Senior Test and Automation Engineer

Role name: Senior Test and Automation Engineer with strong networking and python

Work Location San Jose, California (Onsite)

Start date: Immediate availability.

Job Type: Contract

Interview: Phone/Video

Your Impact:

As a Software Engineer, you will be a key contributor to an agile team responsible for designing, developing, and executing tests to qualify network performance for AI/ML capabilities. You will take ownership of end-to-end product testing and provide deep-dive production support, ensuring high-quality deliverables in a dynamic environment.

You will leverage your expertise in Python automation and testing frameworks such as PyTest to streamline and enhance testing processes. Your role involves active participation in the open-source community to drive innovation and integrate best practices into our development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Engaging in technical discussions with customers to gather and clarify requirements.

• Building and maintaining testing environments for system and solution validation.

• Developing and enhancing test frameworks and benchmarking tools.

• Defining metrics and gathering data for network performance benchmarking.

• Conducting hands-on troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for complex customer issues.

• Contributing to technical projects and sharing expertise to foster team-wide excellence and technical growth.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 7+ years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree in STEM with 4+ years, or PhD in STEM with 1+ years.

• 3+ years of experience in Python automation scripting.

• 2+ years of experience in configuring, testing, or debugging networking systems and solutions.

• Experience with PyTest or similar open-source QA automation frameworks.

• Experience with control and data plane technologies, including L2/L3 networking, BGP, ECMP, and VXLAN-based EVPN fabrics.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with test frameworks and traffic generators (both commercial and open source).

• Prior experience in customer-facing roles.

• Proven leadership experience managing teams.

• Exposure to network operating systems, preferably SONiC very nice to have.

• Familiarity with RDMA and HPC networks.

• Understanding of RoCE and InfiniBand protocols.