Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Job Title: Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Member of : Engineering Group

About Us :

Platform9: A Better Way to Go Cloud Native
Cloud native is a strategic priority for technology leaders at nearly every company around the world. Going to cloud native is a complex, challenging, but necessary process for businesses and organisations, regardless of size or industry.

As cloud native grows and matures, many enterprises are looking to leverage powerhouse technologies like Kubernetes to accelerate their adoption, but they are faced with a limited set of options. Public cloud Kubernetes is expensive and locks you into their infrastructure and platform services. DIY Kubernetes gives you more infrastructure flexibility and control, but it is challenging and requires operation skills you don’t have. Platform9 is the third option for your cloud-native future.

Platform9 is the only container management and orchestration solution that supports the complete lifecycle of the cloud-native journey on infrastructure anywhere. We combine the flexibility of DIY Kubernetes, with the simplicity of public cloud Kubernetes. Platform9 is a better way to go cloud native, paving the way for an open distributed cloud future.

Innovative enterprises like Juniper, Kingfisher Plc, Mavenir, Redfin, Rackspace and Cloudera achieve 4x faster time-to-market, up to 90% reduction in operational costs, and 99.99% uptime. Platform9 is an inclusive, globally distributed company backed by leading investors.

All this means that the future for Platform9, for our customers, and for our team is about as bright and exciting as it gets. It’s the best time to join our highly collaborative, friendly, and rich learning environment. We have a high energy start-up culture. We value customer obsession, innovation, openness, bias towards action, and speed. And we are looking to add a seasoned engineer to our tight-knit and engineering team.

Position Summary:

We are looking for a Software Engineer with proven expertise in testing large scale, distributed cloud based systems in a continuous integration environment. The engineer in this role will drive and influence quality initiatives within product development teams.

Roles and Responsibilities: 

• Work closely with product development engineers to design new tests for new features and products, analyze existing test coverage, identify gaps and add missing tests. 
• Write automated tests and integrate them with CI/CD systems. 
• Work on test infrastructure to design, implement and run functional, integration and scale tests. 
• Encourage and build a quality focussed culture within engineering teams.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or related discipline. Extensive relevant work experience is also acceptable.
• 4-10 years of experience in developing automated tests in a continuous integration environment for large scale systems.

Key Skills: 

• Proficiency in writing reliable and maintainable code in Python or Go 
• Experience with continuous integration systems like Jenkins or Teamcity 
• Experience with linux based systems 
• Experience with cloud / containerisation technologies, preferably Kubernetes.

Skills that give you an edge:

• Being a highly motivated self-starter with the ability to work in a highly dynamic environment 
• Troubleshooting skills 
• Automated testing of the front-end 
• To succeed in this role you’ll need to be a team player with a strong sense of ownership for your work and a passion for working in a data driven organisation.

Benefits and Perks:

Employees today are looking for companies that truly care and recognise their whole person. As a budding start-up we have a small energetic workforce and we have curated personalized employee perks that are employee friendly. The good news is that Platform9's benefits and perk programme has a significant impact on employee retention, motivation, and company culture—but not just for men, by empowering women to take care of their physical and emotional wellbeing, we can guarantee their continued participation in the workforce.
Please note, benefits change by country. 

• Competitive Compensation and Equity 
• Medical Healthcare for you and your family 
• Hybrid Work Model 
• Wellness Benefits 
• Professional Development/ Global certifications 
• Reward and Recognition Programs 
• Team Building Activities 
• Hackathon 
• Company Wide Programs

Our benefits have been carefully selected keeping in mind employees requirements and personal situations now and for the future.