Principal Automation Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

RxSense is a leading healthcare technology company delivering innovative solutions for pharmacy benefits and prescription savings. Our enterprise platform brings transparency, flexibility, and efficiency to pharmacy benefit management, helping clients streamline operations and enabling consumers to save on prescriptions. By integrating intelligence across the pharmacy ecosystem, RxSense makes cost-effective healthcare more accessible. Whether for PBMs, pharmacies, or individuals, our solutions help modernize operations, reduce costs, and improve outcomes.

RxSense also owns and operates SingleCare, a free prescription savings service that offers consumers access to consistently low prices on prescription drugs. Through its partnerships with the country's largest pharmacies and grocers, including CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, Kroger and Albertsons, SingleCare improves access and adherence to affordable medications and has helped millions of Americans save over $11 billion on their medications.

RxSense is a great place to work! Our company has earned several prestigious awards, including Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, Forbes' Top Startup Employers, Modern Healthcare's Best Places to Work in Healthcare, and Inc's Best in Business and Best Workplaces.

We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Automation Engineer with a strong healthcare background, expertise in SQL, test automation, AI-driven testing tools, and PBM experience (preferred). As a key leader in our Quality Engineering team, you will design, develop, and implement cutting-edge test automation strategies, leverage AI-driven testing approaches, and optimize testing processes for mission-critical healthcare applications.

This role requires a deep understanding of healthcare systems, databases, and regulatory compliance, as well as technical leadership in test automation, performance testing, and CI/CD integration.

Key Responsibilities:

Test Strategy & Automation:

• Design and implement a scalable, AI-driven test automation framework for healthcare applications.
• Develop, execute, and maintain automated test scripts using tools like Selenium, TestNG, Cucumber, Appium, and Playwright.
• Build and maintain robust API testing frameworks using Postman, RestAssured, or Karate.
• Implement AI-based testing techniques for predictive defect analysis, self-healing scripts, and intelligent test case generation.

Database & Backend Testing:

• Perform complex SQL queries to validate data integrity across relational (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB) databases.
• Validate ETL processes, data migrations, and real-time transactions in healthcare applications.
• Work closely with Data Engineers to ensure accurate and compliant data processing.

Performance & Security Testing:

• Lead performance testing efforts using tools like JMeter, LoadRunner, or Gatling.
• Ensure healthcare applications meet HIPAA, HITRUST, and other security compliance standards.
• Implement security testing techniques to detect vulnerabilities in APIs, authentication mechanisms, and sensitive data storage.

AI & Machine Learning in Testing:

• Utilize AI-powered tools (Testim.io, Applitools, Mabl) to enhance test efficiency.
• Apply ML algorithms for defect prediction, log anomaly detection, and test case prioritization.
• Automate test data generation using AI-based synthetic data creation techniques.

CI/CD & DevOps Integration:

• Integrate test automation into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI/CD).
• Drive shift-left testing by collaborating with developers on early-stage test strategies.
• Ensure comprehensive test coverage in Microservices and Kubernetes environments.

Leadership & Collaboration:

• Act as a technical mentor for SDETs, QA engineers, and developers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including DevOps, Product, and Business Analysts to align testing efforts with business goals.
• Drive quality engineering best practices across teams, ensuring scalability and maintainability of test frameworks.

Required Qualifications:

• 15+ years of experience in software testing, automation, and quality engineering.
• Strong healthcare industry experience (EHR, EMR, claims processing, clinical applications, or PBM).
• Hands-on expertise in SQL, stored procedures, and database validation.
• Experience with automating web, mobile, API, and database tests.
• Solid knowledge of AI-driven testing approaches and tools.
• Experience with performance testing and security testing methodologies.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Java, Python, C#, or JavaScript).
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools and test automation within DevOps pipelines.
• Strong understanding of healthcare compliance (HIPAA, HITRUST, FHIR, EDI, HL7, etc.).
• Experience working in agile and scaled agile (SAFe) environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) systems.
• Experience with AI-based test automation frameworks (Testim.io, Applitools, Mabl, Healenium).
• Experience with cloud-based testing (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Strong knowledge of microservices architecture and API contract testing.

Salary Range: 150,000 - 175,000

RxSense believes that a diverse workforce is a more talented and productive workforce. As such, we are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Our recruitment process is free from discriminatory hiring practices and all qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, age, or national origin. Neither will qualified applicants be discriminated against on the basis of disability or protected veteran status. We believe in the strength of the collaboration, creativity and sense of community a diverse workforce brings.