QA Automation Engineer – Agentic AI, UI, and API
At a glance
Mid-level QA & Test role at Vizient. Chicago · full-time · $102,400–$179,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Create reusable automation frameworks and validation processes for AI applications, interfaces, APIs and enterprise platforms
- Test AI behavior across prompts, workflows, integrations and regressions, including human review and quality datasets
- Monitor production reliability with telemetry, tracing and drift checks, then investigate incidents and validate releases
- Coordinate test execution, defects, risk reviews and production support across AI-enabled solutions
- Mentor quality engineers and analysts, assess testing tools, and explain risks and recommendations to stakeholders
What you bring
- You bring quality engineering experience spanning AI applications, APIs, user interfaces and integrated platforms
- You can build scalable automation and apply functional, regression, integration and human-in-the-loop testing
- You have the technical judgment to assess AI quality tools and communicate risks to technical and business clients
Who this fits
This role suits a quality engineer who wants to work across AI systems, automation and production reliability. You’ll also guide other quality professionals and coordinate with technical, clinical and operational partners.
From the employer
When you’re the best, we’re the best. We instill an environment where employees feel engaged, satisfied and able to contribute their unique skills and talents while living and working as their authentic selves. We provide extensive opportunities for personal and professional development, building both employee competence and organizational capability to fuel exceptional performance through an inclusive environment both now and in the future.
Responsibilities:
- Design and execute quality engineering strategies for AI-powered applications, agentic AI systems, user interfaces, APIs, LLM-enabled workflows, intelligent automation, and integrated enterprise platforms.
- Develop scalable test automation frameworks, reusable testing accelerators, validation processes, and automated workflows that improve quality, efficiency, and test coverage.
- Implement AI validation approaches, including functional, prompt, workflow, integration, regression, and human-in-the-loop testing, along with validation datasets and quality evaluation methods.
- Advance AI-assisted testing and modern quality engineering practices that address nondeterministic AI behavior, intelligent orchestration, and evolving healthcare workflows.
- Support runtime quality and reliability through telemetry, distributed tracing, observability, monitoring, drift detection, incident analysis, and production validation.
- Collaborate with engineering, AIOps, LLMOps, security, governance, data, clinical, and operational clients to integrate quality practices throughout the software and AI development lifecycle.
- Coordinate test execution, defect management, release validation, risk identification, and production support activities across AI-enabled solutions.
- Evaluate and implement testing, automation, observability, and AI quality engineering tools and technologies that improve scalability, reliability, and traceability.
- Mentor quality engineers and analysts by providing technical guidance, sharing automation practices, and fostering continuous learning and engineering discipline.
- Communicate quality risks, technical findings, implementation dependencies, and recommendations to technical and business clients while promoting continuous improvement and responsible AI adoption.
Estimated Hiring Range:
At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. The current salary range for this role is $102,400.00 to $179,000.00.This position is also incentive eligible.
Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here:
http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers
Equal Opportunity Employer: Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.