Hybrid Principal QA Lead

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About the role

  • Principal QA Lead at Aristocrat overseeing QA for gaming projects. Driving quality strategies, automation, and team mentorship in a hybrid role.

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive QA strategy aligned with product and engineering roadmaps
  • Architect scalable automation frameworks across API, UI, integration, and end-to-end layers (e.g., Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, REST Assured, Postman or similar tools)
  • Strengthen CI/CD quality gates, improve test stability, reduce flakiness, and enhance release readiness practices
  • Implement contract testing, service virtualization, and modern test data strategies in cloud-based environments
  • Leverage observability and telemetry signals to improve quality insights and incident prevention
  • Establish risk-based testing standards and trusted quality indicators used in leadership decision-making
  • Lead root-cause analysis for high-impact incidents and translate findings into systemic improvements
  • Mentor QA Leads and Senior QA Engineers, shaping standards, accountability, and engineering culture
  • Partner closely with Engineering, Product, and Build leadership to embed quality ownership end-to-end

Requirements

  • 7+ years of professional QA experience, including hands-on automation and test architecture
  • 3+ years leading QA across multiple squads, streams, or domains
  • Deep expertise in full-stack testing (backend services, front-end interface, end-to-end connectivity) and CI/CD pipeline integration
  • Strong experience implementing risk-based testing and release governance for complex systems
  • Proven ability to influence senior multi-functional collaborators with data-driven recommendations
  • A pragmatic, outcome-focused approach — building scalable systems without unnecessary bureaucracy
  • Nice to have: experience in gaming or live-service products, QA transformation initiatives, or scaling quality practices in growing organisations.

Benefits

  • Robust benefits package
  • Global career opportunities

Job title

Principal QA Lead

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

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