Quality Engineer IV

About the Role of the Quality Engineer IV Do you enjoy defining and driving quality and leading projects? The Quality Engineer IV (QE IV) in Premera’s IT Engineering department is responsible for introducing dedicated healthcare domain expertise to define end‑to‑end testing requirements across all programs and production operations. The QE IV will define what must be validated from a member, provider, and claims perspective, ensuring testing reflects real‑world healthcare workflows and regulatory requirements. What You’ll Do Partner with business and IT leaders to identify and understand multi‑faced problems or improvement opportunities. Partner with development teams, business partners, architecture, and customers to understand project requirements, provide technical excellence and oversight, and resolve technical challenges guaranteeing code quality. Create engineering and strategic implementation partnerships, ensuring clear, effective, and timely communication. Oversee the review process of code, ensuring compliance with best practices, company standards, and architectural guidelines. Responsible for vendor oversight and code sign‑off ensuring effective relationships 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 software delivery. Train and enforce governance processes to ensure compliance with company standards, best practices, and regulatory requirements. Oversee engineering excellence and continuous automation, including testing associated with cross‑functional project team and in‑team efforts. Act as technical and business leader sharing knowledge and expertise with others inside and outside the team, and 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 with others. Maintain expertise in one or more technical areas and 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. We offer medical, vision, and dental coverage with low employee premiums, voluntary benefits such as pet insurance, life and disability insurance, retirement programs including a 401(k) employer match and pension plan, wellness incentives, paid time off, tuition assistance, employee recognition programs, on‑campus flexibility, commuter perks, free onsite parking, subsidized on‑campus cafés, health and wellness events, and a complementary fitness & well‑being center. For hybrid employees we provide an on‑campus model with flexibility to create your own routine, access to onsite resources and activities like health and wellness events, coffee connect, and recreational play areas. Equal employment opportunity/affirmative action: Premera is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Premera seeks to attract and retain the most qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. If you need an accommodation to apply online for positions at Premera, please contact Premera Human Resources via email at View email address on click.appcast.io or via phone at View phone number on click.appcast.io. The pay for this role will vary based on a range of factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographic location, market conditions, and specific skills and experience. The salary range for this role is posted below; we generally target up to and around the midpoint of the range. National Plus Salary Range: $135,600.00 – $230,500.00. National Plus salary range is used in higher cost of labor markets including Western Washington and Alaska. We’re happy to discuss compensation further during the interview because we believe that open communication leads to better outcomes for all. #J-18808-Ljbffr Premera