[Remote] LATAM Principal QA Automation Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Praxent is a company focused on modernizing customer-facing software applications in the financial services sector. They are seeking a LATAM Principal QA Automation Engineer to enhance the team’s capacity for delivering high-quality projects, ensuring best practices in QA supervision, and advancing the capabilities of their testing processes.ResponsibilitiesCultivate Camaraderie: Ensure that Core Values are living and breathing throughout a portfolio of projects. Reflect and instill the core values to example and leadershipEnsure Success: Provide end-to-end QA supervision for a portfolio of projects to ensure successful delivery within budget; ensure that best practices and standards are followed by all team members across all projectsAdvance Capabilities: Continuously research and experiment with new tools and frameworks that create more value for client engagements; provide research, development and improvement of the already established processes, best practices, documentation and resources for all teams within the organization in regards to all the aspects of quality assuranceGive Feedback: Communicate expectations throughout the project team and manage escalations promptly and thoroughly; provide a growth and development structure to team members as well as objectives that align their individual performance and organizational goalsSet Standards: Develop standards for testing and reporting, analyze portfolio of testing metrics to advance our capabilities, research and implement new tools and processesEvaluate Skills: Conduct recruiting interviews and analyze candidates to ensure successful hiring/contracting; assist with optimizing the process to ensure quality recruitingEliminate Ambiguity: Develop detailed testing strategies that build confidence with the agile team and client stakeholders, including technical planning, rigorous subtasking, advance research, contingency plans, release criteria, etcKey Activities: Ensuring the team understands acceptance criteria, tracking daily progress, limit team’s QA kickback, deliver stories as assigned, find opportunities to increase capacity and velocitySkillsDemonstrable proficiency with desired technologies and toolsDeep expertise in developing and maintaining end-to-end test frameworks using Selenium or PlaywrightAlong with expertise using these frameworks with C# and .NET or JavaStrong proficiency in CI/CD integration of automated tests using tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps, including parallel execution, test reporting, and environment managementTesting up a test automation framework from scratchAdditional knowledge and experience in AI assisted development and testing (Claude Code, Cursor, CoPilot etc.)8-11+ years professional experience in relevant technology and projects, including ongoing adherence of best practices, leading and executing automated testing for web and mobile applications, and leveraging industry-standard tools to ensure optimal product quality across all stages of the software development lifecycleExperience presenting to client stakeholders and communicating technical and business valueExperience understanding and articulating the business outcomes that your development projects impactExperience with coaching and mentoring, demonstrated through ad-hoc collaboration and structured code reviewsMay include intensive programs, A technical degree is a plus, but equivalent experience via bootcamps, self-teaching, or professional practice is equally valuedWe Care Deeply, Always Deliver, Never Settle, Do It Together, Own the Outcome, and approach every situation with a CAN DO mentalityBenefitsPaid time off and holidays based on your country’s standardsCountry-specific benefits that reflect where you live—often including bonus pay, local protections, and perksWe cover the cost of ongoing learningCompany OverviewPraxent - a team of expert software developers, designers + architects – all highly motivated to grow your business It was founded in 2000, and is headquartered in Austin, Texas, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is http://praxent.com.