Quality Engineer IV

Premera Blue Cross

Quality Engineer IV at Premera focusing on healthcare software quality and testing processes. Leading technical teams to define testing strategies and ensure software meets compliance standards.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timeMountlake Terrace • Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $135,600 - $230,500 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with business and IT leaders to identify and understand multi-faceted problems or improvement opportunities.
Partner with the development teams, business partners, architecture, and customers to understand project requirements, provide technical excellence and oversight, and resolve technical challenges guaranteeing code quality.
Serve as the primary engineering and strategic implementation partners, ensuring clear, effective , and timely communication.
Oversee the review process of code, ensuring compliance with best practices, Premera standards, and architectural guidelines.
Responsible for vendor oversight and code sign-off ensuring an effective relationship and high-quality outcomes of vendor work.
Analyze project data and metrics to identify trends, patterns, and areas of concern, and make data-driven recommendations to enhance the delivery of software.
Train and enforce governance processes to ensure compliance with company standards, best practices, and regulatory requirements.
Oversee engineering excellence and continuous automation. This includes testing associated with cross-functional project team and in-team efforts.
Act as technical and business leader sharing knowledge, and expertise with others inside team as well as with other customers.
Proactively contribute to knowledge sharing across Premera developer community.
Stay current in best practices, technology trends and the organization’s business while mentoring and sharing knowledge gained with others.
Maintain expertise in one or more technical areas.
Provide advice and mentoring to other engineers.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or information systems. (Required)
Eight (8) years of software development experience, knowledge of software development lifecycle, and skills to utilize one or more programming languages. (Required)
Experience in healthcare industry or a highly regulated environment. (Strongly Preferred)
Experience working with cloud solutions. (Preferred)
Technical knowledge and experience with specific technical tools used at Premera (i.e. Facets) or required for open position. (Preferred)
Previous experience in an Agile environment. (Preferred)
Exposure to API and service-based technologies. (Preferred)
Experience using and creating automated test tools. (Preferred)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, vision, and dental coverage with low employee premiums.
Voluntary benefit offerings, including pet insurance for paw parents.
Life and disability insurance.
Retirement programs, including a 401K employer match and, believe it or not, a pension plan that is vested after 3 years of service.
Wellness incentives with a wide range of mental well-being resources for you and your dependents, including counseling services, stress management programs, and mindfulness programs, just to name a few.
Generous paid time off to reenergize.
Looking for continuing education? We have tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Employee recognition program to celebrate anniversaries, team accomplishments, and more.
For our hybrid employees, our on-campus model provides flexibility to create your own routine with access to on-site resources, networking opportunities, and team engagement.
Commuter perks make your trip to work less impactful on the environment and your wallet.
Free convenient on-site parking.
Subsidized on-campus cafes make lunchtime connections with colleagues fun and affordable.
Participate in engaging on-site activities such as health and wellness events, coffee connects, disaster preparedness fairs and more.
Our complementary fitness & well-being center offers both in-person and virtual workouts and nutritional counseling.
Need a brain break? Challenge someone to a game of shuffleboard or ping pong while on campus.

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Hard Skills & Tools

software developmentprogramming languagessoftware development lifecycleautomated test toolsAPI technologiesservice-based technologiescloud solutionsAgile methodologydata analysiscode quality

Soft Skills

communicationleadershipmentoringcollaborationproblem-solvingknowledge sharingoversightgovernance enforcementstrategic implementationtechnical excellence

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer scienceBachelor’s degree in information systems