Principal engineer Jobs in Tacoma, WA

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Job Overview

The Principal Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) tackles a variety of technical challenges. They play an active role in translating business and functional requirements into concrete deliverables and building test systems in partnership with other technology leaders within the team. They are a core member of the development team and participate in the complete development lifecycle process. They develop, implement, and sustain test automation processes, practices, and controls in support of application and system requirements, development and test activities throughout the software development and sustainment lifecycles. They lead and consult on test automation strategy, requirement, design, implementation and execution. The Principal SDET resources create high quality, maintainable, and performant code for automated test cases and the frameworks to execute and report them.

A Principal SDET is a practice leader both in practice and coaching across all of the disciplines with influence and contributions across teams, organizations and companies. They are innovating through technology, and practices while establishing and maintaining principles that all SDETs use to drive better outputs in quality, efficiency and performance.

Job Responsibilities :

Testing (Technical)

Design and implement robust testing strategies for Generative AI solutions

Test functionality, performance accuracy and production sampling

Collaborate with data scientists and ML engineers.

Develop and maintain automated test suites for AI / ML pipelines and APIs

Validate AI generative solutions for bias, fairness and ethical compliance

Practice Leadership, Modeling and Coaching : - 20%

Provides internal training on relevant skills and tools that support Continuous Testing.

Contributes to Test Community of Practice to evolve testing practices, quality standards and tools.

Leads defect management.

Interfaces with external teams on test strategy and ensures alignment to test execution.

Influences and drives quality across teams, disciplines, and the organization.

Grows and maintains technical skills and expertise through continuing education and training.

Testing (Requirements Gathering)

Ensures requirements and / or user stories are testable.

Clarifies any ambiguity with requirements, user stories, design and other artifacts produced as part of the product lifecycle.

Provides estimates for user stories and tasks.

Directs testability of requirements and / or user stories.

Leads and provides input to all test activities.

Testing QA

Closely coordinates with both Dev and Ops regarding testing practices and ensuring quality thresholds are met

Contributes in Design and Design reviews.

Contributes in code review.

Education :

Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related field or the foreign equivalent, and 5 years of progressively responsible postbaccalaureate relevant work experience. (Required)

Master's / Advanced Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related field or the foreign equivalent, and 3 years of relevant work experience. (Preferred)

Work Experience :

7-10 years Professional experience using 3 or more development languages (e.g., C#, Java, JavaScript, etc.). (Required)

7-10 years Professional experience using 3 or more automation tools (e.g., Selenium, TestNG, Appium, Sauce Labs, Rest Assured, Postman, Cucumber, Jasmine, Protractor, etc.). (Required)

7-10 years Professional experience with various testing methodologies and strategies : Test Driven Development, Behavior Driven Development, etc. (Required)

7-10 years Professional experience using CA Service Virtualization or equivalent. (Required)

7-10 years Professional experience using issue-tracking software and agile project management systems. (Required)

7-10 years Professional experience designing and developing applications on Unix or Windows environment, mobile platforms (Android or iOS) or designing complex multi-tiered applications. (Required)

Preferred Qualifications :

Strong experience in software testing and quality assurance with a focus on AI and machine learning applications.

Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or C#.

Proficiency in testing methodologies and test automation tools like Selenium, Apache JMeter, and JUnit.

Deep understanding of AI and machine learning concepts, including model evaluation and validation techniques.

Test functionality, performance accuracy, and production sampling

Familiarity with version control systems like Git.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

Agile (Required)

End-to-end Testing (Required)

Problem Solving (Required)

Analytics (Required)

• At least 18 years of age
• Legally authorized to work in the United States

Travel :

Travel Required (Yes / No) : Yes

DOT Regulated :

DOT Regulated Position (Yes / No) : No

Safety Sensitive Position (Yes / No) : No

Base Pay Range : $106,000 - $191,100Corporate Bonus Target : 20%

The pay range above is the general base pay range for a successful candidate in the role. The successful candidate’s actual pay will be based on various factors, such as work location, qualifications, and experience, so the actual starting pay will vary within this range.

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