Principal Software Engineer – Enterprise Automation Frameworks & Support

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Connecticut, +7 more states.

📋 Description

• Define and implement the automation architecture strategy and roadmap for Humana's enterprise.

• Establish enterprise standards, reference architectures, patterns, and best practices focused on quality engineering and automation.

• Assess emerging technologies in automation and AI-driven testing solutions.

• Act as the subject matter expert in enterprise automation for contemporary quality engineering practices.

• Design, develop, and sustain scalable and reusable automation frameworks.

• Create automation solutions tailored for cloud-native, microservices, API-first, web, mobile, and distributed application architectures.

• Develop reusable automation components, libraries, utilities, templates, and accelerators.

• Integrate automation with Azure DevOps, qTest, Tosca, Jira, and CI/CD ecosystems.

• Facilitate end-to-end traceability across requirements, test cases, automation assets, defects, releases, and production outcomes.

• Offer technical guidance to Quality Engineers, SDETs, Automation Engineers, and development teams.

• Produce technical documentation, playbooks, and training resources.

• Define and apply AI-enabled testing strategies, tools, practices, and agents.

• Investigate Generative AI technologies and intelligent automation platforms.

• Integrate AI capabilities within quality engineering workflows and delivery pipelines.

• Apply automated quality gates, validation frameworks, and shift-left testing strategies.

• Develop and refine automation execution strategies for continuous integration, continuous delivery, and release readiness.

• Collaborate with DevOps and Platform Engineering teams to enhance test infrastructure and scalability of execution.

• Track testing metrics, automation efficacy, and quality outcomes.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.

• Over 10 years of experience in software quality engineering, automation engineering, SDET, or software engineering.

• More than 8 years of practical experience in designing and implementing enterprise automation frameworks.

• Profound expertise in Selenium, Playwright, Tricentis Tosca, Cypress, Appium, and API automation frameworks.

• Extensive experience with Azure DevOps (ADO), qTest, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps methodologies.

• Strong programming capabilities in Java, C#, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, or similar languages.

• Experience in implementing automation solutions for web, API, microservices, cloud-native, and distributed applications.

• Solid understanding of Agile, DevOps, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, and Continuous Delivery practices.

• Exceptional communication, leadership, consulting, and stakeholder management abilities.

• Home internet connection with a minimum of 25 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload speeds.

• Capability to work from a dedicated space without continuous interruptions to safeguard member PHI/HIPAA information.

🏝️ Benefits

• Bonus incentive plan based on personal and/or company performance.

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.

• 401(k) retirement savings plan.

• Paid time off.

• Company and personal holidays.

• Paid parental and caregiver leave.

• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.

• Life insurance.

• Requirement for a dedicated home workspace to protect member PHI/HIPAA information.

• Remote work arrangement with occasional travel to Humana offices for training or meetings.