Remote Automation QA Architect & AI-Driven Testing

Humana; United States; Remote; USD 157,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligible

Occasional travel

Job summary

Humana is seeking a Principal Automation Segment Architect to lead enterprise automation, AI-enabled quality engineering, and framework strategy across Humana's technology landscape. You will define standards, mentor engineers, and drive scalable automation for web, API, and cloud-native environments.

You will partner with Engineering, DevOps, Product, and QA teams to accelerate delivery, ensure traceability, and elevate quality through AI-driven testing and modern automation practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
• 10+ years of software quality engineering, automation engineering, SDET, or software engineering experience.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience designing and implementing enterprise automation frameworks.
• Deep expertise with automation technologies including Selenium, Playwright, Tricentis Tosca, Cypress, Appium, API Automation frameworks.
• Extensive experience with Azure DevOps (ADO), qTest, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.
• Strong programming skills in Java, C#, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, or similar.
• Experience implementing automation solutions for web, API, microservices, cloud-native, and distributed applications.
• Strong understanding of Agile, DevOps, CI, CT, and CD practices.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute Humana's enterprise automation architecture strategy and roadmap.
• Establish reusable enterprise automation frameworks supporting web, mobile, API, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Create standards, reference architectures, patterns, and best practices for quality engineering and automation across all business segments.
• Evaluate emerging automation technologies and AI-driven testing solutions to continuously improve engineering effectiveness.
• Serve as the enterprise automation subject matter expert for modern quality engineering practices.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks using Selenium, Playwright, Tosca, REST Assured, Cypress, Appium, and related tools.
• Lead integration of automation frameworks into CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and other enterprise delivery platforms.
• Drive continuous improvement of automation reliability, maintainability, performance, and execution efficiency.
• Support centralized automation platform capabilities that enable multiple delivery teams across the enterprise.
• Establish enterprise integration patterns across test management and delivery tools including Azure DevOps, qTest, Tosca, Jira, and CI/CD platforms.
• Enable end-to-end traceability between requirements, user stories, test cases, automation assets, defects, releases, and production outcomes.
• Mentor quality engineers, SDETs, automation engineers, and technical leaders on enterprise automation practices.
• Create reusable playbooks, standards, training materials, and onboarding programs.
• Define and implement AI-enabled testing strategies, tools, and practices across the organization.
• Lead development and adoption of AI-based testing agents capable of test generation, self-healing automation, defect prediction, risk-based testing, and intelligent test execution.
• Evaluate emerging Generative AI technologies and intelligent automation platforms for quality engineering use cases.
• Establish frameworks for AI-assisted test design, automated script generation, and test maintenance optimization.
• Partner with engineering teams to integrate AI capabilities into quality engineering workflows and delivery pipelines.
• Drive innovation through intelligent automation and predictive quality analytics.

Skills

Automation leadership

Quality engineering

SDET capabilities

Software testing

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Engineering / IT

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Tricentis Tosca

Cypress

Appium

Azure DevOps

qTest

Job description

Humana is seeking a Principal Automation Segment Architect to lead enterprise automation, AI-enabled quality engineering, and framework strategy across Humana's technology landscape. You will define standards, mentor engineers, and drive scalable automation for web, API, and cloud-native environments.

You will partner with Engineering, DevOps, Product, and QA teams to accelerate delivery, ensure traceability, and elevate quality through AI-driven testing and modern automation practices.