Staff QA Engineer

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

Job summary

Selector seeks a Lead Automation Engineer to ensure reliability, performance, and scalability of network observability solutions. You will design, develop, and maintain automated testing frameworks, collaborating with engineering, SRE, DevOps, and Sales Customer Support teams to raise quality and delivery speed.

You will mentor peers, drive QA best practices, and integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines, leveraging Prometheus, Grafana and ELK for validation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/Engineering.
• 6+ years in networking and load testing.
• Proficient in Python, Java, or Go.
• Experience with Selenium, Playwright, Pytest, Robot Framework or JUnit.
• Knowledge of TCP/IP, BGP, SNMP and observability tools.
• CI/CD integration experience (Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Strong analytical, debugging, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and suites for network/observability platforms.
• Define test strategies for functional, integration, performance, scalability, and regression testing.
• Collaborate with engineering to design test cases and assess risks.
• Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing.
• Analyze results, identify root causes, and provide feedback to teams.
• Mentor engineers on test automation and observability testing.
• Track quality metrics and reporting across the platform.
• Validate network behaviors using observability tools (logs, metrics, traces).

Skills

Networking & load testing

Programming languages

Test automation

CI/CD integration

Observability testing

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Pytest

Robot Framework

JUnit

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

About Us

Selector is building an operational intelligence platform for digital infrastructure. By adopting an AI,ML-based analytics approach, the platform provides actionable multi-dimensional insights to network, cloud, and application operators. It enables operations teams to meet their KPIs through seamless collaboration, search-driven conversational user experience, and automated data engineering pipelines. Our solutions are used by leading Telecoms, Media Providers, Retail, and Professional Sports organizations across the world. Our novel approach and rapidly expanding footprint put us in the unique position for continued growth to become a category leader. To fuel our growth, we are seeking passionate, high-energy, results-oriented individuals to join our team. Our mission is to deliver world-class solutions on behalf of the large enterprise. Supported by leading investors, Selector is uniquely positioned to deliver a world-class solution to address large enterprise requirements across the globe.

About Us

Selector is building an operational intelligence platform for digital infrastructure. By adopting an AI,ML-based analytics approach, the platform provides actionable multi-dimensional insights to network, cloud, and application operators. It enables operations teams to meet their KPIs through seamless collaboration, search-driven conversational user experience, and automated data engineering pipelines. Our solutions are used by leading Telecoms, Media Providers, Retail, and Professional Sports organizations across the world. Our novel approach and rapidly expanding footprint put us in the unique position for continued growth to become a category leader. To fuel our growth, we are seeking passionate, high-energy, results-oriented individuals to join our team. Our mission is to deliver world-class solutions on behalf of the large enterprise. Supported by leading investors, Selector is uniquely positioned to deliver a world-class solution to address large enterprise requirements across the globe.

Job Overview

We are looking for a highly skilled Lead Automation Engineer to join our Engineering team. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring the reliability, performance, and scalability of our network observability solutions by designing, developing, and maintaining automated testing frameworks. You will collaborate closely with engineering, SRE, DevOps, Sales Customer Support teams to improve test coverage, accelerate delivery, and enhance product quality.

Key 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 understand requirements, design test cases, and identify potential risks.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing and faster delivery cycles.
• Analyze test results, identify root causes of failures, and provide actionable feedback to development teams.
• Mentor and guide other engineers on best practices for test automation and observability testing.
• Drive quality initiatives across the platform, including test coverage metrics, automation metrics, and reporting.
• Work with observability tools (logs, metrics, traces) to validate network behaviors and ensure platform reliability.

Requirements

• 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 languages such as 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).
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to influence quality practices across teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with large-scale distributed systems and cloud-native architectures.
• Knowledge of container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker) and microservices testing.
• Familiarity with network performance testing and monitoring.
• Experience with test data management and simulation of network traffic.

Compensation

The salary for this role is $140,000 - $170,000. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including prior experience, and may vary from the amount listed.