Principal Quality Automation Architect
About The Position
We are seeking a Principal Quality Automation Architect to define and lead enterprise-wide automation strategy across AI-driven applications, data platforms, and cloud environments. This role will be responsible for designing scalable, modern test automation frameworks that ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of solutions built across AWS, Azure, Tableau, Power BI, and DealCloud CRM integrations. This is a highly strategic, hands-on leadership role focused on building next-generation QA automation capabilities, particularly for AI/ML systems, data pipelines, and distributed cloud architectures.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in Quality Engineering, Test Automation, or QA Architecture
- Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise-level automation frameworks
- Strong hands-on experience with automation tools (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or similar)
- Experience with API testing frameworks and microservices architectures
- Deep understanding of cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure)
- Strong experience validating data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, and data platforms
- Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) and DevOps practices
- Strong programming/scripting experience (e.g., Python, Java, or JavaScript)
- Expertise in SQL and data validation techniques
Nice To Haves
- Strategic thinker with the ability to design scalable QA ecosystems
- Hands-on technical leader who can both architect and execute
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills
- Passion for building modern, automation-first quality practices
- Ability to operate in a greenfield AI environment
Responsibilities
- Define and lead the enterprise test automation architecture and strategy across applications, data, and AI platforms
- Design and implement scalable automation frameworks for UI, API, data, and AI/ML validation
- Establish automation standards, tools, and best practices across AWS and Azure ecosystems
- Architect automation solutions for data pipelines (ETL/ELT), data lakes, and analytics platforms
- Build frameworks to validate outputs from AI/ML models, including accuracy, consistency, and regression testing
- Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous quality validation
- Drive shift-left testing practices, embedding quality early in the development lifecycle
- Oversee performance, load, and resilience testing strategies for high-scale applications
- Partner with architecture, data, and engineering teams to ensure testability and observability
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to QA engineers and automation teams
- Evaluate and implement modern tools for test automation, data validation, and AI testing
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1-10 employees
