Job Description
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CES is a company with over 26 years of experience in delivering software product development and quality engineering services. They are seeking a Principal QA Engineer to lead software testing functions in an agile development scrum team, focusing on improving product quality and client experience through manual and automated testing efforts. Responsibilities β’ Oversee the design, development, execution, and maintenance of testing strategies and automation platforms within the organization β’ Perform system analysis and recommend improvements around architecture, scalability, and reliability of existing testing methodologies and automation suites β’ Recommend and evangelize new technologies and strategies as it pertains to testing needs across the organization β’ Promote and lead guild activities to encourage expansion of technical knowledge among engineers across the organization β’ Author, maintain, and execute functional test cases and test plans for complex stories β’ Lead other engineers in performing testing and across the technology organization β’ Define automation strategies, protocols, and frameworks to be used within the team β’ Participate in reviewing and providing feedback of test cases and test plans authored by scrum teams across the organization β’ Provide high level estimates of QA activities at a project level β’ Role model and coach on effective time management techniques β’ Challenge the team to think about code-quality in terms of long-term maintainability β’ Take an active role in ensuring the team meets the sprint commitment β’ Effectively engages participants in discussion to get all viewpoints β’ Proactively convey details regarding project status and deliverables to key stakeholders "up the chain" in a timely manner Skills β’ 10+ yearsβ experience in Agile methodology β’ Understanding of test methodologies (Unit, Functional, Acceptance, Regression, Performance, Load) β’ Risk analysis of large web-based applications β’ Authoring automated test suites in Playwright (preferred) / Selenium / Cypress β’ Communicating test results to appropriate team members and stakeholders β’ Writing and maintaining performance test scripts β’ Analyzing performance test results β’ Gherkin story format β’ Experience with Playwright Company Overview β’ CES is an information technology and business process management company. It was founded in 1996, and is headquartered in Bolingbrook, Illinois, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is Company H1B Sponsorship β’ CES has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 14 in 2025, 10 in 2024, 7 in 2023, 13 in 2022, 11 in 2021, 15 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Apply tot his job