# Senior Staff Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET at DDN

Senior Staff Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET at DDN in Pune Office. On-site, full-time. Posted August 25, 2026.

- Company: DDN
- Location: Pune Office
- Workplace: On-site
- Job type: Full-time
- Experience: 8+ years
- Posted: 2026-08-25
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/ddn/6dae8b38-9b33-42bf-8a4c-1b4b2803f848/application
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/senior-staff-software-development-engineer-in-test-sdet-ddn-96wh13

## Requirements

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- 8+ years of experience in Software QA, Test Automation, or SDET roles.
- Strong programming skills in Python.
- Extensive hands-on experience with PyTest.
- Experience building and maintaining large-scale automation frameworks.
- Strong Linux system administration and troubleshooting skills.
- Experience testing distributed systems and enterprise storage products.
- Strong understanding of:Scale-out storage architectures
- File, Block or Object storage
- Data replication and erasure coding

## Description

We are looking for a highly motivated **Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)** to join our Scale-Out Storage Engineering team. The ideal candidate combines strong software development skills with deep testing expertise and has experience validating distributed systems, storage platforms, filesystems, and high-performance data platforms.
 This role requires building automation frameworks, developing test infrastructure, and driving quality across the entire software development lifecycle for enterprise-scale distributed storage solutions.
 

### **Responsibilities**

- Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks using **Python** and **PyTest**.

- Develop automated functional, integration, regression, performance, scalability, and reliability tests.

- Design and execute fault-injection, failover, recovery, and chaos testing scenarios.

- Develop automation for cluster deployment, upgrades, rolling updates, and disaster recovery workflows.

- Work closely with developers to identify, reproduce, and resolve complex product issues.

- Perform white-box testing by reviewing architecture, design documents, and code changes.

- Build tools to improve test efficiency, coverage, reporting, and product quality metrics.

- Analyze system behavior under node failures, network disruptions, disk failures, and workload stress conditions.

- Participate in CI/CD pipeline development and test automation integration.

- Drive quality initiatives and improve overall engineering productivity through automation.

### **Required Qualifications**

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

- 8+ years of experience in Software QA, Test Automation, or SDET roles.

- Strong programming skills in **Python**.

- Extensive hands-on experience with **PyTest**.

- Experience building and maintaining large-scale automation frameworks.

- Strong Linux system administration and troubleshooting skills.

- Experience testing distributed systems and enterprise storage products.

- Strong understanding of:

- Scale-out storage architectures

- File, Block or Object storage

- Data replication and erasure coding

- Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and test automation infrastructure.

### **Technical Skills**

### **Programming & Automation**

- Python

- PyTest

- Shell Scripting (Bash)

- Git

### **Infrastructure & DevOps**

- Jenkins, GitHub Actions

- Docker

- Monitoring and Observability Tools

### **Success Criteria**

The successful candidate will:

- Own quality initiatives for major storage features.

- Build scalable automation frameworks that reduce manual testing effort.

- Improve regression coverage and release confidence.

- Drive performance, reliability, and scalability validation of distributed storage systems.

- Collaborate effectively with development teams to deliver high-quality enterprise storage software.