SDET, Portworx

About this job

Everpure is a data platform provider that closed its fiscal year with strong revenue and is accelerating growth into the future. The team works on reshaping cloud-native, modern virtualization, and AI infrastructure landscapes. As an SDET for Portworx at Everpure in Bangalore, India, you will be part of an engineering group passionate about system testing, distributed systems, Kubernetes, storage, modern virtualization, and AI workloads. In this role, you will test and influence how Portworx delivers enterprise-grade storage, data protection, availability, and resiliency across demanding workloads. A normal day involves owning system-level quality, developing test strategies and automation, building scalable test suites, and driving validation of high availability, resiliency, disaster recovery, upgrades, scale, and failure scenarios in large-scale Kubernetes environments. You will also collaborate with geographically distributed development, QE, and architecture teams to troubleshoot complex system-level issues and ensure successful, timely product releases.

Responsibilities

• Own system-level quality for Portworx Enterprise across Kubernetes, storage, and modern virtualization environments.
• Develop comprehensive test plans, test strategies, and automation for multiple concurrent product and feature releases.
• Build and maintain scalable automation test suites with a focus on Golang-based automation and code quality.
• Drive validation of high availability, resiliency, disaster recovery, upgrades, scale, and failure scenarios in large-scale Kubernetes environments.
• Identify functional and automation coverage gaps, assess risks early, and drive improvements to overall product quality.
• Collaborate with development, QE, and architecture teams across geographies to troubleshoot complex system-level issues.
• Ensure CI/CD pipelines and automation infrastructure effectively execute required functional, regression, and system test strategies.

Requirements

• BS/MS degree with 8+ years of software testing or SDET experience, preferably in distributed systems, infrastructure, storage, or virtualization.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Kubernetes application lifecycle management.
• Strong background in enterprise storage (file/block/Object) and Kubernetes persistent storage or CSI.
• Strong programming and automation skills, with a preference for Golang and experience in Python.
• Strong debugging skills across Kubernetes, Linux, storage, and virtualization.
• Ability to take end-to-end ownership of product quality and work on multiple concurrent product or feature releases.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively across geographically distributed teams.

Good to have

• Experience working with VMWare, HyperV, KubeVirt, or Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization.
• Experience with Kubernetes platforms such as OpenShift, EKS, AKS, or GKE.
• Working experience with public clouds including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
• Experience with tools such as Git, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Jira, Confluence, and X-ray.
• Experience mentoring engineers and conducting automation or code reviews.

Who should apply

This role suits experienced software testing or SDET professionals with a strong background in distributed systems, enterprise storage, and Kubernetes who want to work on cutting-edge cloud-native and AI infrastructure. Ideal candidates should possess advanced programming skills in Golang or Python, extensive debugging experience across Linux and virtualization, and a proven ability to lead quality initiatives. This position requires significant professional experience and is not suitable for freshers.

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