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Principal Quality Automation Architect

Job Overview

Location

Atlanta; Boston; Charlotte; Chicago; Dallas; Los Angeles; New York; San Francisco

Job Type

Full-time

Category

Software Engineering

Date Posted

June 20, 2026

Full Job Description

đź“‹ Description

  • • Design and implement the core automation framework for functional, API, integration, regression, and workflow testing across products, services, and AI-enabled workflows.
  • • Define standards for reusable test assets, environment usage, data setup, and evidence capture to ensure consistency and scalability.
  • • Create scalable approaches to testing complex, multi-system workflows that span multiple platforms and integrations.
  • • Build and maintain regression harnesses for AI-enabled features, including prompt and workflow comparisons, scored evaluation runs, and benchmark execution.
  • • Partner with AI quality analysts to support rubric-based testing and establish measurable release criteria for AI models.
  • • Define approaches for test data strategy, including synthetic data, masked data, and scenario generation to improve test coverage and realism.
  • • Improve reliability and repeatability of validation environments to reduce flakiness and increase confidence in test outcomes.
  • • Work closely with software engineers to enhance testability, observability, and CI/CD integration across development pods.
  • • Help teams move quality checks earlier in the development lifecycle to prevent defects and reduce technical debt.
  • • Lead the adoption of cross-pod tooling standards to unify testing practices across engineering teams.
  • • Design frameworks, not just individual tests, and establish organizational standards that are adopted by multiple teams.
  • • Balance framework sophistication with delivery pace to ensure automation efforts align with business priorities and timelines.
  • • Mentor junior engineers and quality professionals to build internal capability and promote best practices in automation.
  • • Communicate complex technical issues and solutions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • • Manage multiple complex workstreams simultaneously while maintaining deep involvement in hands-on technical execution.
  • • Operate with entrepreneurial spirit in a flat, high-growth organization that values initiative and ownership.
  • • Contribute to client value creation by ensuring high-quality delivery of financial consulting solutions rooted in data, technology, and AI.
  • • Maintain awareness of the relationship between private equity sponsors and portfolio company CFOs to align automation strategy with client needs.

🎯 Requirements

  • • 7+ years of experience in QA automation, SDET, or quality engineering roles with focus on scale, repeatability, and leverage
  • • Strong experience with test automation frameworks, API testing, CI/CD, and integration validation
  • • Strong scripting or coding skills
  • • Experience working with data-intensive or workflow-heavy applications
  • • Exposure to AI or LLM validation tooling or strong interest in building in that space
  • • Ability to design frameworks, not just individual tests, and comfort setting standards that others adopt

🏖️ Benefits

  • • Annual salary range of $150,000 to $190,000 + bonus
  • • Hybrid work model with flexibility to work remotely 2 days per week
  • • Eligibility for remote candidates
  • • Opportunity to work alongside 1,600+ finance and technology experts in a collaborative environment
  • • Exposure to private equity clients and AI-enabled financial workflows
  • • Role in a high-growth, entrepreneurial firm backed by premier private equity firms

Skills & Technologies

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About Accordion Partners, LLC

Accordion Partners is a private equity-focused financial consulting firm providing portfolio company value creation services. It delivers interim management, financial planning & analysis, operational improvement, and transaction support to middle-market PE-backed businesses across North America. Founded by ex-Bain and Deloitte professionals, the company embeds senior-level talent within client organizations to accelerate EBITDA growth, optimize cash flow, and prepare assets for exit. Services span strategic finance, accounting, treasury, pricing, supply chain, and M&A integration, delivered through a flexible staffing model that scales with deal timelines and investment horizons.

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