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# Test Lead II - Healthcare Payer Testing

- **Company:** Healthedge Software, Inc.
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $90,000.0 - $120,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), JIRA, Test Case, Data Logging
- **Published:** October 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=62b0b55cf0812580

## About the Role

* 5+ years in software QA/testing
 * 2+ years in a lead or senior tester role
 * Solid experience testing U.S. healthcare payer systems - claims, enrollment, benefits, or provider network
 * Working knowledge of EDI X12 transactions and HIPAA compliance requirements
 * Hands-on test case design experience using boundary analysis, equivalence partitioning, and negative testing techniques
 * Proficiency in defect tracking and test management tools (JIRA, Zephyr, ALM, or equivalent)
 * Ability to read and interpret payer business rules, EOPs, benefit plan documents, and SLAs
 * Strong attention to detail - payer system defects have financial and compliance consequences

## Description

* Develop detailed test cases, scenarios, and scripts for claims processing, enrollment, benefits, provider data, and EDI transaction flows
 * Lead functional, integration, regression, and UAT cycles for assigned payer modules
 * Analyze requirements and business rules - identify gaps, ambiguities, and testability issues before execution begins
 * Own defect lifecycle management: logging, triage, root cause classification, retest, and closure tracking
 * Validate EDI transactions (834, 837, 835, 270/271, 820) against payer business rules and X12 standards
 * Support compliance and regulatory test cycles - ICD updates, CMS mandates, state-specific Medicaid rules
 * Coordinate with developers, BAs, and configuration teams to resolve blockers and clarify expected behavior
 * Produce daily/weekly execution status reports with defect metrics, coverage status, and risk flags
 * Manages offshore QA analysts., The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the job being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. HealthEdge reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Candidates may be required to go through a pre-employment criminal background check.