Principal Software Engineer – Test Automation
$112,000–$154,000 year
HybridBellevue, Washington, United States
Job Summary
Partner with cross-functional teams to develop and implement effective test strategies that ensure product quality, compliance, and on-time delivery. Collaborate with software engineers to promote testability and quality throughout the software development lifecycle, leading test planning, estimation, and execution for complex features. Analyze business requirements to design, develop, and maintain automated and manual test cases, while executing front-end, back-end, API, and exploratory testing. Design scalable test automation frameworks, tools, and dashboards; identify, document, and track defects through resolution. Drive verification and validation activities, perform root cause analysis, and provide comprehensive test reporting and quality metrics. Create and maintain test plans, suites, protocols, and documentation to ensure complete coverage and traceability. Requires 7+ years of experience in SDET roles, proficiency in Python, Java, or C/C++, and expertise in frameworks like PyTest and Selenium.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 7+ years of experience in Software Test Automation/SDET roles within a product development environment
- Proven experience delivering high-quality software products from development through release
- Strong expertise in test planning, test case design, execution, defect tracking, and test reporting/documentation
- Experience analyzing requirements and customer needs to develop effective automated test strategies and scripts
- Proficiency in Python, Java, or C/C++
- Experience with test automation frameworks such as PyTest, Selenium, Robot Framework, or Cucumber
- Hands-on experience testing REST APIs and/or GraphQL services, with strong exploratory testing and bug investigation skills
- Strong understanding of software engineering principles, BDD/test-first methodologies, configuration management, and issue-tracking tools
- Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.
- We cannot sponsor or transfer sponsorship of an employment visa
Desired Qualifications
- regulated industry experience is a plus
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