Principal Sdet

**Brief Overview**:
Through your work at Vauld, you will have the opportunity to change money for the 21st century. We’re a leading cryptocurrency platform and are passionate about increasing economic freedom around the world. We are looking for a Principal Engineer who has hands-on experience working with and leading Product teams and has solved for and built complex backend solutions. You'll be involved with bringing features and products from idea to completion. If you are looking for a challenging work environment where you can grow and deepen your technical skills, we’d love to chat with you

**About The Role**:
As a Principal SDET, you'll be an integral member of our core QA team. You’ll take the wheel in ensuring quality is driven into the heart of all development processes throughout Vauld, from requirement definitions through to delivery of the merchant-partner experience. Specifically, with your knowledge of testing methodologies and principles, you’ll help identify and address potential risks to the process, employ QA best practices throughout the team, and break large and complex testing/automation problems into smaller, actionable steps forward for the team. Your efforts will ensure that all developmental and QA processes within Vauld are significantly streamlined and that every product and service produced is of the utmost quality for our users to enjoy.

**What Will You Do**:
Improve automation code structure and framework architecture in terms of maintainability, execution speed, and coverage; write, co-write, and review test design/plan documentation.

Own communication throughout the sprint/release cycle, quality of features, and delivery of the entire feature.

lead new language/framework POC within the technical focus area.

Drive the design/code review process for test automation, seeking and providing constructive criticism.

Ensure your team has strong sets of documentation and journals of how their test design and architecture/product evolve over time.

Lead effort in working with other teams in your pod & other PDG counterparts to solve problems affecting the team's overall delivery.

Participate in the prioritization of cross-team automation initiatives & lead those within your own team.

Exhibit exemplary behavior in your leadership practices, particular in these domains: standing up for what you believe in, collaborating with compassion, and always being prepared.

**What Will You Need**:
At least 8 years of experience in professional testing.

Familiarity with Microservices architecture.

Deep understanding of Manual & Automation test methodologies and principles.

Experience working with Web, Mobile, and API Testing - both manual & automation.

Good to have experience using testing tools such as Jira, TestRail, Git, Appium, Selenium, RestAssured, TestNG, Cucumber, and CI/CD pipelines.

Experience working with programming languages like Java (preferably)/Python/Ruby.

Solid analytical & problem-solving skills and experience working with Agile process management methodology.

Knowledge of Performance & Security Testing and Linux/Unix commands

**Working at Vauld**:
You will join a fun and intellectually stimulating work environment. If you’re excited by the idea of making a real impact and joining a team where we pride ourselves on being disruptive and ambitious, a career with Vauld is perfect for you.

**Applying**:
**Equal Opportunity**:
Vauld is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to religion, gender, sexual orientation, or any other basis.