Senior Quality Engineeru00A0

About the Technology Organization

Technology at Lilly builds and maintains capabilities using pioneering technologies like most prominent tech companies. What differentiates Technology at Lilly is that we create new possibilities through tech to advance our purpose u2013 creating medicines that make life better for people around the world, like data driven drug discovery and connected clinical trials. We hire the best technology professionals from a variety of backgrounds, so they can bring an assortment of knowledge, skills, and diverse thinking to deliver solutions in every area of our business.u00A0

About the Business Function

The Software Product Engineering (SPE) team is a specialised engineering group that delivers strategic solutions and differentiated capabilities. We take a forward-thinking approach, focusing on an enterprise platform and product mindset, ensuring that the solutions we build can be leveraged across Technology teams for broader impact and efficiency.u00A0

Within SPE, the Quality Engineering function ensures that every product meets the highest standards of performance, security, compliance, resilience, and user experience.u00A0

Job Title: Senior Quality Engineeru00A0u00A0

Role Summaryu00A0

As a Senior Quality Engineer, you will design, implement, and maintain robust quality assurance strategies for complex, cloudu2011native applications built on Node.js, Express.js, PostgreSQL, and AWS. You will lead test automation initiatives, ensure compliance with healthcare regulations, and embed quality practices into every stage of the software development lifecycle. You will collaborate closely with backend, frontend, DevOps, and product teams to deliver reliable, secure, performant, and resilient solutions u2014 leveraging modern practices such as contract testing, observability validation, and AIu2011assisted test generation.u00A0

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What Youu2019ll Be Doingu00A0

• Develop and maintain automated test suites for backend services, RESTful APIs endpoints, and frontend integrations using Webdriver.IO, Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, and Playwright.u00A0

• Frameworku00A0ownership for Automation, Test Data across applications.

• Implement contract testing (e.g., Pact) to ensure API compatibility across microservices and external integrations.u00A0

• Design and execute functional, integration, regression, performance, security, and resilience tests for Node.js/Express.js applications and PostgreSQL database interactions (via Sequelize, Knex.js).u00A0

• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Docker, with continuous testing and shiftu2011left practices.u00A0

• Verify infrastructure deployments on AWS ECS Fargate, S3, RDS PostgreSQL, Secrets Manager, and CloudFormation for functional, nonu2011functional, and resilience requirements.u00A0

• Conduct chaos engineering experiments (e.g., AWS Fault Injection Simulator) to validate system recovery and fault tolerance.u00A0

• Collaborate with frontend teams using React.js and Materialu2011UI to ensure smooth API consumption and UI quality.u00A0

• Apply accessibility testing aligned with WCAG 2.1/2.2 standards, ARIA roles, and automated audits (axeu2011core), and validate Core Web Vitals for performance.u00A0

• Participate in Quality script code reviews with a focus on testability, maintainability, and quality.u00A0

• Ensure compliance with healthcare regulations (HIPAA, GDPR) and maintaining auditu2011ready documentation.u00A0

• Leverage AI tools like GitHub Copilot for test development, AIu2011driven test data generation, and intelligent defect clustering, while mentoring team members on responsible AI use.u00A0

• Validate observability by ensuring logs, metrics, and traces (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry) meet operational and troubleshooting needs.u00A0

How You Will Succeedu00A0

• Proven expertise in designing and implementing scalable test automation frameworks for microservices, serverless, and eventu2011driven architectures.u00A0

• Strong understanding of system design principles to validate modular, robust, and maintainable solutions.u00A0

• Handsu2011on experience with performance, security, resilience, and compliance testing in regulated environments.u00A0

• Skilled in defect analysis, root cause identification, and continuous improvement of test processes.u00A0

• Effective verbal and written communication skills.u00A0

• Ability to work collaboratively across backend, frontend, DevOps, and product teams, embracing TDD/BDD and pair testing practices.u00A0

• Mentorshipu00A0of other Quality Engineers in the team.

What You Should Bringu00A0

• 5-8 years of professional experience in software quality engineering or test automation.u00A0

• Proficiency in automated testing tools (Webdriver.IO, Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, Playwright).u00A0

• Experience testing backend services built with Node.js, Express.js, and PostgreSQL (Sequelize, Knex.js).u00A0

• Familiarity with Core Web Vitals and frontend performance testing techniques using Jmeter/Loadrunner/K6.u00A0

• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure testing (preferably AWS) and containerisation (Docker).u00A0

• Bacheloru2019s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.u00A0

• Knowledge of accessibility testing and WCAG standards.u00A0

• Exposure to REST API testing and contract testing.u00A0

• Experience in regulated industries (Life Sciences is a plus).u00A0

• Contributions to openu2011source testing frameworks or QA communities.u00A0

• Awareness of observability tools and practices for monitoring and troubleshooting.u00A0

• Handsu2011on experience with responsive design testing and crossu2011browser compatibility validation.u00A0

Preferred Qualificationsu00A0

• Experience with FeathersJS or similar frameworks for serviceu2011layer testing.u00A0

• Knowledge of accessibility testing best practices and WCAG standards.u00A0

• Experience validating design systems such as Materialu2011UI, Ant Design.u00A0

• Exposure to Veeva QMS systems.

• Familiarity with modern build tools (Webpack, Vite, Babel, ESLint) for test integration and static analysis.u00A0

• Experience with chaos engineering and resilience validation.u00A0

• Familiarity with observability platforms (Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry).u00A0

• Experience in regulated industries (e.g., Life Sciences) is a bonus but not required.u00A0

• Contributions to openu2011source testing frameworks or quality engineering communities.u00A0

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