Senior Principal Engineer: QA / Test Automation Hybrid Job in Gurugram, Pune (Senior level)

About this Senior Principal Engineer: QA / Test Automation Job in Gurugram

A growing company is actively hiring a Senior Principal Engineer: QA / Test Automation who can test smart, find important bugs early and help the team release with confidence. The Senior Principal Engineer: QA / Test Automation Job in Gurugram involves working closely with developers, product managers and other testers across the full software testing life cycle.

In this role you will validate backend data using SQL/MSSQL Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and support continuous testing. You can see the full list of responsibilities in the job details above.

Gurugram is a leading Delhi NCR tech hub with fintech, e-commerce and SaaS companies that rely on strong QA teams.

Work type: Hybrid, Automation.

Key skills for the Senior Principal Engineer: QA / Test Automation role

These are the skills the hiring team highlighted for this opening. Make sure your resume shows each one with a real example.

• Selenium WebDriver – build maintainable UI automation with the Page Object Model and solid locator strategies.
• Playwright – write stable cross-browser UI tests with auto-waits, fixtures and parallel runs.
• WebdriverIO – show real project experience with WebdriverIO in your resume and be ready to explain it with an example.
• Java – OOP basics, collections and exceptions to write clean automation code.
• API testing – validate status codes, schemas, auth and edge cases for REST/GraphQL services.
• CI/CD – run automated tests on every build and keep pipelines green.

Want to sharpen these skills? The official ISTQB syllabus is a great free reference for testing fundamentals.

A typical day in this role

• Join the daily stand-up to review sprint progress, blockers and what needs testing today.
• Write and maintain automated tests, fix flaky scripts and review test results from the CI pipeline.
• Test APIs for correct responses, error handling, authentication and performance.
• Log clear, reproducible bugs with steps, screenshots and logs, then re-test fixes.
• Review test plans, mentor teammates and share quality updates with product and engineering leads.

Who should apply

This opening suits experienced QA leaders who can set test strategy, build and mentor teams and talk about quality with product and engineering leadership.

If you match most of the skills above, apply for this Senior Principal Engineer: QA / Test Automation Job in Gurugram even if you do not tick every single box – hiring teams value strong fundamentals and a clear, honest resume.

How to apply for this Senior Principal Engineer: QA / Test Automation Job in Gurugram

1. Open the Daily QA Jobs list – a fresh list goes live every day at 9:00 AM IST.
2. Find the Senior Principal Engineer: QA / Test Automation opening and copy the HR email ID.
3. Send a short, polite email with your updated resume and a 3–4 line summary of matching skills.
4. Follow up once after 3–5 working days if you have not heard back.

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Interview preparation tips

• Be ready to walk through one real project: the app, your testing approach, tools used and the toughest bug you found.
• Expect a live coding round – practise writing a small UI or API test, handling waits and explaining your framework structure.
• Revise HTTP methods, status codes, headers, auth tokens and how you validate a JSON response.
• Prepare examples of test strategy, metrics you tracked, risks you flagged and how you improved release quality.
• Keep your resume ATS-friendly and matched to the skills listed in this job description.

Career growth after this role

QA leadership roles open paths to QA Manager, Head of Quality or Director of Quality Engineering, where you drive quality across products and organisations.

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