Hybrid Principal QA Engineer

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About the role

  • Principal QA Engineer at Amadeus, leading QA efforts for travel industry solutions with a focus on automation. Collaborating with diverse teams to ensure high-quality standards in software delivery.

Responsibilities

  • Define, maintain, and own test strategies and test plans for projects, products, and releases.
  • Ensure compliance with CI/CD guidelines, SDL/STDL, and industry QA best practices.
  • Provide formal quality sign‑off for functional, non‑functional, regression, and release validations across lifecycle phases.
  • Maintain comprehensive test result documentation to support debugging, corrective actions, and continuous improvement.
  • Analyze, define, and execute test standards and procedures for complex solutions.
  • Propose and monitor KPIs to track software quality and delivery performance.
  • Design, implement, and evolve scalable automation test suites for complex systems.
  • Establish robust test coverage strategies to prevent flakiness and regression leakage.
  • Investigate defects, perform root cause analysis, and coordinate preventive actions across teams.
  • Lead defect triage and debugging sessions to accelerate issue resolution.
  • Build strong product domain knowledge, including business processes, scenarios, and customer requirements.
  • Unify and orchestrate complex platforms to enable end‑to‑end monitoring and reporting of API consumption.
  • Understand business drivers and assess complex problems with broad impact on product quality and delivery.
  • Analyze testing requirements across internal and cross‑Business Units.
  • Collaborate closely with development, commercial, and cross‑functional teams to prioritize requirements and streamline execution.
  • Support customers during UAT phases, providing guidance and validation.
  • Provide quality and automation guidance to development and QA teams across projects.

Requirements

  • Strong hands‑on experience in both manual and automated testing.
  • Experience with modern automation frameworks (e.g. Playwright, Selenium) and test development using TypeScript.
  • Solid knowledge of back‑end testing in distributed systems, including API validation and integration testing.
  • Ability to define and implement comprehensive test strategies covering functional, non‑functional, and regression testing.
  • Proven experience analyzing complex systems, identifying risks, and proposing preventive actions.
  • Strong problem‑solving, analytical, and communication skills with the ability to collaborate across cross‑functional teams.
  • Experience in monitoring KPIs and driving measurable quality improvements at scale.
  • Proactive, quality‑driven mindset with strong technical expertise.

Benefits

  • A critical mission and purpose - At Amadeus, you'll power the future of travel with a critical mission and extraordinary purpose.
  • A truly global DNA - Everything at Amadeus is global, from our people to our business, which translates into our footprint, processes, and culture.
  • Great opportunities to learn - Learning happens all the time and in many ways at Amadeus, from on-the-job training to formal activities, and daily interactions.
  • A caring environment – Amadeus fosters a caring environment that supports both professional growth and personal well-being.
  • A complete rewards offer - Amadeus provides attractive compensation packages, including salary, bonus, caregiving and health benefits and health benefits.
  • A flexible working model - Embrace our flexible working model, enabling you to excel wherever and however you work best.
  • A diverse, equitable, and inclusive community – We are committed to enabling each employee to reach their full potential by fostering a culture of belonging and fair treatment.
  • A Reliable Company - Trust and reliability are fundamental to shaping our relationships with customers, partners, and employees.

Job title

Principal QA Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

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