Staff QA Engineer

Lead Automation EngineerWe 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 ResponsibilitiesDesign, 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.RequirementsBachelor'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 QualificationsExperience 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.CompensationThe 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.