Principal Quality Engineer

We are seeking an innovative Principal Quality Engineer to advance testing capabilities through modern automation and AI-driven methodologies.

Key Responsibility Areas

• Design, implement, and evolve automation frameworks using Playwright, Cucumber, and TypeScript.
• Drive an automation‑first mindset, ensuring new features are supported by robust automated tests across UI, API, integration, and regression layers.
• Partner with developers to improve code quality through testability reviews, shift‑left practices, and continuous testing.
• Own the test strategy for assigned value streams, ensuring coverage, reliability, and alignment with CI/CD pipelines.
• Build and maintain scalable, reusable frameworks that support multiple teams and applications.
• Integrate automated tests into modern CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or similar).
• Establish standards for test data management, mocking, and service virtualization.
• Evaluate and introduce new tools that improve speed, stability, and observability of automated tests.
• Define and enforce best practices for test automation, defect triage, root‑cause analysis, and quality gates.
• Partner with QE leadership to standardize tooling, reporting, and quality metrics across teams.
• Track and communicate key quality indicators such as automation coverage, flakiness, performance trends, and release readiness.
• Work closely with Engineering, Product, Architecture, and Security to embed testing early in the development lifecycle.
• Lead enablement sessions on Playwright, Cucumber, TypeScript best practices, and continuous testing.
• Support performance testing, security testing, and observability initiatives as needed.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software test automation or software engineering, with at least 5+ years in a principal or lead role.
• Deep hands‑on expertise with TypeScript, Playwright, Cucumber, and modern automation frameworks.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, cloud‑native application testing, and DevOps‑aligned QA workflows.
• Experience designing automation frameworks from scratch and scaling them across teams.
• Solid understanding of performance testing, API testing, and test observability tools.
• Familiarity with Agile/SAFe practices; insurance or financial services domain experience is a plus.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and bonus based on personal & company performance.
• 401(k) with competitive company matching.
• Comprehensive health, vision, dental, and FSA plans.
• Company‑paid group term life, short‑term disability, and long‑term disability coverage.
• 24 paid time off days plus 2 “Hiscox” days, 10 paid holidays plus 1 paid floating holiday, and ability to purchase 5 PTO days.
• Paid parental leave.
• 4‑week paid sabbatical after every 5 years of service.
• Financial Adoption Assistance and Medical Travel Reimbursement Programs.
• Annual reimbursement up to $600 for health club membership or related fitness program fees.
• Company‑paid subscription to Headspace for mental health and wellbeing.
• Recognition as 2024 Cigna’s Well‑Being Award winner for best‑in‑class health and wellness program.

Salary: $120‑$140k (actual amount varies based on scope, complexity, location, qualifications, and other factors).

This position is hybrid and requires two (2) days in our office weekly.