Principal Engineer - Quality Assurance

YOUR FUTURE, ON DEMANDThe ideal blend of stability and flexibility. A genuinely human employer that cares for people and the planet. True autonomy to shape what comes next, for us and you. This is the perfect platform to take your career where you want.Back in 2005, we pioneered Europe’s first TV streaming service. Today, we're a leading TV streaming provider with millions of monthly users, and since 2021 we've been ClimatePartner-certified. Over 200 colleagues of 47 nationalities. We’re the grown-up start-up, helping to shape a better future since day one.That hasn’t changed, even if the world has. We’re friendly, international, inclusive – and our people say we’re reliable and transparent, too. It’s why they trust us and believe in what we do.THE ROLEWe are looking for a Principal Engineer QA as a senior individual contributor. You will define how quality risk is assessed, measured, and gated across the full streaming path - and embed that craft into engineering teams, who own day-to-day tests and suite health.WHAT YOU’LL DOQuality strategy & risk

• Build and maintain a living risk model for the streaming chain. Raise effort where failure hurts most. Make coverage vs. speed and pre-release vs. production trade-offs explicit with product and eng.Release constraints & quality gates
• Define what “releasable” means for backend, middleware, and clients - including how continuous backend/middleware delivery is gated relative to client store cadences (web/TV/mobile). Keep gates fast, trustworthy, and hard to bypass.Rollout practice (build with the teams)
• Define and establish staged rollout, canary, and rollback strategies together with eng and SRE/ops. Own the definition; establish and operate them collaboratively.Test architecture
• Set the pyramid and ownership boundaries (unit through E2E, performance, playback/stream validation) so each layer has a clear home inside eng. Drive cross-stack design that exercises real policy and format decisions.Incident & reliability partnership
• Join major quality incidents with a quality lens; strengthen production feedback for streaming health; turn escapes into durable tests, monitors, gate changes, and rollout improvements.Tooling & automation standards
• Set practical standards for frameworks, CI integration, test data, environments, and reporting so teams share patterns with clear ownership and measurable ROI.AI-enabled quality engineering
• Define where AI raises quality leverage: test generation and maintenance, risk-based test selection, failure triage, and incident analysis. Set standards for AI-assisted testing and shape quality expectations for AI-authored code as delivery speed and change volume increase.Mentoring & influence
• Embed quality craft into eng: risk-based testing, quality in PRs, middleware policy and multi-platform client testing. Socialize lightweight, strong-default standards (definition of done, flake policy, critical-path coverage). Influence design reviews when quality risk is material.WHAT YOU’LL OWNOrg-wide quality strategy, risk model, and whole-stack standardsRelease constraints and quality gates; definition of “releasable”Definition of staged rollout/canary/rollback strategies (to be established with partners)Test architecture principles and automation normsCross-stack escape analysis and quality debt for gates and toolingEmbedding quality craft in engineering; influencing high-risk designsStandards for AI-assisted testing and quality expectations for AI-authored codeWHO YOU’LL PARTNER WITHEngineering
• They implement and own tests/suites in services and clients; you set architecture, gates, and standards, and build quality practice into delivery.Product
• Journey and tenant/feature priority; acceptance of residual risk within the gates you define.SRE / Ops
• Establish and operate rollout strategies together; production signals, incident response, Website
• CI, environments, shared frameworks, observability for quality signals.WHAT YOU’LL BRINGTrack record as a senior IC in quality engineering (or equivalent) for complex, multi-service products - ideally streaming, media, or similarly high-availability consumer platformsExperience designing whole-stack quality strategy: backend services, configuration/policy layers, and multi-platform clientsAbility to define and land test architecture (pyramid, ownership, cross-stack integration/contract/playback-style validation) that engineering teams can run and ownStrong influence without authority: you raise the bar inside eng teams, socialize standards, and hold the line on gates without managing a QA orgStrong software engineering skills at senior level or above; you write production-quality code, not just test scriptsDesigning and coding for testability, and building automation as a first-class engineering productDeep familiarity with CI/CD, with a track record of making pipelines faster and more reliableHands-on experience applying AI to quality engineering, with judgment on where it reduces risk and where it adds noiseComfort partnering on incidents and turning production failure modes into durable quality improvementsPractical judgment on automation: enough to protect risk, not so much that brittle suites block the orgBonus:Hands-on engineering background with video ingest, encoding/packaging, playback, or multi-tenant config/policy surfacesWork across web, TV, and mobile client quality risk (device/OS/store constraints)WHY JOIN US?At Zattoo, you’re always on firm ground with real freedom to explore. You’ll have the support and opportunity you need to go far, while you’re helping us create a sustainable and entertainment-filled future for all.WHAT WE OFFER YOUReward: strong market competitive salaryRecharge: 30 days vacation plus public holidaysRegulate:trust based flexible working hours and the option for remote work worldwide for up to 8 weeks per yearPlus:We’re sharing: Free access to the best streaming experience on the marketWe're developing: Your own development budget, German classes and Zattoo all-company hack daysWe’re inclusive: 'Zattooies' are a fun, engaged, and diverse team made up of 47 nationalitiesWe’re healthy: Health checks, mental wellbeing support, team sports and more!We’re responsible: We are carbon neutral, an active employee Green team, discounted BVG tickets and free bike rentalsWe’re sociable: A calendar of events with fireside chats, lunches, in-house bar, BBQ’s, monthly socials, summer party and an annual off-site eventZattoo enables our users to view indiscriminately and we reflect that in our team too. Regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability or any other characteristic protected by law we encourage everyone to apply and will give everyone equal consideration. We are an equal opportunities employer — join us and help build a diverse team dedicated to revolutionising the way you watch TV.We are committed to ensuring fair, open, and equitable hiring practices and are happy to answer any questions you may have about us or the role throughout the whole process. In line with the EU Pay Transparency Directive, we share the applicable compensation range with you before your first interview. #J-18808-Ljbffr