Quality Engineer, Principal

Location: Chennai, in

Company Description

Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) is at the forefront of transforming organizations into intelligent enterprises through data-driven innovation. We don't just follow trends—we set them and drive change. As a market leader in enterprise analytics and mobility software, we've pioneered the BI and analytics space, empowering people to make better decisions and revolutionizing how businesses operate.

But that's not all. Strategy is also leading a groundbreaking shift in how companies approach their treasury reserve strategy, boldly adopting Bitcoin as a key asset. This visionary move is reshaping the financial landscape and solidifying our position as a forward-thinking, innovative force in the market. Four years after adopting the Bitcoin Standard, Strategy's stock has outperformed every company in the S&P 500.

Our people are the core of our success. At Strategy, you'll join a team of smart, creative minds working on dynamic projects with cutting-edge technologies. We thrive on curiosity, innovation, and a relentless pursuit of excellence.

Our corporate values—bold, agile, engaged, impactful, and united—are the foundation of our culture. As we lead the charge into the new era of AI and financial innovation, we foster an environment where every employee's contributions are recognized and valued.

Job Description

We are looking for a Principal Quality Engineer to lead quality transformation across cloud-native platforms and enterprise products. This is a senior technical leadership role responsible for defining automation strategy, improving release quality, and driving engineering excellence across distributed teams.

This role requires strong hands-on expertise along with strategic influence across Engineering, DevOps, and Product teams.

• Define and drive enterprise-level quality strategy.

• Establish release quality gates and measurable KPIs.

• Improve DORA metrics, defect escape rates, and automation coverage.

• Implement shift-left testing and quality engineering best practices.

• Design scalable automation frameworks (UI, API, integration, performance).

• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.

• Lead API, microservices, and cloud validation testing.

• Improve automation stability and execution efficiency.

• Validate AWS/Azure/GCP-based deployments.

• Lead performance, resiliency, and reliability testing.

• Drive containerized and Kubernetes-based test strategy.

• Partner with SRE teams on SLO/SLA validation.

• Mentor senior QA engineers and SDETs.

• Influence architecture decisions from a quality standpoint.

• Lead quality reviews for major releases and migrations.

• Collaborate with global engineering teams.

• 12–15+ years of experience in Quality Engineering / Test Architecture.

• Strong programming skills (Java or Python preferred).

• Expertise in:

  • Selenium / Playwright / Cypress

  • REST API testing frameworks

  • CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps)

  • Performance testing tools (JMeter, k6)

  • Docker & Kubernetes

• Experience in cloud platforms (AWS / Azure / GCP).

• Strong understanding of Agile and DevOps practices.

• Experience in large-scale cloud migration validation.

• Knowledge of observability tools (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana).

• Exposure to security and compliance testing.

• Experience working with global teams across time zones.

Additional Information

The recruitment process includes online assessments as a first step - we send them via e-mail, please check also your SPAM folder

Work Location: Strategy Chennai office — full-time, Monday to Friday