KWI

Principal QA Engineer

KWI

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: MelvilleNew YorkUnited States

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Salary

💰 $160,000 per year

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About the role

  • Lead the automation and quality engineering vision across teams, establishing scalable standards and modern frameworks (Playwright, API-first testing).
  • Act as a hands-on technical coach and enabler, improving automation adoption, stability, and execution speed.
  • Transform legacy and slow regression models into fast, CI/CD-native, data-driven pipelines.
  • Use metrics, observability, and risk-based strategies to drive release confidence.
  • Introduce AI-accelerated testing approaches to increase engineering productivity.
  • Own quality outcomes end-to-end, from architecture and testability to production validation.

Requirements

  • Proficient in an object-oriented language, preferably Java or C#.
  • Strong hands-on experience in Web and Mobile Automation using tools such as Selenium, Appium, Maven, and TestNG.
  • Architect and lead the end-to-end QA strategy for a multi-tenant SaaS retail platform, designing scalable, reusable test case frameworks across POS integrations, payments, inventory, APIs, and cloud-based microservices—ensuring full regression, performance, and automation coverage aligned to rapid release cycles and high-availability standards.
  • Knowledge of unit testing, regression testing, integration testing, and compatibility testing.
  • Familiarity with Agile/Scrum development processes.
  • Proficient in using defect-tracking tools like Jira and Test Management Tools like TestRail.
  • Solid understanding of MySQL and proficient in debugging
  • Strong experience in mentoring QA engineers.
  • Deep hands-on experience with Playwright and TypeScript/JavaScript
  • Strong experience in API automation and microservices validation using tools like Jmeter, Postman etc.
  • Proven success building or modernizing automation frameworks at scale
  • Experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines for fast feedback
  • Experience implementing AI-assisted testing workflows
  • Experience driving automation adoption across multiple teams
  • Experience reducing regression execution time through intelligent test strategies
  • Performance testing integration into quality strategy
Benefits
  • Full Medical, Dental and Vision
  • Annual bonus eligible
  • Free gym in the building
  • Generous PTO policy
  • Summer Fridays....all year round
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Discount from building café
  • 401(K) with a 50% company match (up to 6% of employee contribution)
  • Employee Referral Program
  • (1) Volunteer day each year
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Hard Skills & Tools
JavaC#Web AutomationMobile AutomationSeleniumAppiumMavenTestNGPlaywrightAPI Automation
Soft Skills
technical coachingmentoringleadershipcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingadaptabilitystrategic thinkingrisk managementautomation adoption