Principal Engineer - Test Automation (Platform)

Veeva Systems is a mission-driven organization and pioneer in industry cloud, helping life sciences companies bring therapies to patients faster. As one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in history, we surpassed $2B in revenue in our last fiscal year with extensive growth potential ahead.

At the heart of Veeva are our values: Do the Right Thing, Customer Success, Employee Success, and Speed. We're not just any public company – we made history in 2021 by becoming a public benefit corporation (PBC), legally bound to balancing the interests of customers, employees, society, and investors.

As a Work Anywhere company, we support your flexibility to work from home or in the office, so you can thrive in your ideal environment.

Join us in transforming the life sciences industry, committed to making a positive impact on its customers, employees, and communities.

The Role

Do you dream about being part of a team with the talent, passion, and financial backing to build top-notch, industry-changing, cloud-based applications and platforms? At Veeva, we build enterprise cloud technology that powers the biggest names in pharmaceuticals, biotech, consumer goods, chemical & cosmetics industries. Our customers make vaccines, life-saving medicines, and life-enhancing products that make a difference in everyday lives. Our technology has transformed these industries, enabling them to get critical products and services to market faster. Our products empower our customers in the fight against global pandemics like COVID-19.

Veeva Systems is expanding its global footprint with a new development center in Hyderabad, India. This emerging and growing branch of Veeva is looking for a Software Engineer - Test Automation for multiple positions to expand global quality & release engineering efforts. You will be working on cutting-edge technologies such as Cucumber, AWS(EC2, S3, Workspace) & DevOps Tools, playing a pivotal role in developing/maintaining automating tests to support our ever-growing suite of regression tests. The ideal candidate will be highly technical, motivated, and can work without too much supervision.

What You’ll Do

• Gain in-depth knowledge of Veeva Vault platform and applications.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts (API and UI).
• Work with CI/CD tools (Git, Jenkins, JIRA) for automation and test execution.
• Communicating status and working effectively with onshore/offshore managers
• Troubleshoot day to day framework issues related to test automation
• Perform code reviews and be a technical mentor to team members
• Work with managers to arrive at metrics for measuring the code quality for test automation suite
• Be a key player for the growth of Veeva Hyderabad by contributing by doing technical interviews
• Define and track quality metrics for automation test suites.
• Support recruitment efforts to grow Veeva Hyderabad’s QA team
• Lead the technical initiatives across platform modules

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in software test automation
• Strong technical leadership abilities and project management experience
• Provide a practical approach to complex testing, specifically in the areas of the automation of test cases for the purposes of regression testing
• Proficient in QA process & methodologies, tools, and different testing approaches
• Strong experience in Java, Object-Oriented Methodologies
• Strong experience with automated test frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cucumber)
• Strong experience in testing Restful API & HTTP web services, JSON/XML, and Web-based applications
• Good working knowledge of CI/CD tools (Git, Jenkins, JIRA)
• Experience with data analytics and log analysis tools such as Kibana, Elasticsearch, etc.
• Able to lead multiple implementations
• Collaborate to gather automation requirements, design automated tests and implement scalable test automation solutions
• Design, develop and manage automated testing artifacts
• Comfortable debugging and working with object-oriented programming
• Experience with Agile/Scrum development methodologies (preferably in an onshore /offshore model)
• Experience working for a product-based company
• Excellent team collaboration and effective communication skills
• Experience playing a technical mentor role to the team and performing code reviews
• Experience leading automation projects in a technical role and actively participating in overall program management activities
• Fluency in interfacing and functional testing
• A natural problem solver and critical thinker
• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or similar

Nice to Have

• Understanding of data-driven and AI-based test automation approaches.
• Familiarity with serverless testing strategies (AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, Google Cloud Functions).
• Proficiency in scripting with Python, Groovy, or Shell scripting for test automation and CI/CD.

Perks & Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance with generous coverage.
• Fixed bonus structure.
• Wellness & fitness program allowance.
• Winter break for work-life balance.

Veeva’s headquarters is located in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in more than 15 countries around the world.

Veeva is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristics protected by local laws, regulations, or ordinances.