Join a team dedicated to supporting the crucial mission of improving health outcomes.
At Merative, you can apply your skills – and grow new ones – with colleagues who have deep expertise in health and technology. Merative provides data, analytics and software for the health industry. Our clients include providers, health plans, employers, life sciences companies and governments around the world. With industry-leading products and focused innovation, we help customers improve decision-making and performance so that together, we drive real progress in health. Learn more at merative.com
Working under minimal supervision, the Software Test Specialist tests software to find defects in a timely manner prior to product deployment, recommends and implements continuous quality improvement methods to find defects early in the SLC and works with peers across the SLC to make improvements resulting in a low defect escape occurance.
Essential Job Duties:
- Work in an agile, collaborative environment with the developers, product stakeholders and offering teams to define test requirements for software applications and write test scripts
- Collaborate with cross-functional team members on story development, from before development starts through final deployment
- Perform rigorous regression, exploratory, integration testing using industry leading practices and using a mix of automated and manual testing
- Discover defects/bugs and work with coders and product owners to determine root cause and how to prevent similar issues from happening in the future
- Work to ensure that all testing efforts adhere to the SOP’s, WI’s and other related procedures
- Pursue a program of individual continuous improvement
Basic Qualifications:
- Experience with Test Automation Tools such as Cucumber and Selenium/Web driver
- Fluent in Java -
- Experience with determining appropriate test cases at several levels: integration tests, functional tests, exploratory tests, regression tests
- At least 2 years of agile software development participation
- Have proven ability to learn new skills quickly and use the skills efficiently
Preferred Expertise
- 1-3 years’ experience using Java, Selenium, Cucumber, IntelliJ, Jenkins and Git
- Proficient in Java
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Exceptional critical thinking and analysis skills
- Clinical Trial Experience
Education Requirements:
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BA/BS in computer information systems, computer science or related field, or equivalent experience of 3 or more years in software testing.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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Office environment: temperature controlled
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Travel: Up to 10%
What We Do
Merative is a data, software and technology partner for the health and government social services industries, working with providers, health plans, employers, life sciences companies and governments.
With trusted technology and human expertise, the company works with clients to drive real progress. Merative helps clients orient information and insights around the people they serve to improve decision-making and performance.
Merative, formerly IBM Watson Health, became a new standalone company as part of Francisco Partners in 2022.
Learn more at merative.com
