Principal Engineer - Automation
HybridSeoul, Seoul, South Korea
Job Summary
Own and drive the technical vision and architecture for automation across the platform, designing large-scale automation frameworks, tools, and scale-test environments. Lead the design and implementation of end-to-end integration, load, and stress tests for backup and restore across AWS, GCP, and Azure. Set and evangelize best practices in testing, automation, and product quality across multiple teams while driving adoption of agentic AI-assisted coding and AI agents. Partner with Development, Product Management, and Customer Success leadership on strategy, risk, and customer escalations, and mentor engineers through design discussions and technical coaching.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of industry experience designing and building automation and/or test frameworks for large-scale production systems
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- Deep expertise in Python or Go and in designing scalable, maintainable automation architecture
- Proven track record as a hands-on technical leader who has set direction and raised the quality bar across teams
- Strong experience with public cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and cloud-native system design
- Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical decisions across an organization
- Working knowledge of English
Desired Qualifications
- Hands-on experience with Docker and container orchestration such as Kubernetes
- Experience building or operating cloud data protection, backup, or large-scale storage systems
- Familiarity with agentic AI-assisted coding tools and building AI agents
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