Senior principal QA Engineer

Role Overview

As a Senior QA Engineer you will take full ownership of product quality across multiple platforms including web applications mobile apps APIs marketing funnels and on-prem integrations. Your responsibilities will include designing and executing thorough testing strategies (both manual and automated) developing dependable automation suites collaborating with engineering to embed quality in CI/CD pipelines and guiding the team to improve testing practices and release reliability. You will work closely with Product Engineering DevOps Security and Support teams and report to the VP of Product & Technology.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop implement and manage the QA strategy for features and releases across web mobile and API platforms.
• Create and maintain automated test suites covering end-to-end workflows (UI and API) and regression testing using modern frameworks (e.g. Playwright Cypress Selenium etc.).
• Automate API testing including contract tests integration tests and fuzzing for REST/GraphQL endpoints and webhooks.
• Conduct performance load and scalability testing using tools like JMeter k6 or equivalents helping the team identify bottlenecks and optimize capacity.
• Lead security-focused testing for features that handle sensitive data including authentication flows role/permission validation data masking and injection testing.
• Produce comprehensive test plans acceptance criteria QA tickets and test cases; triage defects and validate fixes across different environments.
• Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines to ensure reliable execution reduce flakiness and provide fast feedback on pull requests.
• Collaborate with SRE and DevOps teams to collect telemetry logs and metrics for observability and post-release validation.
• Analyze production incidents contribute to post-mortems and suggest corrective actions.
• Mentor and coach other QA engineers promoting best practices such as exploratory testing shift-left testing and effective test data management.
• Define release gating criteria and support Product/Engineering leadership in making go/no-go decisions.

Qualifications :

Required Background

• Minimum 8 years of QA experience in product or SaaS environments with demonstrated ownership of automation and release quality.
• Strong expertise in front-end (UI) and API automation (e.g. Playwright Cypress Selenium REST-assured Postman/Newman).
• Experience with performance/load testing tools (k6 JMeter Gatling or similar).
• Familiarity with CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions GitLab CI Jenkins) and integrating tests into pipelines.
• Proficient in scripting or programming (Python JavaScript/TypeScript or Java) for creating test frameworks and tooling.
• Knowledge of web and mobile testing approaches including responsive design cross-browser testing and device emulators.
• Experience with authentication/authorization flows encryption and third-party identity integrations.
• Skilled in writing clear test plans producing reproducible bug reports and communicating trade-offs with stakeholders.
• Comfortable in Agile environments and working with tools like Jira and Confluence.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence engineers product managers and leadership.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time