Audible
Principal Quality Assurance Engineer, Apps and Consumption Services
Audible, Newark, New Jersey, us, 07175
At Audible, we believe stories have the power to transform lives. It’s why we work with some of the world’s leading creators to produce and share audio storytelling with our millions of global listeners. We are dreamers and inventors who come from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences to empower and inspire each other. Imagine your future with us.
About this role As a Principal Quality Assurance Engineer, you will provide organization-wide strategic leadership and set the standard for quality engineering excellence. The Principal QAE role offers a unique opportunity to provide quality and test guidance horizontally across a broad number of teams from large scale multi-surface service development to mobile applications and native in-car experiences.
About you You have a strong track record of leading Software Quality and Design Assurance engineering initiatives for highly complex products with large scale consumer-focused offerings.
Responsibilities
Be a strong integrator who prioritizes well and communicates effectively
Operate as a hands‑on technical leader: diving deep into complex engineering challenges, making high‑judgment decisions, and driving clarity across ambiguous problem spaces
Lead and actively participate in test planning and tools reviews, aligning teams across your organization towards coherent strategies and best practices
Define and own the technical strategy for automated testing using diverse technical solutions including Generative AI
Define and implement mechanisms to raise the quality bar at scale and solve endemic issues
Exert technical influence over multiple teams, increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and experience
Provide mentorship to engineers, raising the bar on design, code quality, and operational excellence
Actively participate in employee hiring and development process
About Audible Audible is the leading producer and provider of audio storytelling. We spark listeners’ imaginations, offering immersive, cinematic experiences full of inspiration and insight to enrich our customers daily lives. We are a global company with an entrepreneurial spirit. We are dreamers and inventors who are passionate about the positive impact Audible can make for our customers and our neighbors. This spirit courses throughout Audible, supporting a culture of creativity and inclusion built on our People Principles and our mission to build more equitable communities in the cities we call home.
Qualifications
8+ years of quality assurance engineering experience
Experience leading large teams of Software Quality and Design Assurance Engineers across complicated cross‑discipline programs
Experience defining and owning the technical strategy for automated testing using diverse technical solutions including Generative AI
Experience with JIRA, Zephyr, Appium and other common tools
Experience with software engineering practices & patterns for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, CI/CD, testing, and production operations
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About this role As a Principal Quality Assurance Engineer, you will provide organization-wide strategic leadership and set the standard for quality engineering excellence. The Principal QAE role offers a unique opportunity to provide quality and test guidance horizontally across a broad number of teams from large scale multi-surface service development to mobile applications and native in-car experiences.
About you You have a strong track record of leading Software Quality and Design Assurance engineering initiatives for highly complex products with large scale consumer-focused offerings.
Responsibilities
Be a strong integrator who prioritizes well and communicates effectively
Operate as a hands‑on technical leader: diving deep into complex engineering challenges, making high‑judgment decisions, and driving clarity across ambiguous problem spaces
Lead and actively participate in test planning and tools reviews, aligning teams across your organization towards coherent strategies and best practices
Define and own the technical strategy for automated testing using diverse technical solutions including Generative AI
Define and implement mechanisms to raise the quality bar at scale and solve endemic issues
Exert technical influence over multiple teams, increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and experience
Provide mentorship to engineers, raising the bar on design, code quality, and operational excellence
Actively participate in employee hiring and development process
About Audible Audible is the leading producer and provider of audio storytelling. We spark listeners’ imaginations, offering immersive, cinematic experiences full of inspiration and insight to enrich our customers daily lives. We are a global company with an entrepreneurial spirit. We are dreamers and inventors who are passionate about the positive impact Audible can make for our customers and our neighbors. This spirit courses throughout Audible, supporting a culture of creativity and inclusion built on our People Principles and our mission to build more equitable communities in the cities we call home.
Qualifications
8+ years of quality assurance engineering experience
Experience leading large teams of Software Quality and Design Assurance Engineers across complicated cross‑discipline programs
Experience defining and owning the technical strategy for automated testing using diverse technical solutions including Generative AI
Experience with JIRA, Zephyr, Appium and other common tools
Experience with software engineering practices & patterns for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, CI/CD, testing, and production operations
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