What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Assurance Engineer position at Care Access?
About Care Access
Care Access is working to make the future of health better for all. With hundreds of research locations, mobile clinics, and clinicians across the globe, we bring world-class research and health services directly to communities that often face barriers to care. We are dedicated to ensuring that every person has the opportunity to understand their health, access the care they need, and contribute to the medical breakthroughs of tomorrow.
With programs like Future of Medicine, which makes advanced health screenings and research opportunities accessible to communities worldwide, and Difference Makers, which supports local leaders to expand their community health and wellbeing efforts, we put people at the heart of medical progress. Through partnerships, technology, and perseverance, we are reimagining how clinical research and health services reach the world. Together, we are building a future of health that is better and more accessible for all.
To learn more about Care Access, visit www.CareAccess.com.
The Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer is responsible for ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of software applications that support clinical research and participant pre-screening operations. This position collaborates with cross-functional product development teams to develop, execute, and maintain comprehensive manual and automated testing strategies, with a strong emphasis on end-to-end test automation using Playwright. The QA Engineer identifies, documents, and helps resolve software defects throughout the development lifecycle, contributing to the delivery of high-quality, compliant, and reliable software solutions that support organizational objectives and enhance the user experience.
- Design, build, and maintain automated end-to-end test suites using Playwright across web and API surfaces.
- Perform exploratory and structured manual testing on complex user flows, edge cases, and regression scenarios.
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, reliable feedback on every pull request.
- Collaborate closely with engineers and designers during development to shift quality left, writing tests alongside features, not after.
- Triage, reproduce, and document bugs with clear steps and context that accelerate resolution.
- Contribute to and improve QA processes, standards, and tooling across the engineering organization.
- Participate in test planning, sprint ceremonies, and release readiness reviews.
- Strong proficiency with Playwright (or a comparable framework like Cypress or Puppeteer) and the ability to write maintainable, reliable tests.
- Solid manual testing instincts: you know when to automate and when hands-on exploration surfaces more value.
- Experience integrating test suites into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, CircleCI, or similar).
- Familiarity with testing APIs alongside UI flows, including REST and GraphQL endpoints.
- Strong communication skills: you can write a clear bug report, explain a test strategy, and advocate for quality with engineers and PMs alike.
- Comfort working in a fast-moving environment where priorities shift and judgment matters.
- Minimum Education:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree or equivalent experience
- Minimum Experience:
- 3 years of experience in software QA, with meaningful time spent in test automation.
- Location: Remote within the United States. This role requires 100% of work to be performed in a remote office environment.
- Travel: This is a remote position with less than 10% travel requirements. Occasional planned travel may be required as part of the role.
- Physical demands associated with this position Include: The ability to use keyboards and other computer equipment.
The expected pay range for this role is $80,000 - $110,000 USD per year for full time team members.
Benefits & Perks (US Full Time Employees)- Paid Time Off (PTO) and Company Paid Holidays
- 100% Employer paid medical, dental, and vision insurance plan options
- Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Bi-weekly HSA employer contribution
- Company paid Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability
- 401(k) Retirement Plan, with Company Match
Notice to Connecticut applicants: Care Access may require applicants to submit to a urinalysis drug test in connection with an application for employment.
Notice to Arizona, Georgia, Indiana, and North Dakota applicants: Care Access complies with applicable laws prohibiting smoking in and around places of employment.
Notice to Massachusetts applicants: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
Notice to Rhode Island applicants: Care Access complies with Rhode Island law prohibiting smoking in enclosed areas within places of employment. Care Access is also subject to is subject to Chapters 29–38 of Title 28 of the Rhode Island General Laws.
Notice to Maryland applicants: UNDER MARYLAND LAW, AN EMPLOYER MAY NOT REQUIRE OR DEMAND, AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT, PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYMENT, OR CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT, THAT AN INDIVIDUAL SUBMIT TO OR TAKE A LIE DETECTOR OR SIMILAR TEST. AN EMPLOYER WHO VIOLATES THIS LAW IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND SUBJECT TO A FINE NOT EXCEEDING $100.
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Diversity & Inclusion
We work with and serve people from diverse cultures and communities around the world. We are stronger and better when we build a team representing the communities we support. We maintain an inclusive culture where people from a broad range of backgrounds feel valued and respected as they contribute to our mission.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Care Access is unable to sponsor work visas at this time.
If you need an accommodation to apply for a role with Care Access, please reach out to: TalentAcquisition@careaccess.com
Salary : $80,000 - $110,000