Senior Quality Engineering Manager - Remote

Requisition Number: 2337925
Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
We are seeking a seasoned Senior Quality Engineering Manager with deep expertise in automation, large-scale systems, and modern quality engineering practices. This role is pivotal in driving quality strategy, building scalable test automation frameworks, and ensuring the delivery of reliable, high performing software solutions.
You will lead engineering teams, partner across technology functions, and advance test engineering maturity in alignment with enterprise quality standards and best practices.
You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Quality Engineering Leadership
  • Develop, enhance, and maintain end to end test automation strategies and frameworks (Selenium, Cypress)
  • Drive high quality delivery across frontend, backend, and API layers
  • Build scalable automated test suites and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines
  • Define and evolve test standards, processes, and methodologies across teams ✔ Aligned with QE core tasks
• Technical Ownership
  • Oversee testing for large scale, high availability distributed systems
  • Build and manage robust test data generation and mock data simulation solutions using industry-standard tools
  • Ensure performance, reliability, and resiliency through proactive defect discovery and root cause analysis
• Collaboration & Coaching
  • Partner with product, architecture, and development teams to influence solution design and acceptance criteria
  • Mentor engineers in test design, automation techniques, and quality-first engineering practices
  • Champion continuous learning, industry best practices, and technology adoption in line with enterprise guidance
• Operational Excellence
  • Ensure strong quality metrics, reporting, automated regression coverage, and test execution reliability
  • Drive engineering initiatives focused on improving quality velocity, reducing defects, and enhancing user experience
  • Advocate for automation-first quality culture across distributed teams

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:

• 6+ years of automation testing experience in Software Quality Engineering environments
• 6+ years of hands-on experience testing frontend, backend, and APIs
• 3+ years working with large scale, high availability applications, including test data creation using tools and mock data frameworks
• 3+ years of scripting experience using JavaScript and Python
• 2+ years of experience with Microsoft Azure and/or AWS cloud services
• 2+ years of experience in test data generation and mock data simulation, leveraging industry-standard tools and automation frameworks
• Proven expertise in designing, building, and maintaining test automation frameworks using Selenium and Cypress

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in the healthcare domain, with understanding of regulatory and compliance considerations
• Familiarity with streaming technologies and modern data platforms
• Proven exposure to AI, GenAI, LLMs and applied quality patterns for intelligent systems

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy
Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $112,700 to $193,200 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.
Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.
UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.