.

Skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Experience as SDET or automation-focused QA engineer

Proficiency in one programming language

Strong experience with SQL and data validation

Experience leading or mentoring engineers

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Automation tools (e.g., Playwright, Cypress, Selenium)

Job description

Job Details

Level: Management

Job Location: California - Mountain View, CA 94043

Salary Range: $140,000.00 - $170,000.00 Salary/year

About Vimo

Vimo® started as the “Expedia” of health insurance and has evolved into a leader in transforming government IT infrastructure with its proven SaaS and AI technology. Our innovative approach to health insurance shopping and enrollment has expanded beyond exchanges, and we are now reinventing how states administer safety net programs such as Medicaid, SNAP (food stamps), child care, and unemployment insurance. With our cutting‑edge technology, we are helping agencies serve more people, faster, and transforming healthcare service delivery as we know it.

Job Title

QA Lead (SDET)

About the Role

We are seeking a QA Lead with a strong SDET background to lead testing for a complex web‑based health insurance marketplace. This is a hands‑on role (~70%) with team leadership responsibilities (~30%). You will be responsible for end‑to‑end quality of client deployment, with a focus on building and scaling automation, improving test infrastructure, and applying AI tools in the SDLC. You will also manage a small team in the US and a small team in India, ensuring consistent execution and delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end QA delivery for a client deployment, including planning, execution, and release readiness.
• Lead and manage a distributed QA/SDET team (US and India), including task assignment, prioritization, and technical guidance.
• Define and drive automation‑first test strategy, while ensuring effective manual testing where needed.
• Design, develop, and maintain test automation frameworks and tools.
• Write and review automated tests across UI, API, and integration layers.
• Support and collaborate with client test teams to ensure successful and timely completion of User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and other processes leading up to the release.
• Actively contribute to manual testing for new features, edge cases, and exploratory scenarios.
• Analyze requirements and workflows to design effective test coverage (manual + automated).
• Identify, document, and triage defects with clear reproduction steps and root cause insights.
• Use AI tools to improve testing, including test generation, defect analysis, and automation acceleration.
• Integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing and fast feedback.
• Collaborate closely with developers, product managers, release managers and various internal and external teams across time zones during each release.
• Track quality metrics, identify risks, and communicate status clearly to stakeholders.
• Continuously improve test frameworks, tooling, and QA processes.

Qualifications – Required

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with attention to detail.
• Strong experience as an SDET or automation‑focused QA engineer.
• Proven experience in manual testing of web applications.
• Solid understanding of QA methodologies, processes, and test design techniques.
• Strong experience with SQL and data validation.
• Experience managing QA for client‑facing or external deployments.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., JavaScript, Python, Java).
• Experience testing APIs and data‑driven systems.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience leading or mentoring engineers, including distributed/offshore teams.
• Comfortable using AI tools within the SDLC (e.g., AI‑assisted test creation, code generation, debugging, or analysis tools).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with modern automation tools (e.g., Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or similar).
• Familiarity with healthcare or health insurance or Medicaid domains.
• Experience with performance or load testing.
• Experience with cloud environments and microservices architectures.

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive compensation - All In range of ($140,000-$170,000). (Please note that salary and compensation may vary based on factors such as skills, experience, performance and location.)
• Health, Dental, Life, Disability, and Vision insurance.
• Healthcare spending or reimbursement accounts (HSA/FSA).
• Retirement benefits (401k).
• Paid time off.
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year.
• Education assistance or tuition reimbursement.
• Employee discounts for Gym memberships & commuting/travel assistance.

Information Security & Data Protection

This role may involve access to sensitive or regulated information. The candidate is expected to handle all data in accordance with company security, privacy, and data protection policies. Compliance with access control, data classification, and applicable legal and regulatory requirements is required.