Senior QA Lead - Architect

Why Us?

With a mantra of Empowering Human Potential, Hanger, Inc. is the world's premier provider of orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) services and products, offering the most advanced O&P solutions, clinically differentiated programs and unsurpassed customer service. Hanger's Patient Care segment is the largest owner and operator of O&P patient care clinics nationwide. Through its Products & Services segment, Hanger distributes branded and private label O&P devices, products and components, and provides rehabilitative solutions to the broader market.

With 160 years of clinical excellence and innovation, Hanger's vision is to lead the orthotic and prosthetic markets by providing superior patient care, outcomes, services and value. Collectively, Hanger employees touch thousands of lives each day, helping people achieve new levels of mobility and freedom.

Could This Be For You?

The Software QA Tester - Remote debugs software products through the use of systematic tests to develop, apply, and maintain quality standards for company products. Develops, modifies, and executes software test plans. Analyzes and writes test standards and procedures. Maintains documentation of test results to assist in debugging and modification of software. Analyzes test results to ensure existing functionality and recommends corrective action. Consults with development engineers in resolution of problems. Provides feedback in preparation of technical appraisals of programming languages, systems, and computation software. Ensures quality computer integration into the overall functions of scientific computation, data acquisition, and processing.

 

The Software Development Test Engineer shows a deep experience in automated testing using Playwright with C# and BDD practices with SpecFlow. The Test Engineer will play a key role in ensuring quality across API, Pub/Sub messaging, and UI layers of .NET and React based clinical applications deployed in Azure and Oracle. This position is part of a unified QA automation team embedded within Agile development pods.

 

Your Impact

Architects testing strategies and frameworks

Designs and Develops Quality Assurance Frameworks

Presents Ideas to Executive Mgmt.

Leads other related to a Business Domain or Technology Area of Knowledge focused on a key are for example Guide Configurator, Oracle Fusion, Oracle Warehousing, etc.

Mentors’ others related to Quality Assurance and/or a Business Domain or Technology Area Knowledge.

Ensures testing coverage for a Business Domain or Technology Area Knowledge.

Presents ideas across the Quality Assurance community.

Owns the Quality Assurance metrics for the Business Domain or Technology Area presenting those metrics to the Domain leadership.

Collaborate with IT team members to plan, design, and execute software testing for various applications and development efforts.

Collaborate with the developers and product owners to refine test scenarios and acceptance criteria as part of Shift-Left QA practice.

Identify, document, and report bugs, errors, and other issues within software applications.

Work closely with senior QA software engineers, software developers and business systems analysts to resolve any issues that arise during the testing process.

Participate in the design discussions of systems/applications to ensure quality and functionality.

Assist in the development and implementation of quality improvement initiatives.

Develops, modifies, and executes software test plans.

Maintains documentation of test results to assist in debugging and modification of software.

Review product design documentation to ensure that requirements stated are correct, unambiguous, and verifiable

Collaborate with product development to evaluate system interfaces, operational requirements, acceptance criteria, and performance requirements of overall system

Participates in the execution of procedures for ensuring the quality of features and releases of software

Isolates, reproduces, and tracks defects and verifies fixes

Develops test data and procedures for ensuring the software products meet organizational standards and end-user requirements

Reports progress on problem resolution to management

Assists in the assessment and planning of test efforts required for software product development

Practical working knowledge of multiple software testing methodologies and performance of multiple testing types that include functional (system integration), security vulnerability, performance/load/stress, compliancy/accessibility, regression, and user acceptance testing

Reports to Head of Quality Assurance

Gains exposure to the highly complex tasks within the job function

Seldom directed in several aspects of the project work

Conducts compatibility tests with vendor-provided programs

Work with a project team to create test plans, document test design specifications and test cases for various testing types including functional (system integration), security vulnerability, performance/load/stress, compliancy/accessibility, regression, and user acceptance testing

Prepare and follow automated and manual test schedules for preparation and execution of project testing activities

Manage and maintain test data to support repeatable and comprehensive testing.

Support CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.

Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to sprint planning, grooming, and retrospectives.

Facilitate preparation of test environments

Solicit feedback from project team members regarding the quality of testing artifacts

Report automation and manual testing issues and risks along with mitigation options to Quality Assurance Manager

Time Allocation:

65% – Automated testing development and maintenance as part of unified QA Team

25% – In-sprint manual testing to support rapid development cycles

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university

Minimum 8 years’ experience in a large scales systems project to include 5 years Superior-level automation test script experience with any commercial or open-source testing tools (Playwright (Selenium Webdriver), Cucumber, Specflow, NUnit, Jmeter)

Knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, Automation, and processes.

Understanding of Agile/Scrum development process.

Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

Strong communication and collaboration skills.

SQL knowledge for data validation.

Experience with test management tools, such as Jira and Azure DevOps.

Increasing knowledge of Automated Unit, Functional, Regression, Performance, Data Migration/ Quality, System Integration, and User Acceptance Testing

Increasing knowledge of API, UI, Pub/Sub messaging, functional application area, Data integration, and Data Quality Testing

Increasing knowledge of Azure DevOps Server, C#, Playwright, SpecFlow, .NET Framework, React, Kubernetes, and Docker

Increasing knowledge of Oracle, PostgreSQL, and Azure Fabric

Increasing knowledge with test management tools such as Jira and Zephyr

Increasing knowledge of containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes) and Azure Administration.

Additional Success Factors

Is a developer at heart—someone who enjoys writing clean, maintainable Test automation using languages like C# code and is passionate about applying strong development skills to build quality into internal healthcare products from the ground up.

Architects Quality Assurance Strategies and Frameworks

Automation experience with commercial or open-source suite of testing tools (Playwright (Selenium Webdriver), Cucumber, Specflow, NUnit, Jmeter)

Architects testing strategies and frameworks

Lead testing efforts for a Business Domain or Technology Area Knowledge

Experience working across multiple on premises or cloud hardware and software platforms

Open-source test tool knowledge (ANT, Ruby, WATIR, Playwright(Selenium), Jmeter, etc.)

Visual Studio testing tools (C#, Coded UI), NUnit and Jira knowledge

Thick client MS windows application automation knowledge is a plus

Knowledge of Agile software development practices (experience working in an agile environment)

Intermediate understanding of test automation architecture and implementation

Solid understanding of testing components and deliverables within the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Must have excellent oral and written communication skills; exceptional analytic and problem-solving skills; be able to perform in a fast-paced, progressive and challenging team environment

Demonstrated ability to set and meet tight deadlines and function well under pressure

Demonstrated ability to develop effective and enduring working relationships with stakeholders, project managers, and other project participants and application owners

Excellent communication, organization and documentation skills

Ability to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment

Act with integrity in all ways and at all times, remaining honest, transparent, and respectful in all relationships

Keep the patient at the center of everything that you do, building lifelong trust

Foster open collaboration and constructive dialogue with everyone around you

Continuously innovate new solutions, influencing and responding to change

Focus on superior outcomes, and calibrate work processes for outstanding results

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Pay range of $138,000 to $170,000 annual salary + annual bonus: up to 10% of base pay depending on bonus criteria.  This pay range is posted to comply with wage transparency laws.  Hanger salary ranges vary based on skill, ability, knowledge, geographic location and other variables.  

Our Investment in You

Competitive Compensation Packages

8 Paid National Holidays & 4 additional Floating Holidays

PTO that includes Vacation and Sick time

Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits

401k Savings and Retirement Plan

Paid Parental Bonding Leave for New Parents

Flexible Work Schedules and Part-time Opportunities

Generous Employee Referral Bonus Program

Mentorship Programs- Mentor and Mentee

Student Loan Repayment Assistance by Location

Relocation Assistance

Regional & National traveling CPO/CO/CP opportunities

Volunteering for Local and National events such as Hanger’s BAKA Bootcamp and EmpowerFest

 

Hanger, Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship. All conditions and privileges of employment are administered to all employees without discrimination or harassment because of race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, special disabled veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws and ordinances. The company will comply with all applicable state or local fair employment laws that forbid discrimination or harassment on the basis of other protected characteristics. Retaliation against any employee for filing or supporting a complaint of discrimination or harassment is prohibited.