Senior QA Automation & Engineering Leader

Cotiviti; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Cotiviti seeks a Senior QA Engineering Manager to lead quality engineering strategy and build scalable automation across portfolios. You will own test automation architecture, CI/CD, and AI-based testing while mentoring a global QA team and embedding quality in the software lifecycle.

This leader partners with product, engineering, and delivery to drive zero-defect culture, metrics, and continuous improvement across cloud-based tooling and data-intensive domains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 12+ years IT/software experience including 10+ years leading automation or QA teams and 5+ years people management.
• Strong hands-on experience in Java and exposure to Python; architect and scale automation suites for API and UI testing.
• Proficiency with RestAssured, TestNG, Playwright, and BDD-Cucumber; CI/CD tooling like Jenkins, GitLab, Nexus, Maven.
• Experience with AI-based test automation and AI-driven development lifecycle (AIDLC) practices.
• Exposure to AWS cloud technologies and modern DevOps practices.
• Healthcare/payor or regulated data experience; HIPAA/test data practices a plus.
• Strong Agile and quality management practices.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the test automation strategy across multiple products and portfolios.
• Guide teams to adopt AI-based automation frameworks and RPA for faster feedback.
• Establish data management, environments, integration, and end-to-end testing strategy.
• Drive CI/CD and cloud tooling (Azure/AWS) across QA.
• Oversee CAB and ZDP processes; lead RCA to improve test coverage.
• Participate in sprint planning; provide effort and timeline estimates for automation.
• Define and report quality metrics to drive data-driven decisions.
• Lead and grow QA/automation engineers, including offshore staff; hire and coach.
• Partner with product, engineering, and delivery to align quality with roadmaps.
• Communicate strategy and risks to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Java

Python

RestAssured

TestNG

Playwright

BDD-Cucumber

Jenkins

GitLab

Nexus

Maven

AI-based testing

AWS

Agile methodology

Quality management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab

Nexus

Maven

Job description

Cotiviti seeks a Senior QA Engineering Manager to lead quality engineering strategy and build scalable automation across portfolios. You will own test automation architecture, CI/CD, and AI-based testing while mentoring a global QA team and embedding quality in the software lifecycle.

This leader partners with product, engineering, and delivery to drive zero-defect culture, metrics, and continuous improvement across cloud-based tooling and data-intensive domains.