Senior Software Engineer, IP4G

Position Title: Senior Software Engineer, IP4G

Position Location: Remote in the US

Job Summary:
We are seeking a Senior Software Test Engineer with experience automating the testing of Openstack end-points. This will involve extending (or rewriting) an existing Elixir test harness and working with Software Engineers (SWEs) and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to determine test cases and priority.
You’ll be automating smoke tests as part of the developer pipeline and running more comprehensive tests that run in parallel to ongoing development work. You’ll run tests against different versions of micro-services, looking for bugs and defects introduced in changes. These tests will also be running against production-like environments, to find the bugs before our customers find them.
We have need for both testing our CLI/TUI as well as a GUI applications that our customers use to interact with our systems.
This role will involve architecting and developing a rigorous test harness aimed at integration testing of multi-service API driven application.

Essential Functions:

Maintain and extend test harness to exercise automated and manual test steps.
Collaborate with SMEs to determine feature priority for testing.
Collaborate with SREs to incorporate test harness into appropriate CI/CD pipeline steps.
Collaborate with SWE.
Document test cases to help produce user facing documentation and FAQs.
Find and close gaps in our test coverage and delivery processes.
Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities/Competencies:

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Ethical and critical thinking.

Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.

Excellent sales and customer service skills.

Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.

Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.

Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.

Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.

Proficiency in programming languages.

Strong understanding of software development methodologies.

Education and Experience:

Experience: 5+ years of software testing experience, with a focus on cloud infrastructure (GCP preferred), virtualization, and storage systems.
Automation Mastery: Proficiency in writing clean, maintainable automation code (Elixir preferred) and working with infrastructure-as-code tools like Kubernetes and Kustomize.
Communication: Demonstrated ability to work with a variety of stakeholders to deliver well-tested products.
Nice to have: Experience with LLM tools and frameworks.

Physical Requirements:

Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Employees hired under this position must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions, absent undue hardship. The Employer retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position at any time with or without notice.