# Staff Software Development Engineer in Test

**Company:** [Fivetran](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fivetran)
**Location:** Bengaluru, India
**Role:** QA Engineering
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Java, Junit, Rest Assured, Shell Scripting, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Bazel, Buildkite, AWS, GCP, Azure, Grafana, Prometheus
**Posted:** 2026-08-13

> Leads architecture and strategy for scalable test automation, release quality, performance, and reliability across teams. Requires 8+ years of software industry experience, strong Java and test architecture expertise, cloud and CI/CD proficiency, and the ability to influence business-critical systems.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture of internal tools, libraries, and utilities for test automation and benchmarking across teams and domains.
- Define and evolve quality strategies covering testability, release readiness, performance, and reliability.
- Drive cross-organizational quality initiatives to improve execution speed, observability, and feedback loops.
- Identify systemic risks in business-critical systems and implement robust validation strategies.
- Mentor engineers, influence design for testability, and champion engineering best practices.
- Collaborate with engineering and product leaders to align testing priorities with platform and business objectives.

## Requirements
- 8+ years of software industry experience focused on building test automation frameworks, tools, and infrastructure at scale.
- Experience defining and driving code quality for tests, including review processes, efficiency, and maintainability.
- Experience writing critical or common code shared across multiple teams.
- Ability to identify and fix critical issues in core product areas.
- Experience contributing to and enforcing department-wide coding standards.
- Ability to identify major product improvements that increase quality and resilience.
- Experience addressing performance, scalability, and reliability gaps in tests and test frameworks.
- Experience defining testing efficiency and reporting strategies.
- Experience defining product release guidelines, quality gates, and readiness criteria.
- Expertise in design principles and test architecture.
- Strong object-oriented programming knowledge, preferably with Java.
- Hands-on experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Experience with CI/CD systems, modern build tools, and observability platforms.
- Strong background in infrastructure and container orchestration.
- Understanding of data engineering concepts and large-scale distributed systems.
- Ability to drive initiatives across multiple teams and influence business-critical systems.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Knowledge of ELT pipeline testing, including data integrity, schema evolution, and pipeline reliability.
- Ability to incorporate AI techniques to improve test efficiency, defect detection, and productivity.
- Experience evaluating and adopting quality engineering practices such as shift-left testing, chaos engineering, and autonomous testing.

## Technologies
- Java 17+
- JUnit
- REST Assured
- Shell scripting
- Python
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- Bazel
- Buildkite
- AWS, GCP, and Azure
- Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, and New Relic
- Jenkins, CircleCI, and GitHub Actions
- ELT pipelines
- SQL and NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL and MongoDB
- Temporal
- Maven and Gradle

## Compensation and Benefits
- 100% employer-paid medical insurance, subject to country and worker type.
- Generous paid time off, paid sick time, inclusive parental leave, holidays, a year-end Global Week of Rest, and volunteer days.
- RSU stock grants.
- Professional development and training opportunities.
- Virtual happy hours, free food, and team-building activities.
- Monthly cell phone stipend.
- Access to mental health support for covered employees and dependents.

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