Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position. Job Description: The Role Are you passionate about building scalable automation solutions that ensure the quality, accuracy, and integrity of enterprise data? Do you enjoy solving complex data validation challenges through code and creating frameworks that enable teams to test faster and smarter? We are seeking a Principal Quality Assurance Engineer to lead the design and implementation of a modern test automation strategy focused on data quality, ETL validation, and large-scale data testing. This role is heavily focused on Python-based automation and is ideal for someone who enjoys building reusable solutions that improve testing efficiency, scalability, and coverage across complex data platforms. This is not a traditional UI automation role. Approximately 90% of the work will be focused on validating data movement, data transformations, ETL processes, file-based integrations, database validation, and data quality controls. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in Python, automated testing, data analysis, and framework development. As a Principal QA Engineer, you will serve as a technical leader, developing automation frameworks from the ground up, mentoring other QA engineers, and driving best practices across the organization. You will partner closely engineering, product, and business stakeholders, drive an automation-first culture, and deliver innovative and scalable quality engineering solutions. The Expertise and Skills You Bring Required Qualifications 8 years of experience in Quality Assurance, Test Automation, Software Development, or Quality Engineering. Expert-level Python programming skills with a proven track record of building automated testing solutions and reusable libraries. Extensive hands-on experience with PyTest and modern Python testing methodologies. Strong experience using Pandas and other Python data-processing libraries for data validation, reconciliation, transformation, and analysis. Extensive experience testing: ETL/ELT data pipelines Data migrations Data movement processes File-based integrations Data quality rules and controls Database-driven applications Strong expertise with database validation and data reconciliation techniques. Advanced SQL skills with experience validating large data sets across Snowflake, SQL Server, and Oracle platforms. Experience with Playwright for UI automation testing. Experience developing automated tests for complex data workflows and business-critical data processing systems. Strong communication, collaboration, and mentoring skills. Preferred Qualifications Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field. Experience designing and developing automation frameworks from scratch. Experience creating scalable, reusable, and maintainable test automation architectures. Experience testing cloud-based applications and data platforms running in AWS and/or Azure. Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines. Experience with GitHub, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and Artifactory. The Team Fidelity Workplace Consulting is a growing business that works primarily with Fidelity’s strategic clients to advise and create solutions on client workplace benefit needs. The Data Consulting Team diverse skills are leveraged to design and build customized solutions to address unique scenarios that spans across multiple product lines (i.e., Defined Benefit, Defined Contribution, Stock Plan Services, Health and Welfare, and HR/Payroll). Fidelity’s Onsite Working Model Fidelity is transitioning to a full-time onsite working model through a phased rollout across regions and roles. Currently, some roles and locations require 100% onsite presence, while others require less. Onsite expectations are likely to evolve as the rollout continues. This transition does not apply to fully remote roles. Certifications: Category: Information Technology Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories. At Fidelity, we are passionate about making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want! We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workplace where we respect and value our associates for their unique perspectives and experiences. For information about working at Fidelity, visit FidelityCareers.com. Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation please contact the following: For roles based in the US: Contact the HR Leave of Absence/Accommodation Team by sending an email to [email protected], or by calling 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 2 For roles based in Ireland: Contact [email protected] For roles based in Germany: Contact [email protected] Fidelity Privacy Policy

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