Staff Engineer, Quality Engineering [T500-30260]

Talent500; Pune District; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Job summary

DIRECTV India GCC is seeking a Staff Engineer, Quality Engineering to lead enterprise testing environments and AI-enabled testing initiatives. You will shape scalable test infrastructures, service virtualization, and automated provisioning while collaborating with DevOps, platform, and software teams.

This role emphasizes reliability, scalability, and delivery excellence across the organization. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in test environment management, cloud-native tech, and

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of progressive software engineering experience.
• Experience managing enterprise testing environments.
• Experience implementing service virtualization and API mocking frameworks.
• Expertise with cloud-native technologies and containerized environments.
• Strong DevOps and continuous delivery knowledge.
• Excellent technical problem-solving and communication skills.
• Experience working within Agile software development environments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior technical leader for enterprise environment management.
• Drive architecture and engineering standards for test environments and supporting tools.
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering best practices across teams.
• Influence environment and testing strategies across technology organizations.
• Design scalable test environment management solutions.
• Develop and maintain service virtualization and API mocking capabilities.
• Establish automated environment provisioning and lifecycle management processes.
• Improve environment availability, reliability, security, and scalability.
• Partner with DevOps and platform teams to integrate environments into delivery pipelines.
• Drive automation practices that improve testing efficiency and platform reliability.
• Implement environment observability and operational monitoring capabilities.
• Support modernization initiatives across QE platforms.
• Establish governance standards supporting environment utilization and performance.
• Drive adoption of AI/LLM-enabled testing capabilities.

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science and engineering or equivalent

Tools

Docker

REST API Mocking

SOAP API Mocking

AWS

Automated Environment Provisioning

Job description

Talent500 is hiring for one of its clients.

About DIRECTV:

Since our inception in 1994, DIRECTV has been part of millions of American households, delivering favorite shows, sports, and premium content anytime, anywhere. We believe media entertainment is meant to be enjoyed, so we continuously evolve to provide personalized, best-in-class options that exceed expectations. We champion excellence, embrace emerging technologies, and offer industry-leading video services that feel made for each viewer.

About DIRECTV India GCC:

DIRECTV India, an independent capability center is our exciting new chapter in Pune where exceptional technical and AI talent come together to solve meaningful challenges and build what’s next. It’s a high-impact, high-visibility environment built to deliver on business-critical priorities. Here, your work directly shapes entertainment technology that reaches millions, while you grow your career in one of the world’s most dynamic talent markets.

Our Purpose:

We’re here to reimagine what’s possible in entertainment, delivering experiences that meet the viewer’s needs, timing, and preferences. With nearly three decades at the forefront, we stay focused on our people, partners, and customers, creating innovative experiences that fit seamlessly into their lives, wherever and however they choose to watch. Driven by values we truly live, we channel curiosity, care, and commitment into innovation, aggregating, curating, and delivering entertainment with exceptional services that bring the future closer every day.

Our Values and Culture:

We built our culture with our people, not for them. Our values unite every teammate which forms a culture grounded in care, challenge, and delivery. They are more than just principles; they are how we operate.

Anchored in a 30-year legacy of innovation and community, we’re building a future better than yesterday – for our colleagues, our customers, and our company.

Functional EVP:

Engineer quality into every stage of delivery

Quality at DIRECTV starts long before a product reaches the customer. As part of DQE, you’ll work alongside engineering teams to strengthen how software is designed, tested and released. You’ll drive automation, testing and quality practices across products and platforms, helping teams identify issues earlier, improve reliability and deliver with greater confidence.

Position Summary:

To help drive this next chapter, we're seeking an experienced and innovative Staff Engineer, Quality Engineering to serve as a senior technical leader within our Test Environment & Data Management organization. This role designs and advances scalable test environments, service virtualization solutions, automated provisioning capabilities, and AI-enabled testing infrastructure. You will partner with quality engineering, DevOps, platform engineering, and software development teams to improve environment reliability, testing efficiency, and operational excellence across the enterprise. [

The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in test environment management, service virtualization, cloud technologies, automation engineering, and AI-enabled testing with a passion for solving complex engineering challenges at scale.

Job Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership:

• Serve as a senior technical leader for enterprise environment management capabilities.
• Drive architecture and engineering standards for test environments and supporting tools.
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering best practices across teams.
• Influence environment and testing strategies across technology organizations.

Environment & Platform Engineering:

• Design and implement scalable test environment management solutions.
• Develop and maintain service virtualization and API mocking capabilities.
• Establish automated environment provisioning and lifecycle management processes.
• Improve environment availability, reliability, security, and scalability.
• Partner with DevOps and platform teams to integrate environments into delivery pipelines.
• Drive automation practices that improve testing efficiency and platform reliability.
• Implement environment observability and operational monitoring capabilities.
• Support modernization initiatives across quality engineering platforms.
• Establish governance standards supporting environment utilization and performance
• Drive adoption of AI/LLM-enabled testing capabilities.
• Evaluate emerging environment management and virtualization technologies.
• Improve testing productivity through automation and intelligent engineering solutions.
• Champion innovative practices that accelerate software delivery and quality outcomes.

Qualifications:

Required Experience:

• 6-8 years of progressive software engineering experience.
• Strong experience managing enterprise testing environments.
• Experience implementing service virtualization and API mocking frameworks.
• Expertise with cloud-native technologies and containerized environments.
• Strong understanding of DevOps and continuous delivery practices.
• Excellent technical problem-solving and communication skills.
• Experience working within Agile software development environments.

Required Technical Skills:

• Python Automation
• AI/LLM-Enabled Testing
• DevOps & Environment Observability

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Docker
• REST API Mocking
• SOAP API Mocking
• AWS
• Automated Environment Provisioning

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science and engineering or equivalent

Note:

This position is based in Pune, and applications are currently being considered from candidates based in Pune.

Talent Value Proposition statement:

At DIRECTV India, we're building a culture with our people, not for them, grounded in the values of We Care, We Challenge, and We Deliver. We will focus on building a better future than yesterday for our colleagues, customers, and company. As part of our team, you'll help shape the future of enterprise data platforms, enable advanced analytics and AI innovation, and contribute to business-critical capabilities that impact millions of customers. If you're ready to bring your expertise, leadership, and passion for innovation to a team redefining entertainment technology, we'd love to have you join us on this journey.

Headquartered in El Segundo, California, DIRECTV has been a household name in sports and entertainment for 30 years. We've grown our global footprint with DIRECTV India, a capability center in Pune built to support our operations and speed up how we build new technology. Here, our teams work on the platforms and products that bring together satellite and streaming, so customers get their favorite content without the hassle of switching between apps or inputs. From AI-driven personalization to content built around what people actually want to watch, we're shaping what entertainment looks like next, and Pune is a big part of that.

DIRECTV is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on business requirements, qualifications, merit, and performance, without discrimination on the basis of legally protected characteristics under applicable laws.