Principal Quality Engineer Architect

About the Position

Principal Quality Engineer Architect (Taguspark, Oeiras)

We are seeking an experienced Quality Engineering Architect to take technical ownership of the design, implementation, and evolution of advanced quality solutions across complex enterprise environments.

This role requires deep software engineering capability and an established track record of leading architecture and technical delivery. You will connect functional requirements, reusable automation, test data, environments, CI/CD, and AI agents across the SDLC, turning architectural decisions into reliable solutions adopted by multiple teams.

You will remain directly involved in coding critical components, resolving complex engineering challenges, and guiding implementation.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end Quality Engineering architectures covering automation, orchestration, integrations, test data, environments, and observability across multiple applications and teams.
• Design and implement reusable frameworks, services, connectors, and platform components; establish engineering standards and lead code and architecture reviews.
• Define workflows covering test design, data preparation, execution, failure analysis, maintenance, re-execution, and release evidence, with clear ownership and escalation paths.
• Build and operationalize AI agents and LLM workflows for requirements analysis, scenario generation, coverage assessment, failure diagnosis, and controlled self-healing, incorporating evaluation, traceability, privacy, and human oversight.
• Integrate quality controls into CI/CD pipelines, establishing quality gates, risk indicators, and actionable feedback for engineering and business teams.
• Define test environment and data strategies that support repeatable, parallel execution in environments representative of production.
• Lead solutions from initial design and proof of concept through operational adoption, addressing scalability, resilience, security, maintainability, and operating costs.
• Work with Business Quality Analysts, developers, and platform engineers to translate functional inputs into maintainable validation assets and coordinated workflows.
• Act as the technical reference for teams and clients, owning architectural recommendations, explaining trade-offs, and measuring the impact of delivered solutions.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of relevant experience in Software Engineering, Quality Engineering, or Test Automation, including at least 3 years with direct responsibility for architecture and technical delivery.
• Strong programming skills in Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, or Java, with practical experience building reusable components, services, and integrations, supported by modular design, automated tests, code reviews, and systematic debugging.
• Strong experience in test architecture and automation across APIs, user interfaces, and system integrations, with the ability to define appropriate coverage and validation strategies.
• Practical experience with CI/CD, Git, cloud, and container-based environments, including integration through APIs, events, and webhooks.
• Direct implementation experience with at least one LLM or agent-based solution in operational use, including evaluation, failure handling, traceability, and human oversight.
• Ability to substantiate architectural decisions through engineering trade-offs covering reliability, scalability, maintainability, security, implementation effort, operating costs, and measurable value.
• Experience providing technical direction to engineers and communicating architectural decisions to technical and business stakeholders.
• Fluent Portuguese and English.

Nice to Have

• Development of shared engineering platforms or accelerators adopted across projects or organizations.
• Test data management, service virtualization, and management of dependencies in complex enterprise environments.
• RAG, tool calling, agent orchestration, and observability.
• Tools such as Playwright, Cypress, Jira/Xray, or Azure DevOps.

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About the Company

All our recruitment and selection processes are based on equal opportunities, valuing the competence and potential of each person and ensuring that no candidate is discriminated on the grounds of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, religion, or physical condition.

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