Remote Principal Quality Assurance Engineer

Summary

Join Deputy, a global SaaS workforce management company, in shaping the future of hourly employment as a Principal Quality Assurance Engineer. You will focus on developing and owning a long-term vision for quality across the organization, ensuring efficient and effective product development, and driving a culture of technical excellence.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in modern OOP languages is essential — we primarily use PHP, JavaScript, and Golang
• Advanced knowledge of API testing, including RESTful, OpenAPI/Swagger, and gRPC
• Deep experience with building, automating, and scaling E2E test frameworks using tools like Playwright, WebdriverIO and Maestro for web and mobile testing
• Highly proficient with SQL for debugging and resolving complex data issues, driving data-driven testing practices
• Architect and maintain scalable testing frameworks and tooling, enabling efficient testing across multiple environments and platforms
• Build comprehensive reporting tools that provide actionable insights into test coverage, performance metrics, and areas for improvement
• Partner with DevOps and engineering teams to drive continuous delivery and automated release processes, utilising tools like Jenkins and advanced CI/CD pipelines
• Influence and lead quality-centric methodologies throughout the entire software development lifecycle, with a focus on improving performance and scalability
• Expertise in working with large-scale cloud-based infrastructure such as AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure, applying testing solutions at a global scale

Responsibilities

• Develop and own a long term vision for quality across the organisation
• Identify and implement new testing paradigms (technical and process) to power growth in product and engineering
• Design and execute on comprehensive test strategies across engineering
• Architect, build, and scale highly efficient, robust, and reusable test automation frameworks for functional, regression, performance, and stress testing
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, product, and engineering stakeholders to influence architectural decisions that ensure testability and quality
• Lead in triaging and diagnosing complex issues, assessing impact, and determining solutions that drive fast resolution and minimal disruption
• Ensure seamless integration of tests into CI/CD pipelines, optimising workflows for speed and reliability
• Provide strategic insights through reporting on the coverage and effectiveness of testing strategies
• Mentor and lead engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, continuous improvement, and innovation in quality assurance
• Be an advocate for best practices in testing, quality, and engineering processes, driving forward the adoption of the latest tools and methodologies across teams and projects

Benefits

• Ownership in the company via Share Options
• Paternity/Maternity Leave Policies
• Flexible Remote-First Work Policy
• Company wide Development & Coaching
• Hackathons
• Awards - "Your Time to Shine & Celebrate Success"
• Social Events & variety of social clubs (Books, LGBT, Games, Sports)
• Mental Health Support
• Munch & Learns