Principal QA Engineer

Role: QA Architect / Test Architecture Lead (API + UI) for multi-tenant SaaS Application. Own QA technical strategy and drive a scalable automation framework for API + UI across teams. Lead API test architecture for Java microservices: contract testing, integration testing, data isolation, authentication/authroziation, tenant lifecycle. Ensure tenant boundary validation (no cross-tenant data leakage) and coverage for configuration/feature flags, quotas, and migrations. Define and enforce continuous testing best practices in CI/CD: test pyramid, tagging, parallel runs, quality gates, reporting. Review and refactor existing central E2E framework to improve maintainability, speed, and flake reduction. Standardize test data management and environment strategies suitable for DB-per-tenant systems. Own UI automation direction using Playwright for Angular applications (cross-browser, critical user journeys, visual checks as needed). Establish Agile quality practices: definition of done, shift-left, testability requirements, and quality metrics. Develop emerging testing approaches (AI-assisted testing, visual AI, test selection optimization) Quality Metrics : "Define and track metrics, test effectiveness KPIs, and quality debt" Provide templates, reference implementations, and onboarding so individual microservice teams can adopt the framework consistently. Mentor SDETs/QAs and collaborate with Engineering/SRE/Platform on observability-driven testing and triage. Requirements: 10+ years QA/SDET, proven test framework ownership at scale, strong Java/API automation background, microservices CI/CD expertise. Nice-to-have: Kubernetes/cloud exposure, contract testing tooling experience, performance engineering, accessibility/UX testing. Nice-to-have: Media Tech/Advertising Domain knowledge