Software Test Architect

The Role:

As a Software Test Architect, you will shape how quality is engineered across iA’s Cloud, On-Premise, Retail, and modernization products. In this senior individual contributor role, you will partner with QA leaders and engineering teams to define test architecture and automation strategy, evaluate emerging tools and technologies, and create scalable approaches that improve testability. You will also help teams build the skills, frameworks, and practices needed to develop and sustain effective test automation.

What you’ll do:

• Define and evolve test automation architecture and recommended practices across Cloud, On-Premise, Retail, and modernization products.
• Evaluate automation tools, frameworks, and platforms based on technical fit, scalability, maintainability, integration needs, and business risk.
• Lead proofs of concept and create reusable reference implementations for UI, API, integration, performance, reliability, and device-level testing.
• Architect and implement AI test agents, AI-driven testing frameworks, and advanced AI test strategies.
• Directly engineer simulation/emulator environments and establish the core R&D test framework standards.
• Transform legacy manual QA teams into automated test powerhouses through hands-on demonstration, coaching, and proven ROI rather than top-down mandates.
• Partner with QA leaders to assess automation maturity, identify coverage gaps, and develop practical improvement roadmaps while preserving each leader's ownership of team execution.
• Collaborate with Software Engineering, Product, Architecture, DevOps, and Security to incorporate testability, quality gates, and continuous testing into the development lifecycle.
• Guide integration of automated tests into Azure DevOps pipelines, test plans, work items, and reporting to improve traceability and release readiness.
• Actively write and deploy AI-driven automated test cases alongside the team.
• Provide hands-on coaching, workshops, documentation, and mentoring that help QA teams build, troubleshoot, and maintain automation independently.
• Promote reusable frameworks, libraries, test data patterns, simulators, emulators, service virtualization, and test environments where appropriate.
• Establish practices for stable, maintainable automation, including code review, debugging, flaky-test reduction, and validation of AI-assisted test assets.
• Partner with QA leadership to define meaningful measures for automation coverage, test reliability, defect leakage, and release readiness.

Who you are:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience in test automation engineering, software development engineering in test, quality engineering, or test architecture.
• Experience designing or substantially contributing to scalable automation frameworks across UI, API, integration, or end-to-end testing.
• Proficiency in at least one relevant programming language, such as TypeScript, JavaScript, C#, Java, or Python.
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and using source control, pull requests, and code reviews.
• Ability to evaluate tools, develop proofs of concept, document recommendations, and influence technical direction without direct authority.
• Demonstrated ability to coach engineers and collaborate across QA, Software Engineering, Product, Architecture, and DevOps.

Even better if you have:

• Experience testing cloud, on-premise, hybrid, distributed, offline-capable, or device-integrated enterprise systems.
• Experience with Playwright or similar technologies, REST APIs, and Azure DevOps Pipelines, Repos, Boards, and Test Plans.
• Experience with performance, reliability, accessibility, security, visual regression, simulators, emulators, or hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• Practical experience using AI coding assistants to accelerate test development while validating generated output.
• Experience in healthcare technology, pharmacy automation, retail, fulfillment, logistics, supply chain, or other regulated or mission-critical environments.

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. Employer will not sponsor applicants for work visas.

Compensation:

The estimated base annual salary range for this position is $123,250.00 to $166,750.00, though a candidate’s base annual salary shall be determined on a range of factors, including, but not limited to, qualifications and experience. This position may additionally be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.

What are the perks?

• Generous time off policy that allows you to put your family first
• Opportunity to work on the cutting edge of pharmacy automation in a high growth tech company
• Competitive benefits, salary, and talent development opportunities
• Commitment to professional development and working for a company where your voice is heard

More about iA:

iA® (Innovation Associates®) is a pharmacy fulfillment company that provides an integrated platform of capabilities to support Centralized and Community Pharmacy Fulfillment Solutions. With over 30 years of experience in the pharmacy fulfillment business, we have developed and implemented a suite of automation and software solutions that help deliver quick and sustainable business results. Our integrated Pharmacy Fulfillment Platform enables scalable solutions that helps run the prescription fulfillment process from prescription acceptance to delivery, supporting dynamic design flexibility to service pharmacies in a variety of volumes and settings. Our solutions improve workflow, and increase efficiency, while enabling more time for pharmacists to focus on their patients. iA works with pharmacy providers in the Commercial, Health Systems, Government, and Mail Order/eCommerce markets. iA can help customers transform their pharmacy. For more information, visit iARx.com.

Our Mission: We partner with providers to transform pharmacy through our leading-edge software enabled fulfillment technology and partners to deepen the patient-pharmacist relationship, enhancing patient safety and choice while increasing operational efficiency. iA empowers pharmacists to focus on patient care. iA can run the prescription fulfillment process from start to finish, helping pharmacies manage fulfillment and inventory to help lower costs, improve efficiency, increase safety, and provide comprehensive Rx tracking and real-time support.

Our Products:

• Software
• Modular Hardware
• Sophisticated Counting and Collation Devices

Our Core Values:

• Solutions Driven
• Customer Centric
• Championing Diversity
• Empowering Ownership
• Trust Daringly

To learn more about iA’s product, people and culture visit us at iARx.com OR check us out on LinkedIn, Facebook, or YouTube!

iA provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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