
Principal Automation Engineer
Oracle • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Role & seniority
- Principal Automation Engineer; senior/lead level focused on end-to-end quality engineering strategy and automation excellence
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Stack/tools
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JavaScript/TypeScript, modern UI frameworks
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UI automation: Playwright (TypeScript), Selenium, WebdriverIO
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Accessibility, Internationalization, UX, Telemetry testing
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CI/CD: Jenkins; automation integrated into pipelines
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AI-driven testing concepts (generation, self-healing, prioritization, defect prediction)
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Top 3 responsibilities
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Define and lead the frontend automation strategy aligned with product/platform goals
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Design and develop scalable automation frameworks for UI, accessibility, visual regression, and performance testing
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Integrate automation into CI/CD with early quality gates; mentor engineers and drive best practices
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Must-have skills
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10–15 years in Quality Engineering / Test Automation; strong frontend focus
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Expert in JavaScript/TypeScript; proficient with Playwright, Selenium, WebdriverIO
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Experience with accessibility, internationalization, UX, and telemetry testing
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CI/CD experience (e.g., Jenkins); strong debugging, problem solving, and system architecture understanding
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Excellent communication and cross-functional influence
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Nice-to-haves
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Performance, reliability, visual, and accessibility testing beyond baseline
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Containerized/cloud execution (Docker, Kubernetes, cloud test grids)
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Track record building automation for large-scale distrib
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Full Description
About the Role We are seeking a highly skilled and innovative Principal Automation Engineer with deep expertise in modern automation frameworks and hands-on experience in Javascript, Typescript UI automation using Selenium. This role will drive the end-to-end quality engineering strategy, build scalable automation solutions, and champion engineering excellence across product teams. The ideal candidate is a strong technical leader with a passion for delivering high-quality software and improving release velocity through automation Key Responsibilities Define and lead the frontend automation strategy aligned with product and platform goals. Design and develop scalable automation frameworks for UI, accessibility, visual regression and performance testing. Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines, establishing early quality gates and enabling shift-left adoption. Implement AI-driven techniques for test generation, self-healing, prioritization, and defect prediction. Drive continuous improvement of automation maturity and quality metrics across teams. Collaborate closely with engineering, product, UX, DevOps and release teams ensuring seamless delivery. Mentor automation engineers and influence engineering leadership through best practices and technical standards. Own large and complex functional areas independently from design through production validation. Build dashboards and analytics to enable data-driven quality decisions. Required Skills & Experience 10–15 years of experience in Quality Engineering / Test Automation, with strong focus on frontend platforms. Strong coding proficiency in JavaScript / TypeScript and modern UI frameworks
Expertise in test automation tools: Playwright with TypeScript, Selenium, WebdriverIO Testing exposure in the projects for Accessibility, Internationalization, UX and Telemetry Experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins). Strong debugging, problem solving, analytical thinking and system architecture understanding. Excellent communication skills, stakeholder collaboration & ability to influence engineering direction. Preferred Qualifications Experience with performance, reliability, visual and accessibility testing. Working knowledge of containerized and cloud-based execution (Docker, Kubernetes, cloud test grids). Proven record building automation for large-scale distributed systems or SaaS products. Contributions to engineering communities, publications, open-source or thought leadership. Passion for innovation, engineering craftsmanship and continuous improvement culture. What We Offer Opportunity to drive quality transformation at enterprise scale. A collaborative, inclusive and high-performance engineering culture. Professional growth, innovation freedom and leadership visibility. Competitive compensation and benefits package.
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