Lead Automation Engineer, Network Observability

Selector Software; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Selector Software in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a Lead Automation Engineer to strengthen the reliability, performance, and scalability of our network observability platform. You will design, develop, and maintain automated testing frameworks and CI/CD integrations, collaborating with engineering, SRE, DevOps, and support teams to improve test coverage and delivery speed.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years in networking and load testing, strong Python/Java/Go skills, and hands-on experience with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 6+ years of hands‑on experience in networking and load testing.
• Strong programming skills in Python, Java, or Go.
• Experience with test automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium/Playwright, Pytest, Robot Framework, JUnit).
• Experience with network technologies, protocols (TCP/IP, BGP, SNMP), and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
• Experience integrating tests with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust automated test frameworks and test suites for network and observability platforms.
• Define test strategies for functional, integration, performance, scalability, and regression testing.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to design test cases and identify risks.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing and faster delivery.
• Analyze test results and provide actionable feedback to development teams.
• Mentor engineers on test automation and observability testing.
• Drive quality initiatives including coverage metrics and automation metrics.
• Work with observability tools to validate network behaviors and reliability.

Skills

Python

Java

Go

Selenium/Playwright

Pytest

Robot Framework

JUnit

TCP/IP

BGP

SNMP

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Kubernetes

Docker

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Selenium

Playwright

Pytest

Robot Framework

JUnit

Job description

Selector Software in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a Lead Automation Engineer to strengthen the reliability, performance, and scalability of our network observability platform. You will design, develop, and maintain automated testing frameworks and CI/CD integrations, collaborating with engineering, SRE, DevOps, and support teams to improve test coverage and delivery speed.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years in networking and load testing, strong Python/Java/Go skills, and hands-on experience with