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About the role of the Quality Engineer IV

Are you interested in defining and driving quality? Do you enjoy taking the lead on projects and mentoring less experienced engineers? Then, the Quality Engineer IV (QE IV) in Premera’s IT Engineering department may be the role for you.  The QE IV will have a critical role in filling a gap in Premera’s Quality Engineering capability by introducing dedicated healthcare domain expertise to define end-to-end testing requirements across all programs and production operations. The QE IV will be accountable for defining what must be validated from a member, provider, and claims perspective, ensuring that testing reflects real-world healthcare workflows and regulatory requirements.
In this position, the QE IV will help lead a partnership with product, engineering, and testing teams to map end-to-end customer journeys, translate business processes into comprehensive test scenarios, and identify critical edge cases, data dependencies, and compliance considerations. In addition, the Quality Engineer IV leads healthcare-specific test data strategy, defining data models and reusable datasets that support accurate, compliant, and scalable testing, including enterprise initiatives such as AI-driven test data management.  This Engineer complements the existing Quality Engineering (QE) structure by establishing clear accountability for domain-driven test definition, enabling technical QE resources to focus on execution strategy and automation, and allowing vendor teams to efficiently execute against well-defined scenarios.

What you’ll do

• Partner with business and IT leaders to identify and understand multi-faceted problems or improvement opportunities.
• Partner with the development teams, business partners, architecture, and customers to understand project requirements, provide technical excellence and oversight, and resolve technical challenges guaranteeing code quality.
• Serve as the primary engineering and strategic implementation partners, ensuring clear, effective , and timely communication.
• Oversee the review process of code, ensuring compliance with best practices, Premera standards, and architectural guidelines. Responsible for vendor oversight and code sign-off ensuring an effective relationship and high-quality outcomes of vendor work.
• Analyze project data and metrics to identify trends, patterns, and areas of concern, and make data-driven recommendations to enhance the delivery of software. 
• Train and enforce governance processes to ensure compliance with company standards, best practices, and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee engineering excellence and continuous automation.  This includes testing associated with cross-functional project team and in-team efforts.
• Act as technical and business leader sharing knowledge, and expertise with others inside team as well as with other customers. Proactively contribute to knowledge sharing across Premera developer community.
• Stay current in best practices, technology trends and the organization’s business while mentoring and sharing knowledge gained with others. Maintain expertise in one or more technical areas. Provide advice and mentoring to other engineers.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or information systems. (Required)
• Eight (8) years of software development experience, knowledge of software development lifecycle, and skills to utilize one or more programming languages. (Required)
• Experience in healthcare industry or a highly regulated environment. (Strongly Preferred)
• Experience working with cloud solutions. (Preferred)
• Technical knowledge and experience with specific technical tools used at Premera (i.e. Facets) or required for open position. (Preferred)
• Previous experience in an Agile environment. (Preferred)
• Exposure to API and service-based technologies. (Preferred)
• Experience using and creating automated test tools. (Preferred)

Premera total rewards

Our comprehensive total rewards package provides support, resources, and opportunities to help employees thrive and grow. Our total rewards are more than a collection of perks, they're a reflection of our commitment to your health and well-being. We offer a broad array of rewards including physical, financial, emotional, and community benefits, including:

• Medical, vision, and dental coverage with low employee premiums.

• Voluntary benefit offerings, including pet insurance for paw parents.

• Life and disability insurance.

• Retirement programs, including a 401K employer match and, believe it or not, a pension plan that is vested after 3 years of service.

• Wellness incentives with a wide range of mental well-being resources for you and your dependents, including counseling services, stress management programs, and mindfulness programs, just to name a few.

• Generous paid time off to reenergize.

• Looking for continuing education? We have tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

• Employee recognition program to celebrate anniversaries, team accomplishments, and more.

For our hybrid employees, our on-campus model provides flexibility to create your own routine with access to on-site resources, networking opportunities, and team engagement.

• Commuter perks make your trip to work less impactful on the environment and your wallet.

• Free convenient on-site parking.

• Subsidized on-campus cafes make lunchtime connections with colleagues fun and affordable.

• Participate in engaging on-site activities such as health and wellness events, coffee connects, disaster preparedness fairs and more.

• Our complementary fitness & well-being center offers both in-person and virtual workouts and nutritional counseling.

• Need a brain break? Challenge someone to a game of shuffleboard or ping pong while on campus.