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The Principal SDET will be primarily responsible for architecting and evolving automation frameworks and infrastructure, providing technical leadership, mentoring engineers, reviewing automation code quality, driving automation strategy, ensuring scalable and maintainable test automation solutions across the organization, and driving the initiative of migrating existing tests and infrastructure onto a new testing platform. In addition, the Principal SDET will collaborate closely with development, DevOps, architecture, and QA teams to establish best practices for automation, quality engineering, continuous testing, and system reliability. This position will report to the Senior Director, Software Quality Assurance. \nKEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES\nDesigning and implementing AI-assisted workflows, copilots, or intelligent automation features\nWorking with agentic AI patterns (e.g., task orchestration, tool-using agents, workflow automation)\nApplying prompt engineering, evaluation techniques, and guardrails to ensure reliability and compliance\nCollaborating with data and platform teams to operationalize AI-not just prototype it\nDesign, develop, and maintain scalable enterprise-level test automation frameworks from scratch.\nLead framework and infrastructure evolution initiatives as part of the global SQA automation team.\nDrive migration initiatives for existing automation frameworks, test suites, and infrastructure onto modern testing platforms.\nProvide technical leadership and mentorship to automation engineers and SDET teams.\nHands-on experience in automating web-based applications using Playwright (PW) with C#/.NET.\nStrong experience in automating REST API testing, service validation, and integration testing.\nExperience validating database integrity, backend data consistency, and end-to-end data flows using SQL-based verification techniques.\nDrive Shift-Left testing practices by integrating automated quality validation early in the software development lifecycle.\nDesign, build, and maintain ephemeral test environments for scalable and isolated automated testing workflows.\nHands-on experience testing applications in ephemeral/containerized environments as part of CI/CD pipelines.\nReview and audit automation code for quality, maintainability, performance, and adherence to coding standards.\nReview automation execution reports and proactively follow up on discrepancies and failures.\nTrain and mentor team members on framework usage, coding standards, automation best practices, and engineering principles.\nDrive adoption of Active Coding practices, clean code principles, and object-oriented programming (OOP) methodologies\nCollaborate with development teams, architects, DevOps engineers, and stakeholders to improve product quality and delivery efficiency.\nDesign and implement parallel and distributed test execution capabilities.\nContribute to CI/CD pipeline implementation and continuous testing strategies.\nWork with Docker containerization technologies for scalable automation execution environments.\nParticipate in automation solutioning aligned with modern industry trends including cloud-native technologies, AI/ML-assisted testing, and scalable distributed systems.\nSupport API and integration testing efforts involving HTTP/REST services, authentication, and secure communication protocols including TLS.\nProvide technical guidance on systems architecture, automation infrastructure, and engineering best practices.\nCreate and maintain technical documentation, standards, architecture diagrams, and Confluence documentation.\nTake the first step towards your dream career. Here is what we are looking for in this role. \nCANDIDATE’S PROFILE\nEducation & Experience\nBS in Computer Science and/or equivalent preferred.\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills in English.\n8-15 years of hands-on experience in software development engineering in test (SDET), automation engineering, or quality engineering preferred. \nTechnical Skills & Experience \nStrong experience designing enterprise automation frameworks and scalable automation infrastructure\nStrong understanding of QA concepts, software testing methodologies, automation tools, and modern engineering practices.\nExpertise in designing and implementing scalable automation frameworks and infrastructure.\nStrong programming expertise in C#/.NET and object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts.\nHands-on experience with Active Coding practices and modern software engineering standards.\nStrong understanding of SQL and database validation techniques.\nGood understanding of HTTP/REST APIs, web services, 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