Senior SDET: Test Automation & CI/CD Lead

Hitachi Vantara; California; On-site; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Vantara in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a Software Development Test Engineer to lead the design, development, and execution of comprehensive test strategies for complex software products. You will build automated test frameworks using Python, C++, and Go, and partner with software developers to ensure quality and coverage.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years of experience, strong Linux, REST API, and CI/CD expertise, and are adept at debugging and root-cause analysis in enterprise environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, software test engineering, or quality engineering.
• Strong software development experience in Python, C++, C, Go, or equivalent languages.
• Experience building and maintaining automated test frameworks and infrastructure.
• Expertise in test automation, CI/CD practices, and software quality methodologies.
• Experience debugging complex software issues and performing root-cause analysis.
• Strong understanding of Linux-based systems and enterprise software environments.
• Experience with Git, Jenkins, and modern software development workflows.
• Knowledge of REST APIs, distributed systems, and client/server architectures.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Managing large projects or processes with limited oversight from manager.
• Lead the design and execution of comprehensive software test strategies, test plans, and quality validation processes.
• Develop automated test frameworks and tooling using Python, C++, and go.
• Design and implement functional, integration, regression, performance, scalability, and system-level testing solutions.
• Partner closely with software developers during feature development to ensure testability, quality, and comprehensive coverage.
• Perform root-cause analysis on complex software failures and customer-reported issues.
• Debug issues across application code, automation frameworks, operating systems, networking, storage subsystems, and hardware interfaces.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD validation pipelines and automated quality gates.
• Analyze automated test results and provide risk assessments to engineering leadership.
• Validate distributed systems, disaster recovery workflows, high-availability architectures, and hybrid cloud deployments.
• Drive quality improvements through automation, code reviews, process optimization, and engineering best practices.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance on software quality and automation architecture.
• Lead cross-functional efforts involving development, test, support, product management, and operations teams.

Skills

Python

C++

C

Go

Test automation

CI/CD practices

Linux

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical discipline

Tools

Git

Jenkins

PyTest

Job description

Hitachi Vantara in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a Software Development Test Engineer to lead the design, development, and execution of comprehensive test strategies for complex software products. You will build automated test frameworks using Python, C++, and Go, and partner with software developers to ensure quality and coverage.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years of experience, strong Linux, REST API, and CI/CD expertise, and are adept at debugging and root-cause analysis in enterprise environments.