QA Engineer (HL7 FHIR / API Testing)

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior End-to-End Integration QA Engineer to support the CMS Burden Reduction / CMS Interoperability Program. This role is highly focused on API testing and validation of HL7 FHIR-based healthcare APIs, ensuring regulatory compliance, data integrity, and high-quality integrations across complex healthcare ecosystems.

Key Responsibilities

API-Focused End-to-End Testing

• Own and execute end-to-end API and integration testing for CMS Burden Reduction initiatives.
• Validate HL7 FHIR REST APIs, including payloads, schemas, headers, authentication, and error handling.
• Perform deep API validation across upstream and downstream systems and integration partners.
• Ensure data accuracy, integrity, and regulatory compliance across API workflows.

Agile Program Enablement

• Participate in Pre-PI Planning, PI Planning, Release Retrospectives, and Technical Design Walkthroughs.
• Engage in Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, and System Demos as part of the System QA/QE team.

Test Planning, Design & Execution

• Contribute to Test Strategy during PI Planning, including scenarios, dependencies, risks, and regression impact.
• Provide end-to-end test estimates for assigned features and story points.
• Define and review Acceptance Criteria using GIVEN/WHEN/THEN format.
• Design, automate, and execute end-to-end test scenarios (positive, negative, and integration).
• Identify test data requirements and support integrated test environment setup.
• Execute tests based on business priority and critical paths.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, Developers, RTE, and QE Leads for defect management.
• Support warranty and post-production validation.
• Maintain daily Jira updates for features, test execution, and defect tracking.

Required Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of experience in End-to-End Integration QA.
• Strong hands-on expertise in API testing (must-have).
• Extensive experience with Postman for API validation.
• Strong knowledge of HL7 FHIR, healthcare interoperability, and CMS Burden Reduction.
• Experience using Playwright for API and UI integration testing.
• Strong experience with Jira for test and defect management.
• Experience working in Agile / SAFe environments.

Tools & Technologies

• Postman (Required)
• Playwright
• Jira
• REST APIs / HL7 FHIR
• CI/CD aligned testing
• Nucular (Preferred)