Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is hiring a Principal Quality Engineer - SDET to play a crucial role in shaping and leading our software testing strategy. You will provide technical leadership, collaborate with product development teams, and ensure the overall quality and reliability of our software products.
What You'll Do
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to the SDET team.
- Collaborate with development and QE teams to integrate testing into the software development process.
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable and efficient test automation frameworks and test architectures.
- Write unit and integration tests using developer tools and frameworks.
- Ensure frameworks support various testing types, including functional, integration, and performance testing.
- Mentor and guide junior SDETs, providing technical expertise and career development support.
- Conduct training sessions to enhance the skills of the testing team.
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning within the team.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop comprehensive test plans.
- Execute and oversee the execution of test cases, ensuring thorough coverage of functional and non-functional requirements.
- Analyze test results and provide meaningful insights to improve product quality.
- Work closely with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and user stories.
- Communicate effectively with team members and stakeholders, providing clear updates on testing progress and issues.
- Add, maintain, and update scripts in existing automation suite, helping with running the suite across various checkpoints in the release cycle.
- Participate in various POCs to keep the automation framework and technology relevant and current to product offerings.
- Conduct peer reviews of test code and automation frameworks.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical or business field.
- 10+ years of relevant experience working as a developer, automation engineer or SDET.
- 8+ years of experience coding in Java and must have strong practical knowledge of OOPs and Core Java principles.
- 4+ years of experience contributing to Test-Driven Development or BDD with tools like Cucumber, Junit, Mockito, or TestNG.
- 3+ years of experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Circle CI, or Azure DevOps with the ability to create test pipelines using Java or Groovy.
- 4+ years of experience with Selenium or Cypress frameworks for automating GUI and E2E tests of the application.
- 4+ years of experience with REST Assured or similar tools like Postman for automating APIs.
- 4+ years of experience working in a highly automated CI/CD environment.
- 4+ years of experience with source control tools such as Bitbucket, GitHub or GitLab.
- 2+ years of experience mining meaningful logs for troubleshooting using tools like Splunk, Dynatrace or Coralogix.
- 3+ years of experience working in a cloud shop preferably Azure with exposure to various Azure services like Gateways, Redis, Storage, VMs and Kubernetes clusters.
- 3+ years of experience in testing mobile applications, both native and websites using Appium on both real devices and simulators either in a private farm of 3rd party vendors like Sauce Labs or BrowserStack.
- 4+ years of experience working with geographically distributed teams in US, Canada, and India.
- Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work as part of a team, demonstrate initiative, solve problems independently and mentor others.
- Passion for high-quality work and attention to detail.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
Nice to Have
- Prior exposure to AI/ML systems and how to use them in testing thus making test pipeline more intelligent.
- Experience in analyzing the CPU Utilization, Memory usage, Network usage, Garbage Collection and DB Parameters and DB Reports to verify the performance of the applications.
- Ability to spin up scalable test architecture using Docker or Kubernetes.
- Experience with Kubernetes and extended usage patterns for test grids, auto scale properties.
Technical Stack
- Java, Cucumber, Junit, Mockito, TestNG, Jenkins, Circle CI, Azure DevOps, Groovy
- Selenium, Cypress, REST Assured, Postman
- Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab, Splunk, Dynatrace, Coralogix
- Azure, Appium, Docker, Kubernetes
Team & Environment
You will mentor and guide junior SDETs and collaborate closely with development and QE teams.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation: $112,500—$168,750 USD
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage
- Flexible PTO
- Equity RSUs
- Annual performance bonus opportunities
- Retirement account support
- 14+ weeks of paid parental leave
- Career development opportunities
- Company-paid privacy certification exam fees
Work Mode
The position follows a hybrid work model.
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is an equal opportunity employer.
