Principal QA Engineer
Principal QA Engineer
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08-05-2025
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Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or a related field.
- 5 years of QA experience with at least 2 years in a leadership role.
Proven expertise in testing microservicesbased applications. - Strong experience with both manual and automated testing frameworks.
Handson experience with SAST and DAST tools (e.g. SonarQube Burp Suite OWASP ZAP). - Proficiency in writing automated test scripts using tools like Selenium Cypress or Playwright.
- Familiarity with API testing tools (Postman SoapUI or RestAssured).
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and integrating QA tools into the DevOps workflow. - Solid understanding of OWASP standards and application security best practices.
- Familiarity with performance testing tools (JMeter LoadRunner or similar).
- Excellent problemsolving skills attention to detail and ability to think critically.
- Experience with containerized environments (e.g. Docker Kubernetes).
Knowledge of cloudbased testing strategies preferably in AWS environments. - Understanding of BDD/TDD practices and tools like Cucumber or SpecFlow.
- Experience with tools for test management and defect tracking (e.g. JIRA TestRail).
Responsibilities:
- Define implement and continuously optimize QA strategies processes and standards to align with organizational goals.
- Act as the key QA advisor providing guidance to the development team on best practices for testing in microservices architecture.
- Collaborate with product managers developers and other stakeholders to ensure comprehensive testing coverage and quality standards.
- Drive a culture of quality across teams focusing on both prevention of defects and timely resolution of issues.
- Design and execute detailed test plans and test cases for functional integration and system testing.
- Develop and maintain robust automation test suites for regression testing using tools like Selenium Cypress or similar frameworks.
- Lead exploratory and manual testing efforts for edge cases ensuring exceptional user experiences.
- Implement API testing for microservices using tools like Postman or RestAssured.
- Conduct Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) to identify vulnerabilities in code and running applications.
- Ensure adherence to OWASP standards and other security best practices in QA processes.
- Collaborate with DevOps and Security teams to integrate security testing into CI/CD pipelines.
- Implement performance testing strategies using tools such as JMeter LoadRunner or Gatling to ensure scalability and reliability of applications.
- Monitor and analyze application performance under load providing actionable recommendations for improvement.
- Evaluate and optimize existing QA workflows to increase efficiency and reduce timetomarket without compromising quality.
- Introduce modern testing methodologies tools and techniques to keep the QA processes aligned with industry best practices.
- Mentor and train the QA team fostering skill development and knowledge sharing.
- Work closely with development teams to incorporate QA activities early in the software development lifecycle (shiftleft testing).
- Ensure QA is seamlessly integrated into Agile/Scrum workflows participating in sprint planning and reviews.
- Provide clear and actionable defect reports test results and quality metrics to stakeholders.
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