Principal Software Engineer, Automation & API Testing

Soteria Reinsurance Ltd.; Smithfield (RI); On-site; USD 131,675 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Fidelity is hiring a Principal Software Engineer/Developer in Smithfield, RI to design, develop and execute automated test scripts for UI, API and database testing. You will validate data with MongoDB and PostgreSQL, integrate tests into CI/CD using Git and Jenkins, and mentor others while shaping testing strategies.

The role requires strong experience in Selenium, Cucumber BDD, RestAssured, Karate, and performance testing with JMeter, plus a solid DevOps mindset and collaboration with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a STEM field and 5+ years in API/UI/test automation in financial services.
• Experience designing automated test scripts for web and API services.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and test framework maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Participates in architecture design teams and defines application architecture.
• Develops and maintains automated tests for UI, API, and DB layers.
• Ensures QA readiness of software deliverables and documents testing plans.

Skills

Automation testing

QA strategy

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/IT

Master's degree in related field

Tools

Selenium WebDriver

Selenium Grid

Cucumber BDD

Karate

RestAssured

Playwright

Jenkins

Git

Maven

JMeter

Appium

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

Redis

Kafka

Jira

Qtest

Job description

Fidelity is hiring a Principal Software Engineer/Developer in Smithfield, RI to design, develop and execute automated test scripts for UI, API and database testing. You will validate data with MongoDB and PostgreSQL, integrate tests into CI/CD using Git and Jenkins, and mentor others while shaping testing strategies.

The role requires strong experience in Selenium, Cucumber BDD, RestAssured, Karate, and performance testing with JMeter, plus a solid DevOps mindset and collaboration with