SDET Manager: AI-Driven Quality Engineering Leader

CVS Health Corporation; Springfield (IL); On-site; 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 hands-on technical leadership role focuses on modernizing testing and embedding AI-driven capabilities into the SDLC, translating business workflows into scalable automated tests.

You will mentor a team of SDETs, drive AI-enhanced test strategies, move automation onto AWS-native services, and ensure solutions are scalable, compliant, and

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.
• Drive the migration of automation frameworks and test data management onto AWS-native services (e.g., Bedrock, Lambda, Step Functions) for scalable QE pipelines.
• Advance the team's testing model from AI-assisted to agent-orchestrated QE with autonomous agents managing planning, execution, and triage.
• Translate business processes across Sales & Acquisition into actionable automation strategies.
• 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 artifacts and governance.
• Integrate LLM-based tooling into existing test automation frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and enterprise platforms like GitHub, Jira, and internal data systems.
• Drive adoption of modern automation frameworks integrated into CI/CD pipelines with quality gates and regression intelligence.

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript

Java

Python

API testing

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred, or equivalent

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 hands-on technical leadership role focuses on modernizing testing and embedding AI-driven capabilities into the SDLC, translating business workflows into scalable automated tests.

You will mentor a team of SDETs, drive AI-enhanced test strategies, move automation onto AWS-native services, and ensure solutions are scalable, compliant, and