Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain automated and manual tests for EMR integration workflows, FHIR APIs, and HL7 message processing.
- Validate FHIR resource conformance, HL7 and CDA message structure, healthcare terminology mappings, and API contracts.
- Own end-to-end testing of healthcare data exchange flows and maintain an ecosystem-level EMR compatibility and regression suite.
- Serve as the EMR compatibility subject matter expert for cross-team releases, assessing impact and defining test requirements.
- Partner with Engineering and Product to establish acceptance criteria, identify edge cases, define UAT coverage, and validate downstream behavior.
- Build and maintain test environments, mock EMR endpoints, and synthetic patient datasets for HIPAA-compliant testing.
- Integrate automated EMR compatibility checks and quality gates into CI/CD deployment workflows.
- Identify, document, track, prioritize, and verify defects with clear reproduction steps and clinical context.
- Maintain test documentation, traceability, and evidence supporting compliance and audit readiness.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of software QA experience, including at least 2 years focused on healthcare applications or EMR/EHR integrations.
- Hands-on experience testing FHIR APIs and HL7 message flows, including resource validation and conformance testing.
- Familiarity with EMR platforms such as Epic or Cerner and integration engines such as Mirth Connect.
- Experience collaborating across engineering teams as a shared quality resource or platform QA function.
- Proficiency with API testing tools such as Postman, REST-assured, or equivalent, including healthcare-specific API security validation.
- Experience writing automated tests in TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, or Python within a modern CI/CD pipeline.
- Working knowledge of HIPAA requirements for test-data handling and environment management.
- Ability to reason through complex, stateful integration scenarios spanning multiple systems.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS-based testing infrastructure is a plus.
- Strong analytical, cross-functional collaboration, and written communication skills for defect documentation, test plans, and compliance artifacts.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability plans for eligible employees and dependents.
- Free testing for employees and immediate family members, plus fertility care benefits.
- Pregnancy and baby bonding leave, 401k benefits, commuter benefits, and an employee referral program.
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About Natera
Natera™ is a global leader in cell-free DNA and precision medicine, dedicated to oncology, women’s health, and organ health. We aim to make personalized genetic testing and diagnostics part of the standard-of-care to protect health and inform earlier, more targeted interventions that help lead to longer, healthier lives. Natera’s tests are supported by more than 325 peer-reviewed publications that demonstrate excellent performance. Natera operates ISO 13485-certified and CAP-accredited laboratories certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) in Austin, Texas, and San Carlos, California, and through Foresight Diagnostics, its subsidiary, operates an ISO 27001-certified and CAP-accredited laboratory certified under CLIA in Boulder, Colorado. Please be advised that Natera will only reach out to candidates with an @natera.com email domain. Email communications from all other domain names are not from Natera or its employees and are fraudulent. Natera does not request interviews via text messages and does not ask for personal information until a candidate has engaged with the company and has spoken to a recruiter and the hiring team. Natera takes cyber crimes seriously, and will collaborate with law enforcement authorities to prosecute any related cyber crimes. https://www.natera.com/privacy/