Principal Software Automation/Test Engineer
Core
Own test architecture and drive automation strategy for Cortex Cloud services, building scalable frameworks and AI-powered testing tools.
Role type
Principal Software Automation/Test Engineer (Cloud & AI)
Builds
Scalable test frameworks, CI/CD quality gates, ephemeral test environments, and AI agents for test generation and failure triage.
Domain
Cybersecurity, Cloud Infrastructure, Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Python, Go, Java, CI/CD pipeline design, Cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure), Kubernetes, Terraform, System/Integration/Chaos testing, Observability tools, AI/LLM application development
Preferred skills
AI agent orchestration, LLM-powered test generation, UI automation, Security/Resilience engineering
Technologies
GitLab CI, Jenkins, Flux, Helm, Terraform, Kubernetes, GCP, AWS, Azure, Docker, Kafka, BigQuery, Playwright, Selenium, LangChain, LangGraph, OpenAI, Anthropic, Grafana
Responsibilities
Define and drive automation strategy for Cortex Cloud services; Design, implement, and maintain scalable test frameworks; Stand up and automate complex integration environments; Build quality gates and test orchestration into CI/CD pipelines; Lead system, scale, and chaos testing for high-throughput distributed services; Act as escalation point for complex test and production-like failures; Design and build AI agents and LLM-powered tools for testing; Mentor senior and staff engineers; Define and improve quality metrics.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with mentorship
