Principal Automation Engineer

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and innovative Principal Automation Engineer with deep expertise in modern automation frameworks and hands-on experience in Javascript, Typescript UI automation using Selenium. This role will drive the end-to-end quality engineering strategy, build scalable automation solutions, and champion engineering excellence across product teams. The ideal candidate is a strong technical leader with a passion for delivering high-quality software and improving release velocity through automation.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and lead the frontend automation strategy aligned with product and platform goals.
• Design and develop scalable automation frameworks for UI, accessibility, visual regression and performance testing.
• Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines, establishing early quality gates and enabling shift-left adoption.
• Implement AI-driven techniques for test generation, self-healing, prioritization, and defect prediction.
• Drive continuous improvement of automation maturity and quality metrics across teams.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, product, UX, DevOps and release teams ensuring seamless delivery.
• Mentor automation engineers and influence engineering leadership through best practices and technical standards.
• Own large and complex functional areas independently from design through production validation.
• Build dashboards and analytics to enable data-driven quality decisions.

Required Skills & Experience

• 10–15 years of experience in Quality Engineering / Test Automation, with strong focus on frontend platforms.
• Strong coding proficiency in JavaScript / TypeScript and modern UI frameworks.
• Expertise in UI test automation: TypeScript, Selenium, WebdriverIO.
• Testing exposure in the projects for Accessibility, Internationalization, UX and Telemetry.
• Experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins).
• Strong debugging, problem solving, analytical thinking and system architecture understanding.
• Excellent communication skills, stakeholder collaboration & ability to influence engineering direction.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with performance, reliability, visual and accessibility testing.
• Working knowledge of containerized and cloud-based execution (Docker, Kubernetes, cloud test grids).
• Proven record building automation for large-scale distributed systems or SaaS products.
• Contributions to engineering communities, publications, open-source or thought leadership.
• Passion for innovation, engineering craftsmanship and continuous improvement culture.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to drive quality transformation at enterprise scale.
• A collaborative, inclusive and high-performance engineering culture.
• Professional growth, innovation freedom and leadership visibility.
• Competitive Compensation And Benefits Package.

Key skills/competency

• Frontend Automation
• Quality Engineering
• Scalable Automation Frameworks
• JavaScript/TypeScript
• Selenium/WebdriverIO
• CI/CD Pipelines
• AI-driven Testing
• Accessibility Testing
• Leadership & Mentorship
• System Architecture