Sr. QA Test Engineer (Quality Assurance)

Huron•Chicago, IL

1d•$109,250 - $149,500

About The Position

As a Senior QA Test Engineer, you will be a key contributor in ensuring the quality of Huron’s enterprise applications. The successful candidate will help define and ensure that Huron’s applications meet high standards for reliability, usability, and performance. You will work closely with the Product Management and Engineering teams in the design, implementation, release, and maintenance of multi-user, dynamic, web-based, and analytics applications. This role requires a passion for delivering exceptional products, the curiosity and drive to understand client application usage patterns and behaviors, the technical skills to develop reusable and automated tests to ensure a high-quality user experience, and the independence and persistence to own and drive quality throughout the product lifecycle. The role requires strong expertise in AWS and Performance Testing using JMeter, Selenium Automation Framework with Java, basic database concepts including SQL queries and data validation, troubleshooting and debugging, and experience working in Agile development environments. The successful candidate must also possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Under general direction, this individual is responsible for carrying out procedures to ensure that all software, hardware, applications and services meet the standards of the organization and end-user requirements, analyzing and testing software and application configuration to ensure that products meet design specifications and are within total quality management limits and standards. This individual is expected to participate actively in Agile testing methodology including helping to develop quality standards, test cases, software/hardware and application testing, and documenting process and test outcomes. They are responsible for developing, modifying and executing test plans and suites and communicating with product developers and technical support specialists on software issues. In addition, they are expected to perform tests to ensure proper operation and freedom from defects. They may create test data to ensure thorough evaluation, documents and work to resolve basic problems and report progress on problem resolution to management. The Senior QA Test Engineer applies company policies and procedures to address a variety of issues. They are also responsible for assisting in the development of policies and standards and ensuring adherence to company procedures and best practices.

Requirements

5+ years of professional QA/Test Engineering experience with strong experience in both manual and automation testing.
Good understanding of SQL and database validation.
Familiar with AWS services: CloudWatch, EventBridge, QuickSight, Batch Jobs, Lambda, S3, Redshift, Glue, Bedrock.
Strong hands-on experience with Performance Testing using JMeter
Demonstrated ability to develop, execute, analyze, and troubleshoot JMeter performance tests.
Strong hands-on experience developing Selenium automation using Java.
Experience designing and maintaining reusable automation frameworks and automated regression suites.
Demonstrated experience with data lake, data warehouse, ETL/ELT, or data pipeline testing.
Strong troubleshooting, debugging, analytical, and root-cause analysis skills.
Experience with functional, regression, integration, system, API, and end-to-end testing.
Experience working in Agile/Scrum software development environments.
Experience with Azure DevOps, JIRA, or similar tools.
Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices.
Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work independently, take ownership of QA activities, identify risks proactively, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience with CI/CD pipeline integration of automated and performance tests.
Experience with Python for test automation, data validation, or test utilities.
Experience testing AI-powered applications and workflows.
Familiarity with AI-assisted testing tools and Responsible AI practices.
Exposure to AWS Bedrock, Microsoft Copilot, OpenAI, or similar AI platforms.
Knowledge of Generative AI, LLMs, and Prompt Engineering.
Experience working with offshore/distributed teams.
Experience in new product development environments.
Experience in the Healthcare domain.
Experience working with PHI/PII and healthcare data, including applicable data privacy and security requirements.

Responsibilities

Own and execute manual and automated testing activities across the complete software development lifecycle, ensuring releases meet quality objectives and timelines.
Design, develop, execute, and performance test scripts using JMeter, including workload modeling, test execution, results analysis, and performance reporting.
Analyze test and performance results, troubleshoot issues, perform root-cause analysis, and work closely with development teams to drive defects through resolution.
Develop and maintain UI automation using Selenium with Java, creating reliable and reusable automation scripts for functional and regression testing.
Review technical design documents and participate in design and architecture discussions, providing QA perspectives on testability, reliability, scalability, and performance.
Estimate QA effort for user stories and defects and develop test plans, test scenarios, and test cases.
Generate and maintain appropriate test data to address testing requirements and data gaps.
Perform database validation using SQL queries and validate data integrity across application and backend systems.
Conduct performance testing to identify performance bottlenecks, capacity limitations, scalability concerns, potential performance debt, communicate performance issues to engineering teams.
Identify and communicate release risks, quality concerns, and potential production-impacting issues to QA and project leadership.
Participate in bug scrub meetings, release readiness discussion.
Evaluate and recommend new tools, techniques, and automation approaches to improve testing efficiency and product quality.
Review QA deliverables and provide technical guidance and feedback to other QA team members.
Participate actively in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
Work closely with Product Management, Engineering, and QA teams members to ensure requirements are testable and comprehensive test coverage is achieved.
Support QA/UAT/PROD environments and understand the build and deployment process.
Support test execution during release cycles and provide quality status, risks, and defect updates to stakeholders.
Ensure testing activities align with Huron’s quality standards and contribute to delivering a reliable, usable, and high-performing product.
Contribute to continuous improvement of QA practices, automation frameworks, performance testing capabilities, and release processes.