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Principal QA Engineer

Liverpool, Merseyside💼 Full-time🗓 2026-05-01 → 2026-08-05

Core

Lead QA approach within an agile squad, ensuring products meet quality, compliance, and customer experience standards while driving an automation-first strategy.

Role type

Principal QA Engineer

Builds

Robust, compliant, and high-performing software solutions

Domain

Financial Services, Retail, Logistics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure

Required skills

Test-Driven development (ATDD, BDD, TDD), automation strategy, exploratory testing, SDLC framework adherence, regulatory compliance, team leadership, defect prevention

Preferred skills

Experience in Financial Services, Retail, or Logistics

Technologies

Test-Driven development frameworks, automation tools

Responsibilities

Lead and develop QA capability within the squad, drive automation-first strategy for functional and non-functional testing, own the overall test plan and approach, coach and mentor team members, collaborate with engineers to prevent defects, review lessons learned and share insights

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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