Principal Software Development Engineer In Test

Role & responsibilities

• Define and lead the test automation and quality engineering strategy across products and engineering teams.
• Design scalable automation frameworks and test architectures for UI, API, mobile, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Develop and maintain automation using Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, and Appium.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub/GitLab, and Azure DevOps.
• Drive shift-left testing, continuous testing, quality gates, and automated regression across the SDLC.
• Lead performance, integration, end-to-end, API, and reliability testing initiatives.
• Define testing standards, frameworks, tools, metrics, and engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with Software Engineers, DevOps, Product, Security, and Architecture teams to improve product quality.
• Mentor SDETs and automation engineers and provide technical leadership across multiple teams.
• Evaluate emerging testing technologies and drive continuous improvement in quality engineering and test automation.

Preferred candidate profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 5 to 10 years of experience in SDET, test automation, software engineering, or quality engineering.
• Strong programming skills in Java, Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
• Expert hands-on experience with Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium, TestNG, JUnit, PyTest, or Cucumber.
• Strong experience in API testing, REST, microservices, integration, regression, end-to-end, and performance testing.
• Experience designing automation frameworks, test architecture, reusable libraries, and parallel/distributed test execution.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD, Jenkins, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS/Azure/GCP, and DevOps.
• Experience with SQL, databases, Linux, test data management, mocking, and service virtualization.
• Strong understanding of Agile, SDLC/STLC, shift-left testing, TDD/BDD, quality engineering, and test strategy.
• Demonstrated technical leadership, mentoring, architecture design, stakeholder management, and cross-team influence.
• ISTQB, cloud, Kubernetes, or DevOps certifications are an advantage.