Staff QA Engineer, Performance Testing
Senior QA Engineer focused on performance and load testing for Skylo's cloud-native satellite connectivity platform on GCP. Day to day: building automation suites for REST APIs and cloud services, creating performance benchmarks, and developing load/regression frameworks with Robot Framework, JMeter, and Jenkins pipelines.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Bangalore, India
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Staff
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Category
- Qa
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 5~7 years of experience in validation and test automation of backend-heavy applications and services deployed in the cloud
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunications, or a related field
- Proven experience as a Cloud QA Engineer in the software industry
- Familiarity with REST APIs, cloud technologies, and architectures
- Validation experience in backend-heavy applications, services, databases, microservices, and scalability testing
- Hands-on experience with test automation tools/frameworks such as Robot Framework, JMeter, TestNG
- Ability to use Jenkins for test automation
- Strong knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and agile methodologies, with an understanding of code quality and performance metrics
- Solid understanding of CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI) and version control systems (e.g., Git)
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Shell, Python, or Ruby
- Understanding of networking concepts, protocols, and technologies relevant to the telecom industry
- Leveraging AI tools to generate test cases and test suites
- Experience with cloud platforms like GCP, AWS, Azure
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, especially with cross-functional teams
- Active daily habits using AI tools and a track record of folding new ones into your workflow quickly
Nice to have
- Experience with network configuration management tools
- Relevant certifications in Cloud QA
Full description
The world still has coverage blind spots. You could help eliminate them at Skylo.
Skylo has pioneered a standards-based approach to satellite connectivity. We connect smartphones and IoT devices directly to satellites. No special hardware, no entirely new networks. Just billions of existing devices, suddenly reachable anywhere on Earth. We're not building toward this future. We're already in it.
Our direct-to-device service is live on millions of activated devices across five continents, covering more than 72 million square kilometers, in partnership with leading satellite operators, mobile network operators, Tier-1 chipset makers, and OEMs worldwide. And we're just getting started.
At the heart of it all is Skylo's commercial NTN vRAN: a 3GPP standards-based, cloud-native platform that seamlessly bridges terrestrial and satellite networks. It's the infrastructure that makes true anywhere, anytime connectivity possible.
When you join Skylo, you'll work at the intersection of three markets reshaping how the world stays connected: mass-market consumer devices, automotive, and industrial IoT. Enabling people outdoors and critical workflows in the world's most remote places.
This is a rare chance to work on technology that matters, at a company that's already proving it works
This role is located in Bangalore, India where we are onsite 3 days a week in office.
Summary of How You Will Impact Skylo
Skylo is seeking a Staff QA Engineer, Performance Testing to play a crucial role in our mission to make satellite connectivity accessible to everyone. You will be responsible for upholding the quality and reliability of our platform and cloud systems through rigorous testing and comprehensive quality assurance processes. Your work will be central to validating our Data Mobility Platform, Subscriber & Provisioning Platform and Cloud Services within the GCP infrastructure.
The ideal candidate will combine deep technical expertise with a passion for creating best-in-class automation scripts, conducting performance & load testing, and validating Skylo’s robust cloud infrastructure. You will be an essential part of the Connectivity Platform team, ensuring we deliver a scalable, resilient, and high-quality network.
How You Will Contribute
- Design and implement automation test suites to validate customer-facing REST APIs and all features of our cloud components.
- Create performance benchmark for handling millions of subscriber and data transactions
- Develop frameworks and test suites for comprehensive load and regression testing.
- Validate the system with millions of data transactions and generate detailed reports and KPIs.