Quality Engineer, Principal

Responsibilities

• Quality Strategy & Governance Define and drive enterprise-level quality strategy.
• Establish release quality gates and measurable KPIs.
• Improve DORA metrics, defect escape rates, and automation coverage.
• Implement shift-left testing and quality engineering best practices.
• Test Architecture & Automation Design scalable automation frameworks (UI, API, integration, performance).
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Lead API, microservices, and cloud validation testing.
• Improve automation stability and execution efficiency.
• Cloud & Platform Validation Validate AWS/Azure/GCP-based deployments.
• Lead performance, resiliency, and reliability testing.
• Drive containerized and Kubernetes-based test strategy.
• Partner with SRE teams on SLO/SLA validation.
• Technical Leadership Mentor senior QA engineers and SDETs.
• Influence architecture decisions from a quality standpoint.
• Lead quality reviews for major releases and migrations.
• Collaborate with global engineering teams.
• Required Qualifications 12-15+ years of experience in Quality Engineering / Test Architecture.
• Strong programming skills (Java or Python preferred).
• Expertise in:
• Selenium / Playwright / Cypress
• REST API testing frameworks
• CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps)
• Performance testing tools (JMeter, k6)
• Docker & Kubernetes
• Experience in cloud platforms (AWS / Azure / GCP).
• Strong understanding of Agile and DevOps practices.
• Preferred Qualifications Experience in large-scale cloud migration validation.
• Knowledge of observability tools (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Exposure to security and compliance testing.
• Experience working with global teams across time zones.
• Additional Information
• The recruitment process includes online assessments as a first step - we send them via e-mail, please check also your SPAM folder
• Work Location: Strategy Chennai office - full-time, Monday to Friday

Additional Information

We are looking for a Principal Quality Engineer to lead quality transformation across cloud-native platforms and enterprise products. This is a senior technical leadership role responsible for defining automation strategy, improving release quality, and driving engineering excellence across distributed teams. This role requires strong hands-on expertise along with strategic influence across Engineering, DevOps, and Product teams.

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