Principal Automation Engineer

Chennai - India

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 15 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Mandatory Skills: Automation Playwright Performance testing and Architecture experiences.

Job Description:

Architectural and Strategic Leadership

Define Testing Architecture: Architect and drive the implementation of next-generation automation and performance testing frameworks ensuring high scalability robustness and maintainability across all product lines.
Best Practices and Standards: Establish and enforce quality engineering best practices coding standards and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines across the entire testing organization.
System Integration: Lead technical evaluations and integration of new testing tools and technologies to improve efficiency coverage and time-to-market.
Mentorship and Coaching: Act as a technical mentor and coach for Senior and Lead Engineers raising the overall technical acumen and quality mindset of the team.

Core Technical Focus Areas

Deep Expertise in Playwright: Own the design and implementation of robust resilient end-to-end (E2E) automation frameworks using Playwright (TypeScript/JavaScript). Drive innovative solutions for testing complex single-page applications (SPAs) and micro-frontend architectures.
Performance Engineering with k6: Establish and execute a comprehensive performance testing strategy. Design and run high-volume load stress and spike tests using k6 (or similar modern tools) analyze results and partner with development teams to identify and resolve critical performance bottlenecks.
Quality Metrics & Reporting: Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for quality including defect trends test execution time and stability creating automated dashboards for executive visibility.

Required Qualifications

Experience: 10 years of progressive experience in Software Development and Quality Engineering roles with at least 3 years operating at a Principal Engineer level.
Educational Background: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science Engineering or a related technical field.
Automation Mastery: Expert-level hands-on experience in building and scaling complex end-to-end automation frameworks with deep practical knowledge of Playwright.
Performance Expertise: Proven track record of designing scripting and executing large-scale performance and load testing initiatives using k6 or equivalent modern tools (e.g. Gatling JMeter).
Programming Languages: Strong proficiency in at least one modern language essential for automation (e.g. TypeScript JavaScript Python or Java).
System Knowledge: Extensive experience with testing complex distributed systems microservices cloud environments
CI/CD: Expertise in integrating automation and performance tests into DevOps pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions Jenkins GitLab CI).

Mandatory Skills: Automation Playwright Performance testing and Architecture experiences.Job Description:Architectural and Strategic LeadershipDefine Testing Architecture: Architect and drive the implementation of next-generation automation and performance testing frameworks ensuring high scalabilit...

Mandatory Skills: Automation Playwright Performance testing and Architecture experiences.

Job Description:

Architectural and Strategic Leadership

Define Testing Architecture: Architect and drive the implementation of next-generation automation and performance testing frameworks ensuring high scalability robustness and maintainability across all product lines.
Best Practices and Standards: Establish and enforce quality engineering best practices coding standards and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines across the entire testing organization.
System Integration: Lead technical evaluations and integration of new testing tools and technologies to improve efficiency coverage and time-to-market.
Mentorship and Coaching: Act as a technical mentor and coach for Senior and Lead Engineers raising the overall technical acumen and quality mindset of the team.

Core Technical Focus Areas

Deep Expertise in Playwright: Own the design and implementation of robust resilient end-to-end (E2E) automation frameworks using Playwright (TypeScript/JavaScript). Drive innovative solutions for testing complex single-page applications (SPAs) and micro-frontend architectures.
Performance Engineering with k6: Establish and execute a comprehensive performance testing strategy. Design and run high-volume load stress and spike tests using k6 (or similar modern tools) analyze results and partner with development teams to identify and resolve critical performance bottlenecks.
Quality Metrics & Reporting: Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for quality including defect trends test execution time and stability creating automated dashboards for executive visibility.

Required Qualifications

Experience: 10 years of progressive experience in Software Development and Quality Engineering roles with at least 3 years operating at a Principal Engineer level.
Educational Background: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science Engineering or a related technical field.
Automation Mastery: Expert-level hands-on experience in building and scaling complex end-to-end automation frameworks with deep practical knowledge of Playwright.
Performance Expertise: Proven track record of designing scripting and executing large-scale performance and load testing initiatives using k6 or equivalent modern tools (e.g. Gatling JMeter).
Programming Languages: Strong proficiency in at least one modern language essential for automation (e.g. TypeScript JavaScript Python or Java).
System Knowledge: Extensive experience with testing complex distributed systems microservices cloud environments
CI/CD: Expertise in integrating automation and performance tests into DevOps pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions Jenkins GitLab CI).