Backend Test Engineer
Posted 1 week ago by 1762591206
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA
Summary: The Backend Test Engineer role involves working with a leading health insurance provider to focus on backend testing, automation, and ETL testing, particularly in data migration projects. Candidates will be expected to design and execute test plans, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and ensure the quality of complex data transformations. The position is remote but requires occasional travel to Reston, VA for planning activities. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in backend testing and automation, particularly in the healthcare sector.
Key Responsibilities:
- Designing and executing test plans, test cases, and test scenarios from scratch.
- Creating and utilizing complex SQL queries to validate and verify backend processes.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to review requirements, write defects, and contribute to agile ceremonies.
- Conducting ETL testing, including processing and transforming large datasets for migration and organization.
- Developing and automating test cases using Java and Jenkins.
- Performing API testing and contributing to integration test strategies.
- Mapping requirements to test cases and ensuring comprehensive coverage of test scenarios.
- Actively participating in fast-paced team collaborations and effectively communicating technical details to stakeholders.
Key Skills:
- At least 5 years of testing experience, with a focus on backend and ETL testing.
- Proficiency in creating and using complex SQL queries.
- Proficiency writing code for automation using Java, Python, or similar.
- Experience with automation testing, including proficiency in Selenium, Java, and Jenkins.
- Hands-on experience with relational database management systems, such as DB2, Oracle, or SQL Server.
- Strong understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC).
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and tools, including Jira for test case repository and defect tracking.
- Proven ability to develop test strategies, test plans, and test cases independently.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills for effective collaboration in large teams.
- Healthcare or health insurance industry experience.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
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Title: Backend Test Engineer
Duration: Reston, VA 20191
Location: 9 Months Contract
Job Description:
Terms of Employment
- Contract, 9 Months
- This position is remote. Candidates must be based in Eastern or Central time zones. Candidates based in a commutable distance to Reston, VA will be prioritized.
- Candidates must be comfortable traveling to Reston, VA roughly once per quarter for PI planning activities.
Overview & Responsibilities
- We are seeking highly skilled Senior Backend Test Engineers to join a dynamic team at a leading health insurance provider. The role focuses on backend testing, automation, and ETL testing to support data migration projects, including the transition from DB2 to MongoDB. These professionals will work in an agile environment to ensure the integrity, functionality, and quality of complex data transformations and integrations.
Key responsibilities include:
- Designing and executing test plans, test cases, and test scenarios from scratch.
- Creating and utilizing complex SQL queries to validate and verify backend processes.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to review requirements, write defects, and contribute to agile ceremonies.
- Conducting ETL testing, including processing and transforming large datasets for migration and organization.
- Developing and automating test cases using Java and Jenkins.
- Performing API testing and contributing to integration test strategies.
- Mapping requirements to test cases and ensuring comprehensive coverage of test scenarios.
- Actively participating in fast-paced team collaborations and effectively communicating technical details to stakeholders.
Required Skills & Experience
- At least 5 years of testing experience, with a focus on backend and ETL testing.
- Proficiency in creating and using complex SQL queries.
- Proficiency writing code for automation using Java, Python, or similar.
- Experience with automation testing, including proficiency in Selenium, Java, and Jenkins.
- Hands-on experience with relational database management systems, such as DB2, Oracle, or SQL Server.
- Strong understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC).
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and tools, including Jira for test case repository and defect tracking.
- Proven ability to develop test strategies, test plans, and test cases independently.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills for effective collaboration in large teams.
- Healthcare or health insurance industry experience.
Preferred Skills & Experience
- Experience with MongoDB.
- API testing knowledge and experience.
- Healthcare claims, enrollments, and/or contracts data expertise.
- Any Generative AI experience
Sincerely,
Preetam Raj
Lead Technical Recruiter
nTech Workforce Inc.
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