Staff Software Development Engineer L5

Inovalon was founded in 1998 on the belief that technology, and data specifically, would empower the transformation of the entire healthcare ecosystem for the better, improving both outcomes and economics. At Inovalon, we believe that when our customers are successful in their missions, healthcare improves. Therefore, we focus on empowering them with data-driven solutions. And the momentum is building.   Together, as ONE Inovalon, we are a united force delivering solutions that address healthcare’s greatest needs. Through our mission-based culture of inclusion and innovation, our organization brings value not just to our customers, but to the millions of patients and members they serve.

As a Staff Software Development Engineer – L5, you lead test automation strategy and engineering initiatives that strengthen product quality and release confidence. You are a hands-on technical leader who builds scalable automation solutions, raises engineering standards, and helps teams adopt effective quality practices across the software development lifecycle. You work closely with development, product, DevOps, and business partners to improve test coverage, accelerate feedback, and support reliable delivery. Your impact spans technical execution, team development, and continuous improvement.

Lead the design, development, and maintenance of scalable test automation frameworks using Playwright and TypeScript. Define automation strategy, framework architecture, coding standards, and implementation roadmaps to support long-term quality engineering goals. Provide technical leadership for UI, API, integration, regression, smoke, and end-to-end automation efforts. Identify and implement improvements to test coverage, execution speed, reliability, maintainability, and early defect detection across the development lifecycle. Integrate automated test suites into Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines and support efficient test execution, reporting, dashboards, and release-readiness processes. Review automation code and enforce engineering standards, reusable design patterns, test-data management practices, and framework best practices. Diagnose and resolve flaky tests, framework limitations, execution failures, and environment-related issues. Collaborate with developers, product owners, architects, DevOps engineers, and other stakeholders to align automation priorities and quality outcomes. Promote effective use of AI-assisted development tools, including GitHub Copilot, to improve engineering productivity, code quality, and test creation. Mentor automation engineers, communicate quality risks and progress, evaluate emerging automation technologies, and support continuous improvement of engineering, testing, and release processes.

Minimum 10 years of experience in software testing, quality engineering, and test automation. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience required. Proven experience working as a Test Automation Lead, Architect, Staff Engineer, or equivalent technical leadership role. Expert-level knowledge of Playwright automation with TypeScript. Strong experience designing and implementing enterprise-grade automation frameworks. Expertise in Azure DevOps, including repositories, pipelines, test execution, reporting, dashboards, and work-item management. Hands-on experience with UI, API, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing. Strong understanding of test automation architecture, design patterns, reusable components, fixtures, test-data management, and reporting. Experience integrating automated tests with CI/CD pipelines. Practical experience using AI development tools such as GitHub Copilot for code generation, refactoring, test creation, and productivity improvement. Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with