Principal QA Engineer

At TRG we work in a global environment where every diverse personality and culture is included. We look for talented people all over the world who have passion for what they do and work together, shoulder to shoulder, to empower our customers in their fight against crime and terror.

Though technology is important, people always come first!

Our Core Values are our DNA, so if your DNA matches ours, you are at the right place!

• Whatever it takes! We follow a can-do approach, taking responsibility for milestones.
• Passion is our fuel! We Learn. We Grow. We Innovate.
• We make an impact! We bring innovation and always ask why.
• We work together! One for all, and all for one. 

About the Role

As a Principal QA Engineer, you will be a key driver of quality, change, and long-term evolution of our QA practices across the organization.

This is a senior, hands-on leadership role for someone who not only ensures product quality, but actively leads change, influences teams, and helps move the organization forward in complex and sometimes challenging situations.

You will work across teams and functions to define and evolve QA strategy, introduce modern testing approaches (including AI-driven testing), and ensure quality is embedded deeply into how we build, ship, and operate our products.

What You’ll Do

• Own and evolve the QA strategy at scale, ensuring quality across the entire product lifecycle.
• Drive change management initiatives within QA and engineering, improving processes, mindset, and execution over time.
  Lead QA efforts across multiple teams, acting as a principal-level technical authority and trusted partner to Engineering, Product, and DevOps.
• Elevate testing beyond functional correctness, incorporating usability, performance, security, accessibility, and scalability into quality standards.
• Champion and implement AI-driven testing approaches, test intelligence, and automation enhancements.
• Define and enforce quality gates, release readiness criteria, and risk-based testing strategies.
• Act as the technical owner of the QA release process, ensuring predictable, stable, and transparent software releases.
• Mentor and guide QA engineers and tech leads, helping them grow technically and professionally.
• Promote a resilient, collaborative quality culture, especially in high-pressure or ambiguous situations.
• Proactively identify systemic quality risks and drive long-term improvements rather than short-term fixes.
• Represent QA at a strategic level in planning, retrospectives, and cross-team initiatives.
• Partner closely with leadership to align QA priorities with product and business goals.

 

What You Bring

• 7–8+ years of experience in QA, with significant experience principal, or lead roles.
• Proven experience leading change management initiatives within QA or engineering organizations.
  Strong resilience and ability to operate effectively in complex, fast-changing environments.
• Deep hands-on experience with test automation and release engineering.
• Strong coding skills in Python, with experience using Playwright or Selenium, with a strong preference for Playwright
• Experience leveraging or building AI-based testing solutions, test analytics, or intelligent automation.
• Experience with Xray for Jira or similar test management tools.
• Familiarity with API testing, performance testing tools, and Postman.
• Basic Linux administration knowledge.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Familiarity with observability tools (grafana, elastic, prometheus).
• Strong understanding of modern software architectures and testing strategies.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence without authority.
• A quality-first mindset and strong sense of ownership.
• Fluent in English.
   

Nice to Have

• Experience with cloud-based platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience working with data-heavy or AI-driven platforms.

Your perks:

• Working from home Hit your goals from the comfort of your home because we value the performance, not the place.
• Flexible hours because we promote work-life balance.
• Yearly performance bonus to reward good performance and hard work.
• Paid medical insurance because we like to take care of you.
• Daily lunch allowance so you can save lots of money, time, and effort by enjoying your free lunch at the office or home every day.
• Sport/Gym(Exercise) allowance to focus more on yourself, your well-being, and your health.  
• Udemy unlimited subscription to promote your learning and development and grow your career.
• Onboarding plan and training so that you have a smooth induction and feel confident and ready to take over your new role.
• Equipment support so you have all the tools to do effectively and efficiently your work.
• No dress code because we want you to be as comfortable as possible.
• Gifts and rewards for celebrating birthdays, anniversaries, and personal milestones.
• Happy hours, coffee time, online team building, company events, and much more to promote team bonding and of course to have fun!
• Fresh fruit, snacks, coffee, and tea at the office because work makes us hungry!

About us

TRG Solutions deals with Data Fusion and AI products for civilian protection. 

Our mission is to empower our customers to fight crime and terror through state-of-the-art technologies that provide accurate and precise intelligence.

Our product, Intellectus, is the only cloud-based all-in-one fusion platform with integrated web intelligence, discovery capabilities, advertisement intelligence, virtual ID management, and third-party database integration that can be deployed in less than 24 hours.

Want to learn more? Visit our website at www.trgint.com and our LinkedIn page.

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