Senior Software Development Engineer – Test

Stellenbeschreibung:

Design and build scalable testing systems, platforms, and infrastructure that replicate real-world production conditions
Develop software and tooling to test application performance, reliability, scalability, and infrastructure behavior at high traffic volumes
Build and maintain load, performance, stress, and synthetic testing capabilities for applications serving millions of users globally
Create testing environments and processes that provide confidence that new code and infrastructure will scale successfully in production
Write high-quality code using TypeScript, Python, or similar languages to build testing tools, automation, and supporting systems
Design tests that identify performance bottlenecks related to latency, bandwidth, application speed, infrastructure capacity, and resource utilization
Integrate automated testing and quality validation into CI/CD pipelines and engineering workflows
Work with cloud-hosted applications and infrastructure across platforms such as AWS, Cloudflare, Google Cloud, or similar providers
Use Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, or equivalent technologies to support repeatable and scalable testing environments
Partner closely with platform engineers to understand system architecture, production behavior, and infrastructure constraints
Analyze test results and production-like workloads to identify scalability risks before changes reach real-world traffic
Help establish the technical standards, systems, and processes for a new engineering-focused testing function

Requirements

Strong professional software engineering experience with the ability to independently design, build, and maintain software systems
Strong coding skills in TypeScript, Python, or comparable modern programming languages
Experience building automated testing systems, engineering tooling, testing infrastructure, or similar software-driven quality solutions
Hands-on experience with load testing, performance testing, stress testing, synthetic testing, or large-scale application validation
Experience working with applications or platforms serving millions of users or visitors, ideally at multi-million or tens-of-millions scale
Experience working with cloud-hosted applications and infrastructure using AWS, Google Cloud, Cloudflare, or comparable platforms
Strong understanding of DevOps, platform engineering, infrastructure, scalability, and modern software deployment practices
Experience with CI/CD and integrating automated validation into continuous integration and deployment workflows
Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Pulumi, or similar technologies
Strong understanding of application performance concepts including latency, bandwidth, throughput, scalability, reliability, and infrastructure optimization
Ability to independently investigate complex technical problems and build solutions with limited oversight
Strong written and spoken English with the ability to communicate technical decisions and collaborate effectively with a distributed engineering team
Preferred: Experience supporting globally distributed applications serving tens of millions of monthly visitors
Preferred: Experience with high-traffic e-commerce platforms or other large-scale consumer-facing applications
Preferred: Experience working with custom or internally built platforms rather than primarily testing third-party or off-the-shelf software
Preferred: Experience optimizing applications or infrastructure where speed, latency, bandwidth, and infrastructure cost are critical considerations
Preferred: Experience building testing infrastructure or frameworks from the ground up rather than primarily working within established QA systems
Preferred: Background in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, performance engineering, or infrastructure engineering
Preferred: Experience working in fast-moving startup or lean engineering environments where engineers have significant ownership and autonomy

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing and building scalable testing systems and infrastructure, with strong coding skills in TypeScript and Python. Proficient in automated testing, CI/CD integration, and cloud-hosted applications using AWS and Google Cloud.