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Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Live Life Healthy LLC
Birmingham, AL Full Time
POSTED ON 10/20/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/19/2026

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer 

This role will initially be highly hands-on, working closely with Product and Engineering to develop a deep understanding of the platform, payroll integrations and underlying business processes. The successful candidate will take ownership of testing strategy and execution, identify opportunities to improve automation and test coverage, and help establish scalable QA processes as the internal engineering team grows.

Key Responsibilities 

  • Own hands-on testing across the platform, with a particular focus on payroll integrations and associated workflows.
  • Rapidly develop strong domain knowledge by working directly with the platform, integrations, data and business processes.
  • Design and execute functional, regression, integration, API and end-to-end testing.
  • Build and maintain automated test coverage across web, API and integration layers.
  • Perform backend and database validation to ensure data accuracy and integrity.
  • Assess existing QA processes and test coverage, identifying gaps and establishing appropriate standards and priorities.
  • Integrate automated testing into CI/CD and development workflows.
  • Work closely with Product, Engineering and business stakeholders to understand requirements, identify risks and ensure quality throughout the development lifecycle.
  • Own defect identification, documentation, triage and validation through resolution.
  • Help establish a scalable QA strategy and, as the function grows, support and mentor additional QA team members.
  • Experience & Skills
  • Strong experience in a Senior QA Engineer, QA Automation Engineer, SDET or similar hands-on role.
  • Experience testing modern SaaS/web applications.
  • Strong API and integration testing experience.
  • Hands-on test automation experience, including building or improving automation frameworks.
  • Experience with backend/database testing and SQL/data validation.
  • Understanding of CI/CD and integrating automated testing into software delivery pipelines.
  • Comfortable operating in a Microsoft-focused technology environment.
  • Able to work effectively in a fast-moving environment where processes and domain knowledge are still being developed.
  • Strong communication, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
  • Comfortable taking ownership while remaining highly hands-on.
  • Previous mentoring or technical leadership experience is beneficial.

Experience & Skills:

  • Strong experience in a Senior QA Engineer, QA Automation Engineer, SDET or similar hands-on role.
  • Experience testing modern SaaS/web applications.
  • Strong API and integration testing experience.
  • Hands-on test automation experience, including building or improving automation frameworks.
  • Experience with backend/database testing and SQL/data validation.
  • Understanding of CI/CD and integrating automated testing into software delivery pipelines.
  • Comfortable operating in a Microsoft-focused technology environment.
  • Able to work effectively in a fast-moving environment where processes and domain knowledge are still being developed.
  • Strong communication, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
  • Comfortable taking ownership while remaining highly hands-on.
  • Previous mentoring or technical leadership experience is beneficial.

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