Specialist, Quality Engineer

Job Description

We are leveraging analytics and technology, as we invent for life on behalf of patients around the world. We are seeking those who have a passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision making, that will allow us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats. Within our commercial Insights, Analytics, and Data organization we are transforming to better power decision-making across our end-to-end commercialization process, from business development to late lifecycle management.

The Quality Engineer will ensure the quality of software products throughout the development lifecycle. Working under the guidance of the Quality Assurance Lead, they will take an engineering approach to defining, implementing, and enhancing quality assurance practices, including automated testing frameworks and processes to ensure robust product performance

We are looking for a team member for Digital Solutions team who will work within the Human Health Digital Data and Analytics area to contribute to development of our advanced data science application platform.  We are realizing the vision of a cohesive commercial decision support suite, helping stakeholders make data-driven decisions to optimize delivery of our product to patients. The candidate will work with the Integrated Research & Forecasting (IRF) to bring automation testing for forecasting solutions.

The Role

We need people who

• Break the Product. We need you to apply your skills to find out gaps in our product, our user journeys, our implementations in a systematic manner. Break the Product before the user breaks them
• Understand Testing Methodologies. You are good at manual or automation or functional or non-functional or regression or performance…testing strategies. You know what to use when and you bring the right tool to assist the teams with validation and verification.
• Are Analytical. You have sufficient knowledge about our tech stack and thus, can analyze the product to create proper test strategies
• Collaborate. Your work will require you to collaborate with the Quality Lead, developers, product managers, stakeholders to understand the product requirements so you can provide insights throughout the development cycle
• Communicate politely, professionally and effortlessly with everyone
• Have fun at work. Work life balance is just as important to you as it is to us.

What you will be doingWithin 3 Months

• Understand the software development lifecycle and quality assurance processes currently in place within the organization.
• Familiarize yourself with product architectures, team dynamics, and relevant tools and technologies used in quality engineering efforts.
• Begin developing manual/automated tests for key functionalities to gain experience with current platforms and practices
• Participate in the different ceremonies. Understand their purpose. Get acquainted with our stakeholders
• Shore up your knowledge on Pharmaceutical Processes around Forecasting.

Within 6 Months

• Design and implement a comprehensive test automation framework and integrate it into the continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline.
• Collaborate with the Quality Assurance Lead and development teams to establish performance and load testing procedures for critical applications.
• Analyse defect trends and identify opportunities for process improvements within the testing and development workflow

Within 12 Months

• Lead initiatives aimed at enhancing product quality, including implementing new testing tools and methodologies.
• Present results of testing efforts, including test metrics and quality insights, to the Quality Assurance Lead and relevant stakeholders.
• Mentor junior QA team members and contribute to building a culture of quality within the development organization

Education Minimum Requirements:

Engineering in Computer Science, post-graduates plus.

Required Experience and Skills:

• 4+ years of experience in the relevant roles; with 1-2 years of experience in pharmaceutical strategic forecasting or analytics as an added plus
• Experience with test automation frameworks and tools and writing automation scripts with python.
• Experience with end to end testing for enterprise applications and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with Agile Methodologies and experience with working in Agile Teams.

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Employee Status:

Regular

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Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

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Required Skills:

Applied Engineering, Computer Engineering, Continuous Deployment, Continuous Integrations, Data Engineering, Data Visualization, Design Applications, IS Audit, Manufacturing, Product Quality Assurance, Quality Assurance (QA), Quality Assurance (QA) Standards, Quality Assurance Engineering, Quality Engineering, Software Configurations, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Product Management, Solution Architecture, Stakeholder Engagement, Strategic Forecasting, System Designs, Systems Integration, Test Automation Framework, Testing

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Job Posting End Date:

08/30/2025

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Requisition ID:R351069

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