Fidelity is seeking a Principal QA Engineer to test distributed applications and their interactions across complex microservices architectures. In this technical leadership role, you will develop automated test cases, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, and perform deep technical and functional analysis.

What You'll Do

Document test procedures to ensure replicability and compliance with standards.
Review software documentation for technical accuracy, compliance, and completeness.
Perform code reviews and formal reviews of application designs, business, and functional requirements.
Review reports on software problems and analyze overall test status and results.
Define and implement Quality Assurance process improvements focused on defect prevention.
Ensure the test environment accurately reflects business requirements for test execution.
Coordinate test schedules, work assignments, and resource plans.
Establish project plans for projects of moderate scope.
Provide technical leadership on analysis, design, code, tests, problem resolution, and plans.
Perform independent and complex technical and functional analysis for multiple projects.
Develop original and creative technical solutions to ongoing development challenges.
Recommend strategies and methods to improve test plans and test processes.
Define and coordinate regression tests and determine production verification and validation processes for future projects.

What We're Looking For

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and five (5) years of experience as a Principal QA Engineer (or closely related occupation) developing and maintaining test automation frameworks in a financial service environment, using Java, Cucumber, Playwright, and Karate.
Or, alternatively, Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and three (3) years of experience as a Principal QA Engineer (or closely related occupation) developing and maintaining test automation frameworks in a financial service environment, using Java, Cucumber, Playwright, and Karate.

Technical Stack

Automation & Testing: Selenium, Appium, Cucumber, JEST, Playwright, Karate, JUnit, CodeQL, WireMock, REST Assured
Languages: Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, SQL
Tools & Platforms: Jenkins, Postman, Jira Xray, Confluence, Miro, Enterprise Architect, GitHub
Infrastructure & Monitoring: Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud, Datadog, Grafana
APIs: REST APIs