Sr Quality Engineer

Location: Pune

Your Future Evolves Here

Evolent partners with health plans and providers to achieve better outcomes for people with most complex and costly health conditions. Working across specialties and primary care, we seek to connect the pieces of fragmented health care system and ensure people get the same level of care and compassion we would want for our loved ones.

Evolent employees enjoy work/life balance, the flexibility to suit their work to their lives, and autonomy they need to get things done. We believe that people do their best work when they're supported to live their best lives, and when they feel welcome to bring their whole selves to work. That's one reason why diversity and inclusion are core to our business.

Join Evolent for the mission. Stay for the culture.

What You’ll Be Doing

About the Role

Evolent is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to play a critical role in ensuring the quality, reliability, performance, and security of our healthcare technology solutions. This role combines hands-on testing expertise with quality leadership, focusing on test strategy, automation, process improvement, and collaboration across engineering teams. The ideal candidate is passionate about building quality into every stage of the software development lifecycle and driving continuous improvement in testing practices.

Key Responsibilities

Develop, implement, and manage comprehensive test plans, test strategies, and quality assurance processes for complex software applications.

Lead the design, development, maintenance, and optimization of test automation frameworks to improve testing efficiency, reliability, and coverage.

Conduct manual and automated testing, including functional, integration, regression, performance, and security testing.

Create and maintain automated test suites for web applications, APIs, databases, and microservices.

Identify, document, prioritize, and track software defects while collaborating closely with development teams for timely resolution and root-cause analysis.

Drive continuous improvement initiatives in testing processes, tools, frameworks, and methodologies.

Collaborate with developers, product owners, business analysts, and other stakeholders to define quality standards and acceptance criteria.

Generate and analyze quality metrics, test reports, and release-readiness assessments, providing actionable insights to stakeholders.

Participate in requirements reviews, architecture discussions, code reviews, sprint planning, and product design sessions to ensure quality is embedded throughout the SDLC.

Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, establishing quality gates and supporting continuous delivery practices.

Mentor junior quality engineers and promote best practices in quality engineering, automation, and testing.

Evaluate emerging testing technologies and recommend innovative solutions to improve software quality and team productivity.

Leverage and promote the use of AI coding and testing assistants (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor, Codex) to accelerate test automation development, generate test cases, improve code quality, assist with defect analysis, and enhance engineering productivity while maintaining quality, security, and compliance standards.

Required Qualifications

5–8 years of experience in Software Quality Engineering, Quality Assurance, or Test Automation.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.

Strong hands-on experience with at least one of the following test automation frameworks/tools: KarateSeleniumCypressPlaywrightAppiumJUnit / TestNGOther comparable test automation and API testing frameworks

Strong programming skills in at least one of the following languages used for test automation and quality engineering: C#JavaPythonJavaScript / TypeScript

Experience with: CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps, or similarVersion control systems (Git)Test management and defect tracking tools

Solid understanding of: Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)Functional, regression, integration, performance, and security testingTest automation design patterns and framework architectureAgile/Scrum methodologies

Experience testing: Web applicationsREST APIs and microservicesDatabase systems and data validation processes

Hands-on experience leveraging AI coding and testing assistants (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor, Codex) to accelerate test automation development, generate test cases, improve code quality, perform root-cause analysis, and enhance overall engineering productivity.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to troubleshooting and quality improvements.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to mentor team members and work effectively across cross-functional teams.

Good to Have

Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, k6, or similar.

Exposure to security testing tools and practices.

Experience testing cloud-native applications, preferably on Azure.

Knowledge of microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and distributed applications.

Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized environments.

Experience with monitoring and observability platforms such as Application Insights, Splunk, Grafana, or Dynatrace.

Knowledge of healthcare payer systems, EMR/EHR platforms, interoperability standards, or healthcare technology solutions.

ISTQB or other Quality Engineering certifications.

Soft Skills

Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Ability to influence and promote quality-first engineering practices.

Strong mentoring and coaching capabilities.

Excellent collaboration skills across engineering, product, and business teams.

Proactive mindset with strong ownership and accountability.

Continuous learning mindset with a passion for innovation

To ensure a secure hiring process we have implemented several identity verification steps, including submission of a government issued photo ID. We conduct identity verification during interviews, and final interviews may require onsite attendance. All candidates must complete a comprehensive background check, in-person I-9 verification, and may be subject to drug screening prior to employment. The use of artificial intelligence tools during interviews is prohibited and monitored. Misrepresentation will result in immediate disqualification from consideration.

Mandatory Requirements

Employees must have a high-speed broadband internet connection with a minimum speed of 50 Mbps and the ability to set up a wired connection to their home network to ensure effective remote work. These requirements may be updated as needed by the business.

Evolent is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.If you need reasonable accommodation to access the information provided on this website, please contact [email protected] for further assistance.

The expected base salary/wage range for this position is $. As part of our total compensation package, Evolent is proud to offer comprehensive benefits (including health insurance benefits) to qualifying employees. All compensation determinations are based on the skills and experience required for the position and commensurate with experience of selected individuals, which may vary above and below the stated amounts.