Principal Test Engineer
Core
Strategic quality leader defining long-term testing vision, establishing organizational standards, and driving the adoption of AI-assisted testing techniques.
Role type
Principal Test Engineer (Strategic Quality Leader)
Builds
Scalable, maintainable test frameworks and AI-enhanced QA workflows for global library and knowledge access platforms.
Domain
Software Quality Assurance / AI in Testing / Library Technology
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Strategic quality planning, AI-powered test automation, test framework scalability, risk-based testing, cross-functional architecture collaboration, quality KPI definition, automated test case generation, self-healing automation scripts, predictive failure analysis
Preferred skills
Visual regression testing, responsible AI usage guardrails, innovation in testing strategies
Technologies
Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber/Gherkin, JUnit, TestNG, Maven, Gradle, Jenkins, Git, Java, SQL, Postman, REST Assured, Selenium Grid, Cypress, Playwright, Python, JavaScript, Ruby, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, GitHub, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes
Responsibilities
Lead initiatives to improve scalability and maintainability of test frameworks; Leverage AI-powered testing tools to automate test case generation and perform predictive analysis; Define organizational quality standards and measurable attributes; Lead innovation in testing strategies and automation practices; Collaborate with senior leadership on roadmaps and best practices; Champion early QA involvement and drive quality culture; Define and monitor quality KPIs across projects; Conduct risk-based testing and prioritize efforts based on business impact; Represent QA in cross-functional planning and architecture discussions
