Staff Quality Engineer

CVS Health; Connecticut; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 261,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligible

Equity awards

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking an experienced Staff Quality Engineer to drive testing of healthcare applications. You will develop test plans, execute functional/regression/UI tests, and validate data while coordinating with analysts, developers, and stakeholders to ensure quality and on-time delivery.

The role requires Medicare/health insurance domain knowledge, strong QA methodology, SDLC expertise, and hands-on experience with automation tools like Selenium and Power Automate.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance, application testing, or a related discipline.
• Experience within the Medicare or Health Insurance domain, with knowledge of claims, member benefits, payor, and provider processes.
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), and testing best practices.
• Hands-on experience developing and executing test plans, test cases, and test scripts for functional, regression, integration, and UI testing.
• Experience with test automation tools, such as Selenium, Power Automate, or similar technologies.
• Strong experience performing user interface testing and validating end-to-end application workflows.
• Ability to write and execute SQL queries for backend and data validation.
• Hands-on experience with defect identification, documentation, tracking, retesting, and resolution validation.
• Experience using JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar Agile/test management tools.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment, including creating and managing test cases aligned with user stories and participating in Agile ceremonies.
• Ability to analyze requirements, identify testing impacts, determine appropriate regression coverage, and collaborate with business analysts and developers.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Self-driven and detail-oriented, with the ability to independently manage assigned QA activities and meet delivery timelines with minimal guidance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute comprehensive test plans and test cases for healthcare applications.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, UI, and data validation testing and manage defects through resolution.
• Collaborate with business analysts, developers, and stakeholders to clarify requirements and ensure regression coverage.
• Contribute to test strategy, risk assessment, and improved testing processes.

Skills

QA methodologies

SDLC

SQL queries

Agile/Scrum

JIRA

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Test automation

UI testing

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Selenium

Power Automate

Job description

We're building a world of health around every individual - shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you'll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger - helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Staff Quality Engineer professional to support the testing and delivery of healthcare applications. This role is responsible for developing and executing comprehensive test plans and test cases, performing functional, regression, integration, UI, and data validation testing, and managing defects through resolution. The ideal candidate will bring strong knowledge of QA methodologies, SDLC, SQL, Agile/Scrum practices, and test management tools such as JIRA, along with experience in Medicare or Health Insurance domains. The position requires close collaboration with business analysts, developers, and other stakeholders to clarify requirements, assess impacts, ensure adequate regression coverage, and deliver high-quality solutions on schedule.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.


• 5+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance, application testing, or a related discipline.


• Experience within the Medicare or Health Insurance domain, with knowledge of areas such as claims, member benefits, payor, and provider processes.


• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), and testing best practices.


• Hands-on experience developing and executing test plans, test cases, and test scripts for functional, regression, integration, and UI testing.


• Experience with test automation tools, such as Selenium, Power Automate, or similar technologies.


• Strong experience performing user interface testing and validating end-to-end application workflows.


• Ability to write and execute SQL queries for backend and data validation.


• Hands-on experience with defect identification, documentation, tracking, retesting, and resolution validation.


• Experience using JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar Agile/test management tools.


• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment, including creating and managing test cases aligned with user stories and participating in Agile ceremonies.


• Ability to analyze requirements, identify testing impacts, determine appropriate regression coverage, and collaborate with business analysts and developers.


• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.


• Self-driven and detail-oriented, with the ability to independently manage assigned QA activities and meet delivery timelines with minimal guidance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Adept at problem solving and decision making skills


• Adept at collaboration and teamwork


• Adept at growth mindset (agility and developing yourself and others) skills


• Adept at execution and delivery (planning, delivering, and supporting) skills


• Adept at business intelligence


• Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) preferred.


• Education Bachelor's degree preferred/specialized training/relevant professional qualification.

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is: $130,295.00 - $260,590.00 This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. This position also includes an award target in the company's equity award program.

Great benefits for great people

We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families. This full-time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of colleagues and their families. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility. Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 10/28/2026 Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.

Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about us:

Our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area.