Senior Software Quality Engineer – Hybrid

Vizient, Inc

. Lead quality strategies for applications, APIs, data flows, integrations, and user experiences .

Posted 10/27/2026full-timeIrving • Texas • United StatesSenior💰 $88,900 - $155,500 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading quality strategies for applications and APIs, with a strong focus on automation, risk-based validation, and integration into CI/CD pipelines. Proficient in developing and maintaining automated tests while ensuring adherence to quality standards and best practices.

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Test Automation FrameworksREST API TestingCI/CD IntegrationSQL Data ValidationQuality Assurance Leadership

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Hard Skills

Test AutomationQuality EngineeringRegression TestingRoot-Cause AnalysisData ValidationPerformance TestingAccessibility TestingEvent-Driven IntegrationsDistributed Systems TestingDefect Management

Soft Skills

Problem-SolvingCommunicationCollaborationLeadershipAttention to Detail

Tools & Technologies

PlaywrightSeleniumCypressSQLPostgreSQLCI/CD ToolsAI-Assisted Testing ToolsQuality Reporting ToolsTest Data Management ToolsReusable Test Utilities

Industry Keywords

Software Quality EngineeringTest AutomationQuality StandardsRisk-Based ValidationSoftware Development LifecycleAgile MethodologiesContinuous ImprovementObservabilityOperational ReadinessCustomer Focus

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CypressDistributed SystemsPostgresSeleniumSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead quality strategies for applications, APIs, data flows, integrations, and user experiences
Establish test approaches, quality standards, automation patterns, and risk-based validation practices
Review requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, designs, and technical approaches for ambiguity, risk, dependencies, and testability
Design and maintain automated tests for web applications, APIs, integrations, workflows, and data validations
Develop end-to-end, integration, regression, smoke, functional, exploratory, performance, accessibility, and security tests
Validate REST APIs, authentication, authorization, workflows, data exchanges, event-driven integrations, and distributed systems
Validate data across application, API, pipeline, and database layers
Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and establish quality gates
Lead failure analysis, defect triage, root-cause analysis, and risk assessment
Collaborate with engineering teams to resolve defects and improve system design, testability, and reliability
Contribute to accessibility, security, performance, observability, and operational-readiness validation
Define evaluation approaches for AI-enabled and agentic capabilities
Use AI-assisted testing and development tools responsibly
Participate in technical design, refinement, code reviews, demonstrations, retrospectives, and continuous improvement
Contribute to repository guidance, reusable test patterns, quality documentation, and Software Factory workflows
Mentor quality engineers and developers and promote shared ownership of quality

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Quality Assurance, or a related field, or equivalent experience
Six or more years of experience in software quality engineering, software testing, test automation, or a related field
Experience defining and implementing quality strategies for complex applications and services
Experience developing and maintaining automated tests for web applications, APIs, integrations, and data workflows
Advanced experience with Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, or a comparable test automation framework
Experience testing REST APIs, authentication, authorization, event-driven integrations, and distributed systems
Experience with test planning, test design, defect management, regression testing, and root-cause analysis
Experience validating data using SQL and relational databases such as PostgreSQL
Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and delivery workflows
Experience with data-level testing, event-driven systems, asynchronous processing, or distributed applications
Experience with accessibility, security, performance, resilience, and observability testing
Familiarity with test automation frameworks, reusable test utilities, test data management, quality reporting, and test architecture
Strong understanding of software development, testing, and quality engineering lifecycles
Strong understanding of application security, secure test practices, accessibility, performance, and observability validation
Ability to analyze requirements and technical designs to identify risks, gaps, dependencies, and testability concerns
Strong problem-solving, communication, documentation, leadership, and collaboration skills
Experience delivering quality validation incrementally through small, independently testable units of work
Demonstrated ownership, accountability, sound judgment, attention to detail, and commitment to product quality
Ability to receive feedback, apply it, and continuously improve individual and team practices
Commitment to collaboration, customer focus, integrity, inclusion, and engineering excellence

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive benefits plan
Incentive eligible
Opportunities for personal and professional development