Job Description

** Quality Assurance Engineer**

The PA Health Data Platforms team is looking for an experienced Quality Assurance Engineer to play a core part of the software development, maintenance and delivery process. By applying ingenuity to the building of data platforms for the clinical and biopharmaceutical community, PA aspires to change the course of care across the medical spectrum.

The team develops and maintains complex cloud-based systems to store and deliver sensitive clinical data to physicians, regulators, and scientists. We are looking for a passionate Quality Assurance Engineer to join our dynamic team and ensure the highest quality standards for our products.

Qualifications

Requirements:

· Programming & Test Automation

• Proficiency in programming for test automation, utilizing languages such as Python, JavaScript, and TypeScript.

• Hands-on experience with test automation tools and frameworks, including Playwright or similar.

• Familiarity with Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) using frameworks such as Cucumber.

• Experience in implementing both API and UI testing to validate end-to-end web app interactions.

• Ability to effectively balance manual and automated testing efforts.

· Quality Assurance & Test Management

• Solid understanding of test planning, design, overall management of the QA lifecycle.

• Practical experience with functional, regression, exploratory, and manual testing methodologies.

• Skilled in defining and executing test strategies within agile frameworks to ensure comprehensive validation of new features.

· Continuous Integration & Delivery (CI/CD), DevOps & Environment Provisioning

• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps.

• Proficiency in version control and environment provisioning to ensure scalable test environments.

• Knowledge of SQL for querying and managing databases in test environments.

• Experience with Shell/Bash scripting to automate and streamline test workflows.

• Ability to contribute to DevOps practices, enhancing the efficiency, reliability and scalability of test automation workflows.

· Cross-Team Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Strong collaboration skills with developers, product owners, and cross-functional teams.

• Effective communication skills to advocate for QA best practices.

· Education

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field.

Additional Information

Flexible Hybrid Working Schedule (Boston, MA)

** Benefits package at PA**

• Group medical insurance
• Health Savings Account with company match
• Teladoc and informed Nurse line resources
• Long term care plan
• Group dental insurance
• Vision plan
• 401(k) Savings Plan with company profit sharing contribution
• Commuter and Parking tax-savings benefit
• 15 days paid vacation days with the opportunity to buy five additional days
• 10 paid Holidays plus 10 paid sick days
• Company and Voluntary income protection benefits
• Gym and health incentive reimbursement
• Pet and legal insurance Plans
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Annual performance-based bonus

In compliance with Colorado’s, New York & Massachusetts's Equal Pay Transparency Act, PA is required to provide a reasonable salary range for this role. This salary range is specific to the State of Massachusetts and is commensurate with experience, market data, applicant skills, internal equity and/or degrees/certifications. Salary Range: Low: $ 80,000 - High: $110,000