McKesson

Healthcare

SoftwareAutomationEngineer

$106–177k Irving, Texas, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Software Automation Engineer at McKesson. Skills: Automation, AI Quality Engineering, GenAI Quality Engineering, Backend Testing. Own test strategy planning execution. Identify quality risks”

Industry & Context.

Healthcare
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis; Debugging

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

4+ years progressive SQA experience, 3+ years test automation development, 2+ years API testing automation, Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent, 4+ years relevant experience

Nice to Have

Experience in healthcare regulated industries

What You'll Do.

Own test strategy planning execution

Identify quality risks

Communicate risks impacts recommendations

Author test strategies plans cases

Perform exploratory testing

Coordinate end-to-end validation

Design automated test suites

Develop automated test suites

Maintain automated test suites

Contribute to automation frameworks

Develop API automation

Implement test data strategies

Integrate automated tests into CI/CD

Leverage AI-assisted development tools

Use AI tooling for test cases

Design AI/ML GenAI test strategies

Execute AI/ML GenAI test strategies

Validate prompt behavior

Perform negative testing for AI

Test Retrieval-Augmented Generation pipelines

Validate AI outputs for accuracy

Collaborate to test model integrations

Utilize AI-powered tools for analysis

Critically evaluate AI-generated suggestions

Perform backend testing

Validate data ingestion transformations

Coordinate testing of asynchronous workflows

Define acceptance criteria

Partner with developers for shift-left

Participate in sprint planning

Participate in grooming

Participate in retrospectives

Participate in release readiness reviews

Collaborate with QA team members

Ensure testing aligns with HIPAA

Contribute audit-ready documentation

Participate in root-cause analysis

Support corrective actions

Identify QA process improvements

Research new QA tools techniques

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Product Engineering teams; MLOps teams; Product Owners; Business Analysts; Developers; Onshore offshore QA teams

Process & Methodology

Agile

Full Job Description

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care. What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you. **Position Summary** The Software Automation Engineer (P3) is a senior individual contributor responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining automated test solutions across Ontada’s product ecosystem, with a strong focus on AI‑enabled and GenAI‑powered systems. Reporting to the QA Lead, this role drives high‑quality automation for UI, API, backend, and data layers, while ensuring AI/ML features meet expectations for correctness, reliability, safety, and compliance. This role partners closely with Product, Engineering, and MLOps teams to validate both traditional software workflows and AI‑driven behaviors, including prompt‑based systems, retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG), and model‑integrated services. **Key Responsibilities** Quality Engineering Ownership & Execution * Own and execute test strategy, planning, and execution for assigned features, services, or product areas under the guidance of the QA Lead. * Identify functional, integration, and non‑functional quality risks early; communicate risks, impacts, and recommendations clearly. * Author comprehensive test strategies, test plans, and test cases aligned with product requirements and acceptance criteria. * Perform exploratory testing to uncover complex, edge‑case, and systemic defects. * Coordinate end‑to‑end validation across multiple environments to ensure release readiness. Test Automation & Fra

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