This position is not available for visa sponsorship or relocation assistance
About the Role
We are seeking an early-career Quality Assurance Engineer to join our growing team in Overland Park, KS. This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about manual testing, eager to learn, and excited to build a long-term career in healthcare technology. You’ll play a key role in ensuring the quality and reliability of software solutions that have a meaningful impact on people’s lives.
As a QA Engineer, you’ll work closely with engineers, product teams, and QA leaders to test new and existing functionality, develop thoughtful test scenarios, and help ensure our applications meet defined requirements and high-quality standards. You’ll receive hands-on training, mentorship, and exposure to modern testing tools—including AI-assisted testing approaches—to support your growth into a senior-level QA role over time.
Why Join This Team?
- Make an Impact: The software you test directly supports healthcare solutions that positively impact individuals and communities.
- Learn & Grow: This role offers structured onboarding, shadowing, and mentorship designed for early-career QA engineers.
- Stability & Innovation: Healthcare technology offers long-term stability while continuously evolving.
- Collaborative Culture: Work alongside a supportive QA community and leadership team primarily based in Kansas City and Springfield.
What You’ll Do (Day-to-Day)
- Perform manual functional, regression, and integration testing on new and existing software solutions.
- Evaluate software against business requirements, acceptance criteria, and quality standards.
- Create, execute, and maintain test scenarios and test cases in MyQA, including both positive and negative testing.
- Participate in API endpoint testing using tools such as Postman.
- Use SQL to validate data integrity and backend results.
- Identify, document, and track defects clearly and concisely.
- Collaborate with developers and product partners during design reviews to provide testing insights.
- Contribute to end-user and technical documentation reviews.
- Support accurate task estimation and deliver testing activities on schedule.
- Participate in a rotational on-call schedule as needed.
What Success Looks Like
A top performer in this role:
- Quickly understands acceptance criteria and translates them into effective test scenarios.
- Thinks critically and logically about edge cases and “what else could be tested.”
- Produces thorough, high-quality test documentation.
- Learns quickly, adapts easily, and manages multiple priorities.
- Leverages AI tools to help generate and expand test scenarios.
- Is curious, collaborative, and proactive about improving testing coverage and processes.
Training & Onboarding
- Hands-on exposure from day one with real projects.
- Shadowing experienced QA Engineers.
- Structured training program tailored for early-career professionals.
- Dedicated mentorship to support technical and professional growth.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience.
- Must be able to work out of Overland Park, KS
- 1+ year of experience (or strong internship experience) in manual software testing.
- Strong understanding of software QA principles, standards, and best practices.
- Experience writing and executing manual test cases, test plans, and test scenarios.
- Ability to read and interpret business and technical requirements.
- Strong attention to detail with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Logical problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical partners.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with API testing (Postman or similar tools).
- Basic experience with SQL for data validation.
- Exposure to Agile development environments.
- Familiarity with structured software delivery processes.
- Experience testing web, desktop, or mobile applications.
- Knowledge of where test automation fits within the QA lifecycle.
This position is not available for visa sponsorship or relocation assistance
Netsmart is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer, providing equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all associates. All employment decisions at Netsmart, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, promotion and transfer, are based on performance, qualifications, abilities, education and experience. Netsmart does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, past or present military service, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.
Netsmart desires to provide a healthy and safe workplace and, as a government contractor, Netsmart is committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace in accordance with applicable federal law. Pursuant to Netsmart policy, all post-offer candidates are required to successfully complete a pre-employment background check, including a drug screen, which is provided at Netsmart’s sole expense. In the event a candidate tests positive for a controlled substance, Netsmart will rescind the offer of employment unless the individual can provide proof of valid prescription to Netsmart’s third party screening provider.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience
- 1+ year of experience (or strong internship experience) in manual software testing
- Strong understanding of software QA principles, standards, and best practices
- Experience writing and executing manual test cases, test plans, and test scenarios
- Ability to read and interpret business and technical requirements
- Strong attention to detail with excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Logical problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities
- Ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical partners
NetSmart Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about NetSmart and has not been reviewed or approved by NetSmart.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Offerings include a designated mental wellness day, paid volunteer time, telehealth, wellness events, and free 1:1 sessions with counselors and coaches. These wellbeing resources are positioned as stronger than many employers.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage are paired with short- and long‑term disability and telehealth. The breadth of core health coverage aligns with a comprehensive package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO, paid holidays, paid volunteer time, and a designated mental wellness day are part of the offering, with some materials referencing flexible or unlimited PTO. This variety provides multiple avenues for time away.
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What We Do
Netsmart designs, builds and delivers electronic health records (EHRs), solutions and services that are powerful, intuitive and easy-to-use. Our platform provides accurate, up-to-date information that is easily accessible to care team members in behavioral health, care at home, senior living and social services. We make the complex simple and personalized so our clients can concentrate on what they do best: provide services and treatment that support whole-person care. By leveraging the powerful Netsmart network, care providers can seamlessly and securely integrate information across communities, collaborate on the most effective treatments and improve outcomes for those in their care. Our streamlined systems and personalized workflows put relevant information at the fingertips of users when and where they need it. For 50 years, Netsmart has been committed to providing a common platform to integrate care. SIMPLE. PERSONAL. POWERFUL. Our more than 2,200 associates work hand-in-hand with our 600,000+ users in more than 25,000 organizations across the U.S. to develop and deploy technology that automates and coordinates everything from clinical to financial to administrative.
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