Principal Quality Engineer - Remote

United States, New Jersey, Basking Ridge

Feb 14, 2026

Optum Tech is a global leader in health care innovation. Our teams develop cutting‑edge solutions that help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. From advanced data analytics and AI to cybersecurity, we use innovative approaches to solve some of health care's most complex challenges. Your contributions here have the potential to change lives.

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The Principal Quality Engineer (PQE) is a senior technical leader responsible for driving quality engineering strategy, automation excellence, and continuous improvement across complex, large scale Prior Authorization systems within the UHC Provider ecosystem. This role partners closely with engineering, product, and platform teams to ensure high quality delivery through modern automation frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, cloud based testing, and AI enabled quality practices.

The PQE operates with significant autonomy, influences standards and best practices, and serves as a technical mentor across teams.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely
* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

• Lead and execute quality engineering and testing strategies across UI, API, and mobile platforms
• Design, build, and maintain scalable automation frameworks using the following tools or equivalent technologies:
  • Automation:
    Playwright
  • Scripting:
    Java Script
  • CI/CD:
    Git Hub Actions (YAML pipelines)
  • AI Enablement:
    Git Hub Copilot
  • Database:
    MongoDB
  • Runtime Environment:
    Node.js
  • Reporting:
    Allure
  • Logging:
    Winston
• Implement and manage testing in cloud based environments such as Sauce Labs.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring quality gates are enforced throughout the delivery lifecycle
• Drive in sprint automation, aligning test coverage with agile delivery timelines
• Partner with QE and Development Leads to define and validate clear, testable acceptance criteria
• Perform and guide load, stress, and performance testing using tools such as JMeter
• Leverage Generative AI and AI assisted testing techniques to improve test effectiveness, coverage, and efficiency
• Contribute to and evolve quality initiatives, standards, and reusable automation solutions
• Develop and maintain QE technical documentation, including frameworks, patterns, and best practices
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging QE technologies, particularly in AI, cloud, and Dev Ops, and apply them pragmatically
• Act as a subject matter expert for complex, ambiguous quality challenges
• Mentor and support other QE engineers; serve as a trusted technical resource across teams
• Promote a culture of continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and quality ownership
• Comply with company policies, procedures, and evolving business directives related to work environment, assignments, and organizational needs

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in Quality Engineering and software testing
• 2+ years of experience with cloud based testing platforms (e.g., Sauce Labs)
• 2+ years of experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines
• 2+ years of experience in API testing and automation
• Solid hands‑on experience with modern automation frameworks, including:
  • Playwright and Java Script
  • Git Hub Actions (YAML pipelines)
  • Node.js based test execution
  • Mongo
    
    DB test validation
  • Allure reporting and structured logging (e.g., Winston)
• Hands‑on experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter
• Experience applying AI driven or AI assisted testing techniques
• Experience testing high volume, customer facing applications
• Experience working with applications deployed in private and/or public cloud environments

• Experience operating in a Principal level role, influencing QE strategy across multiple teams or platforms
• Experience testing transaction intensive or…