Principal Quality Automation Engineer – Global

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Create and execute automation frameworks and testing strategies that guarantee system stability, resilience, and customer satisfaction.

• Collaborate with engineering teams to guide and influence test design, architectural choices, and development practices that ensure built-in quality.

• Work throughout the engineering organization to establish patterns and practices for unit, integration, and end-to-end testing that are in line with CI/CD and deployment pipelines.

• Lead projects that leverage AI-assisted testing, intelligent validation, and self-healing test automation to enhance quality across teams.

• Act as a technical mentor and coach, instructing engineers on how to develop improved tests, enhance observability, and critically assess user outcomes.

• Partner with product managers, designers, and engineers to ensure that user stories are testable, measurable, and aligned with customer needs.

• Promote a shift-left quality culture by integrating testing feedback early in the design and development processes.

• Actively engage in design reviews, pairing sessions, and architecture discussions to enhance system reliability and testability.

• Collaborate with Platform and DevSecOps teams to establish automated quality gates, release verification, and quality metrics dashboards.

• Continuously improve automation coverage, performance, and reliability through experimentation and data-driven insights.

• Interact with customers and support teams to grasp real-world use cases and ensure that quality automation reflects customer realities.

• Advocate for quality engineering practices throughout the organization via documentation, workshops, and leadership within the internal community.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in software engineering or quality automation within large-scale, enterprise-level systems.

• Demonstrated success in designing and implementing automation frameworks across various platforms and architectures.

• Extensive knowledge of modern test automation frameworks (Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, Jest, etc.) and their integration with CI/CD systems.

• Robust background in software architecture, APIs, and event-driven systems, with an understanding of designing for testability and observability.

• Familiarity with AI-assisted testing tools or frameworks (e.g., code generation, model-based testing, or anomaly detection in test data).

• Experience in cloud-native environments, preferably AWS, with an understanding of infrastructure automation and quality validation during deployment.

• Practical experience with Extreme Programming (XP) or similar collaborative methodologies such as TDD, pairing, and continuous delivery.

• Exposure to event-driven architectures, microservices, and contract testing.

• Strong grasp of data-driven quality metrics and DORA-style performance indicators.

• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams in complex environments that require alignment, diplomacy, and influence.

🏝️ Benefits

• CINC is an Equal Opportunity Employer for women, minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities.