Senior Quality Assurance Analyst
TELUS Health / LifeWorks · 18 Locations · CA
Software Engineering
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Not yet analysed
Demand55
Career growth50
Healthcare fit38
Remote potential60
5-year outlook
QA roles in health tech generally offer stable, mid-range compensation with upside for those who build test automation and CI/CD skills. Progression typically runs toward QA lead, test architect, or engineering management rather than clinical leadership, and pay growth is stronger for automation-heavy profiles than manual-testing profiles.
Clinical license
Not required
Applicant reach
broad
Seniority
senior
Employment type
–
Date found
2026-10-07
Intelligence details
Flexible work details
- Eligible countries
- Canada
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Why this is worth applying to
Only worth applying if you already have hands-on software QA or testing experience alongside your clinical background; clinicians without a technical testing track record are unlikely to clear the senior bar. Treat this as a health-tech engineering role, not a clinical-to-non-clinical bridge role.
Who should apply
Clinicians who have already worked in software testing, QA, or health IT roles; clinical informatics professionals with test/validation experience; healthcare graduates with a computer science or software engineering background and prior QA internships or employment.
CV angle
Lead with any software testing, validation, or systems implementation work (e.g., EHR/EMR testing, UAT, clinical systems validation) and quantify scope — number of test cases, release cycles, or defects caught. Reframe clinical experience as evidence of rigorous documentation, protocol adherence, regulated-environment compliance, and cross-functional stakeholder communication, then place technical QA skills and tools at the top of the resume for ATS matching.
Skills to highlight
- Software Quality Assurance
- Test Case Design and Execution
- Regression and UAT Testing
- Defect Tracking and Reporting
- Agile/Scrum Delivery
- Clinical Workflow and Health Data Knowledge
- Regulated Environment Documentation
- Cross-functional Stakeholder Communication
Role summary
A senior software quality assurance position at TELUS Health / LifeWorks, focused on testing and validating health technology products to ensure reliability, accuracy, and compliance. The role sits in the engineering/QA function rather than in clinical operations or healthcare analytics.
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