Ascendion is conducting an invite-only, in-person hiring drive for experienced QA Automation professionals on 10 October 2026 across Chennai, Bengaluru and Pune. The opportunities include QA Automation Lead for 8β16 years of experience and QA Automation Engineer for 2β4 years of experience.
The roles are particularly relevant for professionals with experience in US Healthcare Payer systems, automation testing, provider workflows, SQL, API testing and healthcare EDI transactions.
π Hiring Drive Details
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Date: 10 October 2026
π Locations: Chennai | Bengaluru | Pune
π’ Format: In-person
ποΈ Hiring Type: Invite-only
πΌ Position 1: QA Automation Lead β 8β16 Years
πΌ Position 2: QA Automation Engineer β 2β4 Years
π© vijay.chugh@ascendion.com
π§ͺ Focus: Automation, API, SQL, Healthcare Workflows & EDI
π Process: Apply β Application Review β Shortlisting β Hiring Drive β Interviews β Next Steps
π’ About Ascendion
Ascendion describes itself as an AI-native software engineering company combining engineers and AI agents to build and operate enterprise software. Its current company profile states that it works with 250+ strategic enterprise clients, including more than 30% of the Fortune 100, and operates across 12 countries with 35+ offices. Its capabilities include Quality Engineering, Product Engineering, Platform Engineering, Applied AI and CloudAI.
π Why Are These Roles Good for Your Experience?
The QA Automation Lead opportunity is relevant for senior professionals who want to combine hands-on automation with test strategy, technical leadership, stakeholder management, mentoring and healthcare-domain ownership. The role involves driving automation roadmaps and coordinating QA activities across complex payer applications.
The QA Automation Engineer role is suitable for professionals building deeper expertise in healthcare automation. Working across provider directories, enrollment, credentialing, eligibility and authorization workflows can provide experience in testing business-critical healthcare systems.
π₯ Key Healthcare Domain Skills
Candidates should understand:
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Provider directory accuracy testing
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Plan-level and network-tier validation
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Accepting-new-patients flag testing
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Provider enrollment workflows
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Provider credentialing workflows
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Add, update, termination and reactivation scenarios
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Provider demographic validation
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NPI, TIN and taxonomy-code validation
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Specialty, address and network-status validation
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Authorization and eligibility workflows
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Directory/network and authorization discrepancy RCA
π X12 EDI Knowledge
A strong understanding of healthcare EDI can be valuable for these positions. Candidates should revise:
π 270/271: Eligibility and Benefit Inquiry/Response
π 278: Healthcare Services Review / Prior Authorization Request and Response
For senior candidates, be prepared to discuss how EDI transactions are validated at the message, business-rule and downstream-system levels.
π οΈ Skills Required
For QA Automation Lead:
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8β16 years QA experience
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3+ years of technical/team leadership exposure
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Selenium / Tosca / Playwright
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API and integration testing
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SQL and database testing
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Healthcare Payer domain
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Test strategy and automation roadmap
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Defect management and quality metrics
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Agile/Scrum
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Stakeholder management and team mentoring
For QA Automation Engineer:
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2β4 years QA automation experience
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Selenium / Tosca / Playwright
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API testing
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SQL/database testing
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Functional and regression testing
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Healthcare workflow testing
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Defect tracking and RCA
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Agile methodology
π― Preparation Tips
1. Study healthcare workflows: Don’t prepare only automation questions. Understand how provider enrollment, credentialing, network participation, directory maintenance and authorization processes work.
2. Practise provider-data validation: Create test scenarios around NPI, TIN, taxonomy, specialty, address, network status and accepting-new-patients indicators.
3. Prepare EDI scenarios: Understand the purpose, structure and business validation of 270/271 and 278 transactions. Be ready to explain how you would identify an invalid response or mismatched data.
4. Strengthen SQL: Practise joins, subqueries, CTEs, aggregation, duplicate detection and source-to-target validation because healthcare systems commonly require backend verification.
5. Prepare automation architecture: Leads should be ready to design a scalable framework using Tosca or Playwright/Selenium, including reusable components, test data, reporting, CI/CD and maintenance strategy.
6. Practise RCA: Prepare examples of investigating discrepancies between provider directories, authorization systems, APIs and databases.
π§βπΌ Expected Interview Rounds
πΉ Technical Round: Automation, SQL, API, testing fundamentals and healthcare-domain scenarios.
πΉ Domain/Project Round: Provider, enrollment, credentialing, eligibility, authorization and EDI workflows.
πΉ Lead/Managerial Round: Strategy, ownership, mentoring, stakeholder communication and defect management for Lead candidates.
πΉ HR/Final Discussion: Location, compensation, availability and other employment formalities.
π° Salary Range
The hiring-drive announcement does not specify an official salary range. Recent third-party salary data shows Ascendion Lead Engineer submissions in India ranging from approximately βΉ14 LPA to βΉ31 LPA for several 7β14-year profiles, while an Indeed estimate places the average Lead Engineer salary at about βΉ16.66 LPA. These figures are third-party estimates and should not be treated as the official package for this drive.
For the QA Automation Engineer level, publicly available data is more limited and varies significantly by role and experience, so candidates should confirm compensation directly during the recruitment process.
π Resume Tips
Lead candidates: Make US Healthcare Payer + QA Automation Leadership + Tosca/Playwright/Selenium + API + SQL immediately visible. Highlight test strategy, automation roadmap, team mentoring, stakeholder management and measurable quality improvements.
Engineer candidates: Emphasize hands-on automation, API testing, SQL, regression testing and healthcare workflows. Include specific examples of provider, enrollment, eligibility or authorization testing where applicable.
π© How to Apply
π© vijay.chugh@ascendion.com
π Application Link (QA Automation Lead (8-16 Years): Click Here
π Application Link (QA Automation Engineer (2-4 Years): Click Here
Follow the six-step process announced for the hiring drive:
π Step 1: Choose the role matching your experience and submit your application.
π Step 2: Ascendion Talent Acquisition reviews your profile.
π Step 3: Matching candidates are shortlisted and contacted.
π Step 4: Shortlisted candidates are invited to the in-person drive on 10 October 2026.
π Step 5: Candidates complete the applicable interviews and technical evaluations.
π Step 6: Selected candidates receive guidance from the Talent Acquisition team regarding subsequent steps.
π Final Takeaway
This Ascendion hiring drive brings together opportunities for both mid-level QA Automation Engineers and senior QA Automation Leads. The strongest preparation should combine automation fundamentals with US Healthcare Payer workflows, SQL, API testing, provider-data validation, RCA and X12 EDI knowledge, especially 270/271 and 278. Lead candidates should additionally demonstrate strategy, leadership and stakeholder-management experience.
