Principal Software Engineer, Quality - Java (Remote)

Company Description

Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We help to redefine lending practices, uncover and prevent fraud, simplify healthcare, create digital marketing solutions, and gain deeper insights into the automotive market, all using our unique combination of data, analytics and software. We also assist millions of people to realise their financial goals and help them to save time and money.

We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agrifinance, insurance, and many more industry segments.

We invest in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data and to innovate. A FTSE 100 Index company listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN), we have a team of 23,300 people across 32 countries. Our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland.

Job Description

Experian's Direct to Consumer Line of Business is looking for a Principal Engineer to lead the implementation of an AI-powered quality transformation strategy across our engineering organization. This is an individual contributor role focused on technical execution, tooling implementation, and collaboration. This is a strategic and execution-focused role to build and integrate quality platforms, tools, frameworks, for Mobile, Web, API and GenAI testing.

You will work with engineering, product, and platform teams to define and deliver scalable, intelligent automation frameworks and integrate modern quality tooling that enhances coverage, velocity, and reliability. This role is best suited for someone who is execution-oriented, technically hands-on, and invested in transforming quality through AI-first innovation.

You will report to the Director, Software Engineering and work remote in the United States, or hybrid based on proximity to an Experian office.

You'll have opportunity to:

• Operate as a senior member of the Quality Center of Excellence team, serving as an expert in AI-first quality engineering trends, innovation and best practices across the organization.
• Strengthen the use of frameworks and tooling by providing coaching and ensuring skill development through hands-on training.

Architect AI-Powered Quality Solutions:

• Define the technical architecture and design patterns for AI-powered quality frameworks and tooling, ensuring they are modular, and aligned with platform standards.
• Guide the use of AI-enabled testing tools and thoughtful automation frameworks to improve test coverage, execution speed, and quality insights.
• Evaluate latest AI solutions such as agentic bots, autonomous test systems, and ML-based quality signals.

Tooling & Automation Implementation

• Design scalable test automation frameworks, reusable components, and infrastructure in consideration of enterprise architecture.
• Embed intelligent quality controls into CI/CD pipelines to ensure shift-left testing, test optimization, and autonomous validations.
• Standardize architecture patterns for test automation across unit, integration, contract, and non-functional layers.

Collaboration

• Collaborate with product managers, platform engineers, and software development teams to agree on quality goals and technical integrations.
• Participate in architecture forums and tooling workstreams to guide consistency in test tooling and ensure platform compatibility.
• Be a quality advocate by influencing development decisions with a quality-first, automation-forward mindset.

What You'll Gain

• An opportunity to shape and implement a forward-looking, AI-first quality engineering strategy.
• Deep engagement in architectural and tooling decisions that influence quality across the product lifecycle.
• Hands-on ownership of automation and integration programs driving enterprise-wide transformation.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software quality engineering or automation architecture with a focus