QA Automation Engineer (SDET) AI-Enhanced Testing

Job Details: Level: Experienced, Job Location: California - Mountain View, CA, Salary Range: $120000.00 - $140000.00Salary/year, About Vimo

Vimo® started as the “Expedia” of health insurance and has evolved into a leader in transforming government IT infrastructure with its proven SaaS and AI technology. Our innovative approach to health insurance shopping and enrollment has expanded beyond exchanges, and we are now reinventing how states administer safety net programs such as Medicaid, SNAP (food stamps), child care, and unemployment insurance. With our cutting-edge technology, we are helping agencies serve more people, faster, and transforming healthcare service delivery as we know it.

Job Title : QA Automation Engineer (SDET) AI-Enhanced Testing

We are seeking a highly analytical and technically strong QA Engineer with an SDET background to join our team responsible for validating a complex web-based health insurance marketplace. This role combines hands-on manual testing, test automation development, and the use of AI tools in the SDLC. You will contribute to building reliable test coverage, improving automation, and ensuring overall product quality.

Key Responsibilities

Analyze requirements and workflows to design effective manual and automated test cases, prioritizing automation where appropriate

Perform comprehensive manual and automated testing, including exploratory, functional, regression, and end-to-end testing

Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts and frameworks for high-value and repeatable scenarios

Contribute to test coverage across UI, API, and integration layers

Identify, document, and triage defects with clear reproduction steps and root cause insights

Use AI tools to enhance testing, including test case generation, defect analysis, automated test development, and test optimization

Collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and DevOps teams to ensure quality throughout the SDLC

Contribute to CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing and faster feedback cycles

Continuously evaluate and improve what should be tested manually vs. automated

Qualifications: Required Basic Qualifications

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail

Proven experience in manual testing of web applications

Solid understanding of QA methodologies, processes, and best practices

Strong experience with SQL and data validation

Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks and tools

Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., JavaScript, Python, Java)

Experience testing APIs and data-driven systems

Experience working with modern CI/CD pipelines

Comfort using AI tools within the software development lifecycle (e.g., AI-assisted test creation, code generation, debugging, or analysis tools)

Preferred Qualifications

Experience testing complex, data-driven web applications

Familiarity with healthcare or health insurance or Medicaid domains

Experience with modern automation tools (e.g., Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or similar)

Exposure to cloud-based environments and microservices architectures

Experience with performance or load testing

Compensation and Benefits-

Competitive compensation - All In range of ($120,000-$140,000). (Please note that salary and compensation may vary based on factors such as skills, experience, performance and location.)

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including but not limited to: Health, Dental, Life, Disability, and Vision insurance

Healthcare spending or reimbursement accounts (HSA/FSA)

Retirement benefits (401k)

Paid time off

Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Education assistance or tuition reimbursement-

Employee discounts for Gym memberships & commuting/travel assistance

Our Vaues -

We believe that working hard, when it is imbued with purpose, can and should be fun.

You’ll find we are a “can do” place where people work together and roll up their sleeves to get the job done.

Everyone has a voice; everyone’s ideas count, and everyone is respected.

We have built a company, as well as a community of friends and colleagues, with respect for each other.

Information Security & Data Protection

This role may involve access to sensitive or regulated information. The candidate is expected to handle all data in accordance with company security, privacy, and data protection policies. Compliance with access control, data classification, and applicable legal and regulatory requirements is required.