Senior Software Test Engineer

Cohesity; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cohesity in Bengaluru seeks world‑class Software Test Engineers to advance our converged storage architecture. You will own test strategy for on‑prem and SaaS data security features, design test plans, automate cases, and work with developers to deliver high‑quality products.

The role combines hands‑on testing, CI supervision, and mentoring of teammates with emphasis on scalability, performance, and rapid turnaround.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science with 7–10 years of experience or MS with 5–8 years in testing distributed systems and data storage products.
• 5+ years' experience testing systems products (storage, networking, virtualization) and cloud technologies.
• Proficient in Linux, shell scripting, Go or Python, and test automation frameworks (PyTest, Ginkgo).
• Familiarity with Hypervisors and cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Strong QA methodologies, root-cause analysis, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Own product areas and lead the test effort for on-prem and SaaS features in Data Security.
• Design end-to-end test strategies, write and execute test plans, and automate cases.
• Collaborate with engineers, writers, and customers to ensure high-quality releases.
• Analyze failures, file defects, and drive resolutions with cross-functional teams.
• Mentor teammates and supervise CI/CD and infrastructure for testing.

Skills

Go programming

Python programming

Linux

Shell scripting

Test automation

PyTest

Ginkgo

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Troubleshooting

Education

BS in Computer Science

MS in Computer Science

Tools

PyTest

Ginkgo

Kubernetes

ESXi

HyperV

KVM

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Cohesity offers a web-scale, hybrid cloud infrastructure for data management. We are looking for world-class engineers to develop our ground-breaking, converged storage architecture. This position includes everything from building and testing the core of our infinitely scalable file system, exploring huge information sets, to presenting complex information in an easily digestible format for our customers. You are not only a Software Engineer who designs and implements features but should have knack of diagnosing problems in large bodies of complex code, Understand scalability and performance and work on fixes with rapid turnaround time and high quality. Your will be part of our Software engineering Quality business unit in Cohesity

HOW YOU'LL SPEND YOUR TIME HERE:

• Own product areas and lead the test effort of one or more features for our on-prem as well as SaaS offerings in Data Security Domain.
• Work with the engineering team during the feature design and implementation phases to develop:
• Build methodology (design the test approach) and strategy to test the feature end-to-end.
• Test the viability of potential plans.
• Collaborate with other testing members, developers, technical writers, and customer solutions engineers to ensure the company delivers high-quality products to our customers.
• Implement multiple iterations of the test plan by running manual and automated test cases.
• Analyze failures and root cause issues, file defects, follow up with developers, documentation, and other teams on the resolution.
• Automate test cases.
• Supervise and manage a continuous integration and control environment
• Administer and maintain the infrastructure (prem and cloud cluster) used is system and scale testing
• Mentor and support team members.

WE'LD LOVE TO TALK TO YOU IF YOU HAVE MANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

• BS in Computer Science with 7/10 yr experience or MS in Computer Science with 5/8 yr experience
• 5+ years' experience with testing "systems" products (storage, networking, virtualization). and cloud technologies
• 2+ years of experience working on any of these cloud provider (AWS, Azure or GCP)
• Domain knowledge in one or more of the following areas: Data Protection, Data Security, Ransomware protection, Cyber Vaulting and Recovery, Filesystem, Cloud, SaaS, Platform
• Good knowledge of Linux and should be comfortable with shell scripting.
• Prior experience of programming, preferably in Go or Python
• Test automation framework experience, preferably PyTest and Ginkgo
• Knowledge of one or more Hypervisors - ESXi, HyperV, KVM.
• Have a high bar for the quality of the product.
• Creative, independent, self-motivated, and willing to learn new technology.
• Possess a good understanding of QA methodologies, processes, and test tools.
• Ability to take up a variety of roles in a startup environment.
• Excellent troubleshooting abilities spanning multiple software and hardware components (such as switches, storage systems, kernels, Kubernetes, Cloud Workloads).
• Experience with distributed systems (databases, storage, map-reduce frameworks, etc.) is a plus
• Experience with Kubernetes clusters is a plus
• Strong test planning ability is a big plus.