Sr QA Engineer

As a Senior QA Engineer at Abacus Insights, you will define and implement test strategies for our products, ensuring functional and performance testing processes meet the highest standards. You'll develop automation test cases and contribute to CI/CD pipelines, working with complex data applications on Azure and AWS platforms. Collaborating with various teams, you’ll also participate in internal software reviews to uphold our commitment to quality.

To be effective as a Senior QA Engineer at Abacus Insights, you should possess a strong understanding of the Software Lifecycle and Quality Assurance processes for both manual and automated testing. Experience with Azure and AWS platforms, along with a proficiency in creating automated frameworks using tools like pytest and junit, are essential. Familiarity with healthcare standards and database systems like MongoDB and SQL is also highly valued.

At Abacus Insights, we ensure software quality through continuous and iterative testing practices. As a Senior QA Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in defining robust test strategies, participating in internal software component reviews, and creating detailed test plans that adhere to industry best practices. This collaborative approach ensures that we maintain high standards across all our software releases.

The work environment for a Senior QA Engineer at Abacus Insights is collaborative and innovative. As a remote role, you’ll enjoy the flexibility of working from home while engaging with a dynamic team dedicated to transforming healthcare data. We emphasize communication, creativity, and a shared passion for driving better healthcare outcomes through technology.

In your role as a Senior QA Engineer at Abacus Insights, you will work with cutting-edge technologies including Azure and AWS platforms, various testing frameworks like pytest and junit, and database systems such as MongoDB and SQL. You will also be involved in developing automation test cases that contribute to our CI/CD pipelines, ensuring the robustness of our applications.

When answering, focus on specific frameworks you've used, such as pytest or junit. Discuss how you designed and implemented these frameworks, the challenges you faced, and how your work improved testing efficiency or software quality.

Discuss the process you use to create clear, testable acceptance criteria. Emphasize the importance of collaboration with stakeholders to ensure all necessary functionalities are captured and clearly understood.

Explain how relevant data is critical for testing, especially in the healthcare domain. Provide examples of how you validate data consistency and integrity, particularly when working with complex data applications.

Share specific instances where you’ve performed performance testing, detailing the tools used, metrics you evaluated, and how the results influenced the development or optimization of the application.

Highlight your familiarity with building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for automated testing. Discuss any tools you've used, how you integrated testing into the pipeline, and the benefits that arose from this automation.

Talk about your commitment to continuous learning, mentioning industry blogs, webinars, certifications, and professional communities you follow to keep abreast of evolving QA practices and technologies.

Provide a specific example of a complicated issue. Detail your investigation process, the tools you utilized to isolate the bug, how you collaborated with developers to resolve it, and what you learned from the experience.

Discuss your time management skills and ability to prioritize tasks under pressure. Provide examples from past experiences where you successfully delivered quality work against tight schedules.

Emphasize the importance of clear and regular communication. Talk about your approach to sharing testing insights and collaborating on bug fixes with developers and product teams, ensuring everyone is aligned on requirements and timelines.

Share your passion for healthcare technology and how it aligns with Abacus Insights’ mission to improve health outcomes. Discuss what excites you about the company’s innovative approach to data and how your skills can contribute to their vision.