Principal Quality Assurance Engineer

Work Experience: 13+ Years

Work Mode: Hybrid (2 Days WFO)

Work Location: Chennai / Mumbai

Key Responsibilities & Requirements

• Own the QA discipline throughout the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Continue to own and ensure quality during the BAU phase for all deliverables.
• Minimum 10 years of experience working in highly dynamic Agile environments, preferably using Scrum/SAFe methodologies.
• Ability to multitask and effectively manage changing priorities.
• Establish QA best practices and processes, ensuring effective communication and implementation.
• Proven experience leading and owning QA practices, preferably for at least one Machine Learning, Deep Learning, or Generative AI-based system.
• Strong expertise in writing comprehensive test plans for all features, ensuring minimal or zero defect leakage.
• Experience working with sensitive data while following security best practices.
• Ability to quickly learn and implement new tools and best practices.
• Excellent communication, teamwork, and collaboration skills.
• Experience with BDD practices. Exposure to specification-driven development and testing is an added advantage.
• Experience in load testing, customer testing, and security testing in cloud environments, preferably across multiple cloud platforms.
• Strong hands-on experience with GitHub Actions.
• Proven experience building effective automation for independent and integration-focused APIs, along with NFR testing.
• Experience with industry-standard testing tools such as Selenium and Playwright.
• Experience with Generative AI evaluation frameworks such as Phoenix is an added advantage.
• Ability to understand proprietary AI technologies and test systems built using such technologies.