Senior QA Engineer - Distributed Systems & Automation

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We are seeking a Senior QA Engineer to help ensure the quality, reliability, scalability, and operational readiness of our automatic network operations platform. This role goes far beyond traditional functional testing. You will validate complex distributed systems, networking workflows, APIs, infrastructure automation, and large-scale deployment scenarios that power modern AI infrastructure environments.

This is a phenomenal opportunity to join a small, senior engineering team where you can directly influence product architecture and release confidence. You will collaborate closely with backend developers, infrastructure engineers, and network architects to build a world-class quality engineering practice focused on automation, observability, and robust testing frameworks. If you thrive on breaking complex backend environments and building continuous validation pipelines for high-performance scale, this is your next step.

Interested?  Get in touch and apply today! 


Responsibilities:

  • Design and execute comprehensive test strategies covering controllers, agents, APIs, automation workflows, and core networking functionality.
  • Build and maintain automated test frameworks from scratch for functional, integration, system, and regression testing layers.
  • Validate distributed systems operating smoothly across physical servers, network switches, and high-density AI infrastructure environments.
  • Develop automated API and end-to-end test suites to safeguard high-velocity release cadences.
  • Participate in release validation workflows, leading thorough defect analysis and complex technical root-cause investigations.
  • Collaborate directly with core engineering teams to improve overall testability, system reliability, and software quality.
  • Help define rigorous organizational quality standards, establishing clear release gates and automated testing best practices.
  • Contribute to the continuous improvement of CI/CD pipelines, ensuring automated validation is seamlessly embedded into the deployment lifecycle.

Skills/Must have:

  • 5+ years of dedicated experience in Software QA, Test Engineering, or backend Quality Engineering roles.
  • Tooling mastery: Advanced hands-on experience utilizing TestRail, Jira, Playwright, Postman, and Git-based development workflows.
  • API Testing Expertise: Strong background testing REST APIs and verifying complex data payloads.
  • Linux Infrastructure foundations: Solid understanding of Linux fundamentals and complete comfort executing tasks from the command line.
  • Scripting & Automation: Proven ability to build and maintain automated test suites using Python and/or Bash.
  • Elite troubleshooting skills: Exceptional debugging capabilities across multi-tiered application environments.

Nice to Have:

  • Distributed Systems Knowledge: Experience testing distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, or infrastructure automation platforms.
  • Networking Foundations: Familiarity with networking topologies including TCP/IP, routing, switching, VLANs, BGP, EVPN, or VXLAN.
  • Containerized Ecosystems: Experience working with Kubernetes and containerized backend architectures.
  • Advanced Testing Models: Background running performance, scale, reliability, or chaos testing scenarios.

Benefits:

  • Massive Scale: Build automated validation systems operating at a truly massive global scale.
  • Senior Engineering Culture: Work directly within a flat, highly experienced engineering organization built on collaboration.
  • Product Influence: Enjoy high autonomy with the ability to directly shape software architecture and quality direction.
  • Next-Gen Exposure: Work directly with the modern infrastructure stacks powering next-generation AI and automated cloud platforms.

Salary:

  • Competitive compensation package, structured to align with senior-level automation expertise, including comprehensive equity and benefits.


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