Principal Platform Automation Engineer

Job Description

Principal Platform Automation Engineer will be responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining advanced test automation frameworks. They will also design test data management practices and develop the tools that support test infrastructure.

The roles requires to collaborate closely with engineering teams, to create scalable, high-performance testing solutions, applying modern testing methodologies to ensure the highest quality standards are met across all environments. They will not only contribute technically but also mentor junior engineers, advocate for quality throughout the development lifecycle, and promote a shift-left testing culture. The Software Engineer IV will be instrumental in developing robust CI/CD pipelines that enable fast feedback and continuous delivery of high-quality software

Essential Job Functions

- Envision, strategize, and lead design, development, and execution of enterprise-wide quality engineering practices for financial technology solutions. Design, develop, and maintain test frameworks to ensure efficient and consistent testing across the enterprise. Champion improvements and extend automation frameworks to ensure scalable test automation, supporting the quality objectives. - (15%)
- Responsible for defining and enforcing testing standards, automation strategies, and best practices across the SDLC. Lead efforts to analyze and resolve complex problems, performance bottlenecks, and quality gaps in systems, driving improvements in software efficiency and robustness. - (15%)
- Design and maintain tools for generating, managing, and cleaning test data across multiple environments to support both automated and manual testing. Integrate testing tools and frameworks into the CI/CD pipeline, ensuring testing is automated throughout the build and deployment process. - (15%)
- Envision, strategize, and lead design, development, and maintenance of automated test environments and data solutions to ensure system reliability, scalability, and predictability. Drive the strategy for providing value-stream aligned engineering teams with the necessary tools and resources, while continuously optimizing and enhancing testing frameworks and processes across the enterprise. - (15%)
- Provide strategic guidance across quality engineering, product, and business functions. Mentor quality engineers at all levels, driving a culture of innovation and collaboration around test-driven development (TDD) and automation practices. - (10%)
- Advocate for best practices in quality engineering, test automation, test data management and test infrastructure while driving enterprise-wide initiatives for continuous improvement and develop or maintain specialized tools for performance, load, and stress testing, ensuring that they are capable of simulating real-world traffic and use cases. - (5%)
- Work with infrastructure teams to set up and configure testing environments that allow tools to generate scalable load and measure system response. - (5%)
- Exhibit deep expertise in at least three programming languages (e.g., Java, JavaScript, Python) and lead the design and execution of automated testing frameworks for mission-critical applications. Serve as a subject matter expert in platform quality engineering for financial technology, payments systems, and cloud environments. - (10%)
- Guide the adoption of emerging testing technologies and ensure alignment with the companys innovation and quality engineering strategy. - (10%)

Minimum Qualifications

- Bachelor s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics or related field of study or equivalent, relevant work experience
- 12+ years of related work experience

Skills

- Agile Methodology
- Scripting Languages
- Test Automation
- Test Data Management
- Cloud Platform
- CI/CD
- Version Control (Git)
- Monitoring Tools
- Debug Tools
- Multitasking
- Problem Solving
- Communication

Reports To: Director and above

Direct Reports: 0

Work Environment

- Normal office environment, hybrid.

Travel

- Ability to travel up to 5% quarterly