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title: "Senior Staff Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET"
company: "DDN"
company_url: "https://www.remjobs.works/companies/ddn"
url: "https://www.remjobs.works/job/ddn-senior-staff-software-development-engineer-in-test-sdet-f0c41022-815a-4206-953d-85daae7fabf0"
apply_url: "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/ddn/6dae8b38-9b33-42bf-8a4c-1b4b2803f848"
workplace: onsite
location: "Pune Office"
employment_type: full-time
seniority: staff
role: software-engineering
region: india
skills: ["docker", "linux", "python"]
date_posted: 2026-08-25T07:08:53.855Z
first_seen_by_remjobs: 2026-09-15T14:59:51.256Z
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# Senior Staff Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET

**DDN** · Pune Office

Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/ddn/6dae8b38-9b33-42bf-8a4c-1b4b2803f848

## About the role

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.

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