Principal QA Automation Engineer
MorningstarBase Salary
$121k - $152k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute automated tests for user interfaces, APIs, mobile applications, and cloud-native applications.
- Lead the design, development, and maintenance of enterprise-grade QA automation frameworks and tools.
- Drive QA strategy and establish standards for test coverage, performance, security, and reliability across six AWS environments.
- Build automated test suites using JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, or Java, including visual regression, integration, exploratory, and workflow validation tests.
- Integrate automated test suites into more than five CI/CD pipelines to support release confidence and early defect detection.
- Perform exploratory, integration, interoperability, and data-flow testing across internal and third-party enterprise platforms.
- Monitor application metrics and synthetic tests using observability platforms to identify degradation and downtime risks.
- Mentor junior team members and collaborate with product managers, developers, and DevOps teams on quality standards and coverage.
- Validate content management system workflows and maintain test plans, execution reports, and audit-ready QA documentation.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related field, or a foreign equivalent; suitable combinations of education, training, and experience are accepted.
- Eight years of experience in software quality assurance, test automation, and QA strategy development.
- Eight years of experience developing and executing automated test cases for web, mobile, and API applications.
- Eight years of experience writing test automation scripts in JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, or Java.
- Eight years of experience using issue-tracking and project-collaboration platforms for QA documentation and defect lifecycle management.
- At least five years of exploratory and integration testing with external enterprise platforms and five years designing and maintaining automation within CI/CD pipelines.
- At least four years working with cloud environments, building QA automation frameworks, and applying object-oriented programming.
- At least four years of experience with Selenium/Webdriver, Test NG, and Junit.
- At least three years validating content management system workflows, applying monitoring and observability tools, and implementing automated visual validation tests.
- Must possess unrestricted right to work in the United States for this position.
Benefits
- Base salary range is $121,389-$151,563.
- Remote work requests are considered under the company's remote work policy.
- Hybrid work is generally four days in the office each week, with flexibility resources as needs change.
- Benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, HSA contributions, disability insurance, life insurance, and wellness incentives.
- The company offers trust-based time off, a six-week paid sabbatical, paid family caregiving leave, paid parental leave, adoption assistance, and mentorship opportunities.
- Additional benefits include a 401(k) match up to 6% of salary, stock ownership potential, a $1,000 annual flex stipend, tuition reimbursement, charitable matching, volunteer programs, and employee resource groups.
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About Morningstar
Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment insights in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The Company offers an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers and owners, retirement plan providers and sponsors, institutional investors in the debt and private capital markets, and alliances and redistributors. Morningstar provides data and research insights on a wide range of investment offerings, including managed investment products, publicly listed companies, private capital markets, debt securities, and real-time global market data. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries, with approximately $369 billion in AUMA as of Sept. 30, 2025. The Company operates through wholly-owned subsidiaries in 32 countries.