Principal Qa Engineer

Bauer Systems KG

Manchester, United Kingdom
Not specified; not specified; 28 days holiday, ban...
On-site
Shift-left quality culture implementation
Contract driven testing strategy
Schema-first development with openapi
This new principal role is designed to raise the bar for backend quality by embedding testability and resilience directly into system design

Job Summary

  • This new principal role is designed to raise the bar for backend quality by embedding testability and resilience directly into system design.
  • The team operates in a remote-first, flat culture that values curiosity, healthy debate, and shared ownership while supporting millions of daily requests.
  • Candidates will benefit from 28 days of holiday plus bank holidays and volunteer days, along with access to internal training via Bauer Academy.

Matching Summary

This new principal role is designed to raise the bar for backend quality by embedding testability and resilience directly into system design.

Salary

Not specified; Not specified; 28 days holiday, bank holidays & volunteer days included

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Shift-left quality culture implementation
  • Contract Driven Testing strategy
  • Schema-First development with OpenAPI
  • Golang or object-oriented language proficiency
  • Event-driven architecture testing Kafka SQS
  • AI-assisted test generation and debugging
  • AWS cloud environment testing experience

Nice-to-have

  • Load testing with k6 tool
  • Infrastructure as Code Terraform CloudFormation
  • Containerisation Docker Kubernetes knowledge
  • Transitioning teams to AI-first quality model
  • Observability integration with Datadog OpenTelemetry

Key Requirements

  • Proven experience in technical QA Automation or Backend Engineering
  • Deep understanding of RESTful architectures and JSON Schema validation
  • Strong track record testing complex APIs in cloud-hosted environments

Work Rights

Not specified

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