Senior QA Automation Engineer (Founding SDET) | C#, Azure, APIs, SQL; healthcare a

Senior QA Automation Engineer (Founding SDET)

Location:

Orion Township (Auburn Hills area), MI | Hybrid. Increased on-site presence is expected during onboarding and hardware setup, transitioning to approximately 1-2 days per week on-site. Candidates must be within a reasonable commuting distance. Work Authorization: U.S. work authorization is required. This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship or transfer, now or in the future.

KORE1, a nationwide provider of staffing and recruiting solutions, has an immediate opening for a Senior QA Automation Engineer (Founding SDET) | C#, Azure, APIs, SQL; healthcare a +. Are you the kind of QA professional who takes ownership of product quality instead of simply executing test cases? Do you enjoy building structure, improving processes, and helping engineering teams ship reliable software with confidence?

We are looking for a Senior QA Engineer to help establish and lead quality assurance practices across our healthcare inventory management platform - both for our existing enterprise solution and the next generation platform currently under development. This is an opportunity to play a foundational role in shaping how QA is done within our engineering organization.

About the Work:
Our platform helps organizations manage critical inventory and supply workflows in real time by integrating RFID readers, barcode scanners, and Electronic Shelf Labels (ESL) with leading ERP and enterprise business systems. We have a long history of building enterprise software on Microsoft technologies including C# and Microsoft SQL Server. As we modernize our technology stack, we're transitioning to a cloud-based Azure platform and evolving toward a containerized architecture.

Alongside that transformation, we're investing in stronger quality engineering practices, automation, CI/CD, and release processes across both our existing and next-generation systems. We're looking for someone who can help build and mature those practices from the ground up. This is the first dedicated QA hire at the company. Engineers are currently QAing their own work, and this person will be responsible for building the entire QA process and department from scratch.

The new platform is built on Azure Cloud with C# and React (web portal and Zebra Android handhelds); the existing legacy platform is on-premises Windows services and C#. A CI/CD pipeline is already in place.

• Establish and mature the company's QA function, including processes, standards, workflows, best practices, and quality metrics.
• Design and execute comprehensive test strategies, plans, and cases covering functional, integration, regression, UI, API, cross-browser, end-to-end, and data validation testing.
• Design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks from the ground up to support long-term quality initiatives.
• Evaluate, recommend, and implement QA automation tools, frameworks, and processes that best support the engineering organization.
• Support quality initiatives across both the existing on-premises platform and the next-generation Azure cloud platform, helping drive the organization's transition to modern quality engineering practices.
• Validate software workflows across web applications, APIs, databases, cloud-hosted applications, integrations, and hardware-integrated solutions.
• Validate software workflows and data generated by RFID readers, barcode scanners, Electronic Shelf Labels (ESL), and Zebra Android mobile devices.
• Test integrations with ERP, EHR, and other enterprise platforms.
• Investigate defects, perform root cause analysis, document issues, and partner closely with developers to drive timely resolution.
• Participate in release validation, production readiness, and continuous improvement of CI/CD and software delivery practices.
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and stakeholders to define testable acceptance criteria and ensure high-quality software throughout the development lifecycle.