Principal Engineer, Quality

8412 - Georgia
- Remote CES
- Remote, Atlanta, Georgia, 30301

Car Max, the way your career should be!

Position Overview As a Principal Engineer, Quality, you will lead Car Max’s quality engineering strategy to ensure only thoroughly tested, high-performing software reaches production. This role is critical to delivering a flawless customer experience and driving innovation across Car Max’s in-store applications. You will design robust automation frameworks, mentor teams, and influence quality practices across multiple Agile development streams, ensuring scalable and efficient testing solutions that align with Car Max’s commitment to excellence.

Why Car Max?

At Car Max, we are the nation’s largest retailer of used cars with stores from coast to coast, and we are still growing. We’re rethinking the way people buy cars – and it’s our associates that help us do just that. We believe work should feel meaningful and rewarding, with opportunities to make an impact every day. This is where innovation meets passion – be inspired and supported to take us to the future.

Team Overview You’ll join the Quality Engineering organization, serving as a lead contributor and trusted advisor for automation and testing best practices. This role requires collaboration across multiple teams to establish quality standards, implement advanced testing strategies, and drive continuous improvement in software delivery.

Role Responsibilities Lead and mentor organization-wide test automation efforts, ensuring best practices and scalability.

Create and implement test strategies for multiple teams, focusing on automation and efficiency.

Drive modern testing methodologies to shift testing left and improve development workflows.

Develop and report key quality metrics to stakeholders for transparency and accountability.

Design and build testing infrastructure and integrations for regression and integration testing.

Manage bug triage processes, prioritize issues, and oversee resolution of critical defects.

Evaluate and introduce new tools and methods to enhance automation productivity across the enterprise.

Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field with 7+ years of experience, or Master’s degree with 5+ years of experience.
8+ years of experience in Quality Engineering with expertise in automation frameworks.

Advanced understanding of IT systems, including system design, object-oriented concepts, databases, and programming fundamentals (HTML, JavaScript/Type Script, Web Services).Proficiency in modern test automation tools such.

Strong communication and organizational skills to influence strategic initiatives across diverse teams.

Ability to manage multiple work streams and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with NodeJS and WebDriverIO.,/Playwright

NodeJS / C# / TypeScriptAPI/Integration test automation

Proficiency in API and integration test automation frameworks.

C# .Net Core, and Azure or similar cloud technologies.

REST API testing experience.

Experience with API design and development.

Knowledge and passion towards the App tier/Service layer methodologies.

Work Location and Arrangement:
Work location is flexible if approved by the Company Work Authorization:  Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Sponsorship will not be considered for this specific role. About Car Max At  Car Max, we revolutionized the used car buying experience over 30 years ago by introducing transparency and integrity into the process.

Our commitment to customer experience, innovation, and community has made us the nation’s largest used car retailer. With over 250 store locations and over 30,000 associates, we are proud to have been…