Principal SQA Engineer

Palo Alto Networks; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks in Bengaluru is seeking a highly motivated AI-savvy Principal Software Quality Assurance Engineer to join the Digital Web QA team. You will own a strategy for quality coordination, implementing autonomous QA workflows powered by AI and leading testing at scale in a fast-paced agile environment.

You will design and implement AI-assisted testing, mentor engineers, and collaborate across Dev, SRE, Product, and Marketing to ensure quality standards and observability across

Qualifications

• MS/BS degree in Engineering or equivalent military experience required.
• 10+ years of experience in QA/Test Automation Engineering with demonstrated impact on product quality and team practices.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with AI/ML technologies, including LLMs, prompt engineering, and AI-assisted development workflows.
• 2+ years of experience in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM/CQ) or similar content management application testing.
• Proven track record of building autonomous testing systems or AI-powered quality engineering tools.
• Intermediate to Expert level experience with REST API driven automation using Python.
• Expertise in REST API testing, web UI automation (Selenium).

Responsibilities

• Design and implement autonomous scalable End-to-End (E2E) QA workflows using AI agents and LLM-based frameworks.
• Develop AI-augmented test infrastructure enabling scalable, context-aware testing that reflects real-world deployment scenarios.
• Build AI-powered test generation systems that automatically create comprehensive test suites from requirements and production telemetry.
• Participate in system design to ensure quality, observability, and testability are built-in throughout the feature lifecycle.
• Provide technical leadership in browser security, cloud orchestration, distributed systems, and AI-assisted quality engineering across multi-team initiatives.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers on AI/ML testing techniques and modern quality practices; lead adoption of new testing methodologies.
• Collaborate with Development, SRE, Product Management, and Technical Marketing to align quality strategy with business outcomes.
• Enhance test strategies, automation, and build infrastructure with feedback from real-world customer deployments.
• Stay current with AI/ML advancements and translate them into practical testing innovations.
• Execute system tests including functional and E2E on sanity, regression, pre-production, and post-production phases.
• Track and report outcomes of test executions and all information needed for metrics on risks and coverage.
• Conduct root cause analyses on complex bugs and work with developers to fix actions.
• Establish the overarching AI strategy for new features and major website redesigns in Agile/Scrum.
• Conduct system functional testing to ensure quality, reliability, capacity, and scalability.

Skills

QA Automation

AI/ML testing

REST API testing

Selenium

AEM testing

Python automation

Education

MS/BS in Engineering

Tools

Selenium WebDriver

REST API Automation

Job description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® we're united by a shared mission-to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you're ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you're in the right place.

Who We Are

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!

We believe collaboration thrives in person. That's why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it's needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.

Job Summary

We are looking for a highly motivated AI-savvy Principal Software Quality Assurance Engineer to join our Digital Web QA team. As a Principal SQA Engineer, you will be responsible for creating and implementing a strategy for quality coordination and transforming how we test and validate as well as suggesting solutions to identified quality problems. All this in a fast paced, agile-based process of development, test and release. In this role, you will design and implement autonomous QA workflows that leverage AI to achieve unprecedented test coverage, efficiency, and defect detection. You will take ownership of quality outcomes, mentor teams, and drive innovation in how we approach testing at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement autonomous scalable End-to-End (E2E) QA workflows using AI agents and LLM-based frameworks to achieve continuous, intelligent test execution across multiple services.
• Develop AI-augmented test infrastructure enabling scalable, context-aware testing that reflects real-world deployment scenarios -specifically integrating self-healing test suites, AI-driven test case generation, and Visual AI regression tools.
• Build AI-powered test generation systems that automatically create comprehensive test suites from requirements, specifications, and production telemetry.
• Participate in system design to ensure quality, observability, and testability are built-in throughout the feature development lifecycle.
• Provide technical leadership in browser security, cloud orchestration, distributed systems, and AI-assisted quality engineering across multi-team quality initiatives.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers on AI/ML testing techniques, prompt engineering, and modern quality practices; lead adoption of new testing methodologies and measure impact.
• Collaborate with Development, SRE, Product Management, and Technical Marketing to align quality strategy with business outcomes and establish quality standards.
• Enhance test strategies, automation, and build infrastructure with feedback and analysis from real-world customer deployments.
• Stay current with AI/ML advancements and translate them into practical testing innovations like agentic workflows, multimodal testing, and AI-powered observability.
• Execute system tests including functional and E2E on sanity, regression, pre-production, and post-production phases in a tight release schedule
• Track and report the outcome of test executions and all information needed to support ongoing measurements and reporting on risks, defects, tests, and coverage.
• Conduct deep-dive root cause analysis on complex, multi-system bugs and collaborate directly with developers to implement corrective actions.
• Establish the overarching AI strategy for new features and major website redesigns in a fast-paced, Agile/Scrum environment.
• Conduct system functional testing to ensure system quality, reliability, capacity, and scalability.
• Compare and analyze system behavior vs. expected results/KPIs based on business and technical requirements.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• M.S./B.S. degree in Engineering, or equivalent military experience required.
• 10+ years of experience in QA/Test Automation Engineering with demonstrated impact on product quality and team practices.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with AI/ML technologies, including LLMs, prompt engineering, and AI-assisted development workflows.
• 2+ years of experience in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM/CQ) or similar content management application testing.
• Proven track record of building autonomous testing systems or AI-powered quality engineering tools.
• Intermediate to Expert level experience with REST API driven automation using Python.
• Expertise in REST API testing, web UI automation (Seleniu