Principal Quality Engineer - SDET

Strength in Trust OneTrust’s mission is to enable innovation through the responsible use of data and AI. We believe that ensuring data is trusted shouldn’t slow teams down—it should accelerate what’s possible. This led us to develop the first technology platform for responsible data use in 2016. Today, with AI representing the latest and most impactful expansion of data yet, OneTrust is once again redefining what responsible innovation looks like. OneTrust, the AI‑Ready Governance Platform, unifies regulatory intelligence, automation, and connected governance workflows so businesses can continue to move at the speed of AI while ensuring good governance to prevent data misuse at scale. Trusted by thousands of organizations worldwide, OneTrust is shaping the future where trusted data becomes a transformative force for business and society. The Challenge We are looking for a Principal-level SDET to support our product development teams. As the Principal SDET, you will play a crucial role in shaping and leading our software testing strategy. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing robust test automation frameworks, mentoring a team of SDETs (Software Development Engineer in Test), and ensuring the overall quality and reliability of our software products. Your Mission As a Principal SDET, you will: Provide technical leadership and guidance to the SDET team.Collaborate with development and QE (Quality Engineering) teams to integrate testing into the software development process.Design, develop, and maintain scalable and efficient test automation frameworks and test architectures.Rub shoulders with developers in writing unit and integration tests using their tools and frameworks.Ensure the frameworks support various testing types, including functional, integration, and performance testing.Mentor and guide junior SDETs, providing technical expertise and career development support.Conduct training sessions to enhance the skills of the testing team.Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning within the team.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop comprehensive test plans.Execute and oversee the execution of test cases, ensuring thorough coverage of functional and non-functional requirements.Analyze test results and provide meaningful insights to improve product quality.Work closely with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and user stories.Communicate effectively with team members and stakeholders, providing clear updates on testing progress and issues.Add, maintain, and update scripts in existing automation suite, helping with running the suite across various checkpoints in the release cycle.Participate in various POCs (Proof of Concept) to keep the automation framework and technology relevant and current to product offerings. Conduct peer reviews of test code and automation frameworks.You Are You are a seasoned SDET with an automate anything anywhere attitude who is looking for a challenging technical leadership role in a dynamic and innovative company. You can efficiently find the underlying cause of a failure (in an integrated environment) and alert the right team. You are consistently willing to pitch in to support a long running deployment, even after hours. You are willing to learn and pick up new skillsets to support the ever-changing technology landscape like Cloud computing & AI (Artificial Intelligence). You can understand complex product and deployment architectures and create efficient test solutions. You want to be part of a team that is passionate about delivering high-quality software solutions.Your Experience Includes Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical or business field.10+ years of relevant experience working as a developer, automation engineer or SDET.8+ years of experience coding in Java and must have strong practical knowledge of OOPs and Core Java principles. 4+ years of experience contributing to Test-Driven Development or BDD (Behavior Driven Development) with tools like Cucumber, Junit, Mockito, or TestNG.3+ years of experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Circle CI, or Azure DevOps with the ability to create test pipelines using Java or Groovy.4+ years of experience with Selenium or Cypress frameworks for automating GUI (User Interface) and E2E tests of the application.4+ years of experience with REST Assured or similar tools like Postman for automating APIs.4+ years of experience working in a highly automated CI/CD environment.4+ years of experience with source control tools such as Bitbucket, GitHub or GitLab.2+ years of experience mining meaningful logs for troubleshooting using tools like Splunk, Dynatrace or Coralogix.3+ years of experience working in a cloud shop preferably Azure with exposure to various Azure services like Gateways, Redis, Storage, VMs (virtual machines) and Kubernetes clusters. 3+ years of experience in testing mobile applications, both native and websites using Appium on both real devices and simulators either in a private farm of 3rd party vendors like Sauce Labs or BrowserStack.4+ years of experience working with geographically distributed teams in US, Canada, and India.Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.Ability to work as part of a team, demonstrate initiative, solve problems independently and mentor others.Passion for high-quality work and attention to detail.Strong oral and written communication skills.Extra AwesomePrior exposure to AI/ML systems and how to use them in testing thus making test pipeline more intelligent.Experience in analyzing the CPU Utilization, Memory usage, Network usage, Garbage Collection and DB Parameters and DB Reports to verify the performance of the applications.Ability to spin up scalable test architecture using Docker or Kubernetes.Experience with Kubernetes and extended usage patterns for test grids, auto scale properties.For California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island, and Washington-based candidates: the annual base pay range for this role is listed below. Within this range, individual pay is determined by several factors, including location, job-related skills, work experience, and relevant education and/or training. This role may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, equity, and/or commissions, as well as benefits.Salary Range$112,500—$168,750 USDWhere we WorkWe are embracing an office-first culture, encouraging three days a week in office for most roles, with meaningful opportunities to collaborate and celebrate in person.Each role may have specific requirements or flexibility depending on the scope of the position, so we encourage you to verify this with your recruiter during your first interview.BenefitsAs an employee at OneTrust, you will be part of the OneTeam. That means you’ll receive support physically, mentally, and emotionally so that you can do your best work both in and out of the office. 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