Optum ยท 1 day ago
Quality Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$71K/yr - $127K/yr
5+ years expOptum is a global organization that delivers care aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The Quality Engineer role focuses on ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and quality of data within the data warehouse environment, collaborating with various teams to create test plans and resolve data issues.
EducationHealth CareMedicalPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Leverage enterprise-approved AI tools to enhance productivity and innovation by streamlining workflows and automating repetitive tasks. Evaluate emerging trends to drive continuous improvement and strategic innovation
Generally, work is self-directed and not prescribed
Works with less structured, more complex issues
Good hands-on experience with testing terminologies
ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes, verifying source-to-target data mappings, testing data transformations, and ensuring that reports and dashboards reflect accurate business information
Collaborate closely with data engineers, business analysts, and developers to identify data issues, create comprehensive test plans and test cases, and support defect resolution throughout the development lifecycle
Exposure to AI/ML model validation or testing data pipelines that support machine learning workflows
With every role in the company, each position has a requirement for building quality into every output. The Technology Quality Function is reserved for those positions where Quality is the primary objective of the work delivered
Technology Quality roles will cover all primary quality activity across all technological functions that ensure we deliver high quality products and services
These roles include, but are not limited to, strategy, planning, standards, process, policy, tools, engineering, assurance, management, metrics, research and development, automation, data preparation, maintenance, new development, operations and delivery
Serves as a resource for others
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field
5+ years of experience in QA/testing with a focus on data warehouse, ETL, or BI testing
2+ years of experience with SQL skills for data validation and test automation
2+ years of experience with QA tools like HP ALM, JIRA, ADO or similar
2+ years of experience in writing test cases and executing manual and automated tests
Preferred
Experience with cloud data platforms (e.g., Snowflake)
Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI)
Scripting experience in Python or Shell for test automation
Experience in domains like Medicaid (Healthcare), Claims and Providers
Exposure to AI/ML model validation or testing data pipelines that support machine learning workflows
Familiarity with data warehouse concepts (star/snowflake schema, fact/dimension tables)
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong understanding of data quality, data profiling, and reconciliation techniques
Experience in validating data pipelines and data transformations
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package
Incentive and recognition programs
Equity stock purchase
401k contribution
Company
Optum
Optum is a healthcare company that provides pharmacy services, health care operations, and population health management. It is a sub-organization of UnitedHealth Group.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Daniel Castillo
Chief Executive Officer, Optum Care Delivery
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Jay Green
Chief Financial Officer
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