Hybrid Principal Quality Engineer — AI-Driven Testing Leader

Winclap; Buenos Aires; Hybrid; ARS 185,448,000 - 278,173,000; Full time

Job summary

Globant in Buenos Aires is seeking a Principal Quality Engineer to own testing strategy for client accounts and lead AI-assisted quality initiatives. You will design tailored testing approaches, govern automation pipelines, and ensure reliable release decisions.

The role blends hands-on testing with AI-enabled workflows and mentorship across teams. You will collaborate on end-to-end and API tests, validate AI-generated outputs, and drive governance around test coverage, metrics, and quality

Qualifications

• 7+ years in software testing or quality engineering
• Advanced English (B2/C1)
• Experience designing test strategies for client accounts and governance of automation

Responsibilities

• Design tailored testing solutions based on client risks and constraints
• Review user stories and acceptance criteria for coherence and testability
• Use AI agents to generate, run, and classify tests; validate outputs before counting
• Extend and maintain automation suites (Playwright, Appium, API tests) in CI/CD
• Triages findings, performs root-cause analysis, reports status in business language
• Define validation criteria for AI-powered features with non-deterministic output
• Mentor engineers on evidence-based quality decisions and AI-generated work

Skills

Advanced English (B2/C1)

Quality engineering

Test strategy

Tools

Playwright

Appium

Postman

REST API testing

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Globant in Buenos Aires is seeking a Principal Quality Engineer to own testing strategy for client accounts and lead AI-assisted quality initiatives. You will design tailored testing approaches, govern automation pipelines, and ensure reliable release decisions.

The role blends hands-on testing with AI-enabled workflows and mentorship across teams. You will collaborate on end-to-end and API tests, validate AI-generated outputs, and drive governance around test coverage, metrics, and quality