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Principal Quality Engineer - SDET

United States, Atlanta Employment contract 112500.00 - 168750.00 USD / Year · Job Posted May 29, 2026
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Job Description

We are looking for a Principal-level SDET to support our product development teams. As the Principal SDET, you will play a crucial role in shaping and leading our software testing strategy. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing robust test automation frameworks, mentoring a team of SDETs, and ensuring the overall quality and reliability of our software products.

Job Responsibility

  • Provide technical leadership and guidance to the SDET team
  • Collaborate with development and QE teams to integrate testing into the software development process
  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable and efficient test automation frameworks and test architectures
  • Rub shoulders with developers in writing unit and integration tests using their tools and frameworks
  • Ensure the frameworks support various testing types, including functional, integration, and performance testing
  • Mentor and guide junior SDETs, providing technical expertise and career development support
  • Conduct training sessions to enhance the skills of the testing team
  • Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning within the team
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop comprehensive test plans
  • Execute and oversee the execution of test cases, ensuring thorough coverage of functional and non-functional requirements
  • Analyze test results and provide meaningful insights to improve product quality
  • Work closely with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and user stories
  • Communicate effectively with team members and stakeholders, providing clear updates on testing progress and issues
  • Add, maintain, and update scripts in existing automation suite, helping with running the suite across various checkpoints in the release cycle
  • Participate in various POCs to keep the automation framework and technology relevant and current to product offerings
  • Conduct peer reviews of test code and automation frameworks

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical or business field
  • 10+years of relevant experience working as a developer, automation engineer or SDET
  • 8+ years of experience coding in Java and must have strong practical knowledge of OOPs and Core Java principles
  • 4+ years of experience contributing to Test-Driven Development or BDD with tools like Cucumber, Junit, Mockito, or TestNG
  • 3+ years of experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Circle CI, or Azure DevOps with the ability to create test pipelines using Java or Groovy
  • 4+ years of experience with Selenium or Cypress frameworks for automating GUI and E2E tests of the application
  • 4+ years of experience with REST Assured or similar tools like Postman for automating APIs
  • 4+ years of experience working in a highly automated CI/CD environment
  • 4+ years of experience with source control tools such as Bitbucket, GitHub or GitLab
  • 2+ years of experience mining meaningful logs for troubleshooting using tools like Splunk, Dynatrace or Coralogix
  • 3+ years of experience working in a cloud shop preferably Azure with exposure to various Azure services like Gateways, Redis, Storage, VMs and Kubernetes clusters
  • 3+ years of experience in testing mobile applications, both native and websites using Appium on both real devices and simulators either in a private farm of 3rd party vendors like Sauce Labs or BrowserStack
  • 4+ years of experience working with geographically distributed teams in US, Canada, and India
  • Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team, demonstrate initiative, solve problems independently and mentor others
  • Passion for high-quality work and attention to detail
  • Strong oral and written communication skills

Nice to have

  • Prior exposure to AI/ML systems and how to use them in testing thus making test pipeline more intelligent
  • Experience in analyzing the CPU Utilization, Memory usage, Network usage, Garbage Collection and DB Parameters and DB Reports to verify the performance of the applications
  • Ability to spin up scalable test architecture using Docker or Kubernetes
  • Experience with Kubernetes and extended usage patterns for test grids, auto scale properties

What we offer

  • comprehensive healthcare coverage
  • flexible PTO
  • equity RSUs
  • annual performance bonus opportunities
  • retirement account support
  • 14+ weeks of paid parental leave
  • career development opportunities
  • company-paid privacy certification exam fees

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