Senior QA Architect

VAST Data is looking for a Senior QA Architect to join our growing team!

This is a great opportunity to be part of one of the fastest-growing infrastructure companies in history, an organization that is in the center of the hurricane being created by the revolution in artificial intelligence.

"VAST's data management vision is the future of the market."- Forbes

VAST Data is the data platform company for the AI era. We are building the enterprise software infrastructure to capture, catalog, refine, enrich, and protect massive datasets and make them available for real-time data analysis and AI training and inference. Designed from the ground up to make AI simple to deploy and manage, VAST takes the cost and complexity out of deploying enterprise and AI infrastructure across data center, edge, and cloud.

Our success has been built through intense innovation, a customer-first mentality and a team of fearless VASTronauts who leverage their skills & experiences to make real market impact. This is an opportunity to be a key contributor at a pivotal time in our company’s growth and at a pivotal point in computing history.

POSITION SUMMARY

We are looking for a senior technical quality assurance architect who can understand detailed technical requirements from large enterprise class customers and can create detailed automated test cases and test plans to ensure that the products meets the customers requirements including performance, scale and failure scenarios. He/she will be responsible for the development and improvement of key processes and test coverage, providing technical guidance to team members, improving existing products and features. He/she should be a great team player with the ability to develop strong working relationships and increase engagement / collaboration with peers to drive technology roadmaps.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible to contribute to the products’ vision including supportability and quality
• Oversee the overall development of automation and test coverage to maintain high standard of software quality
• Provide technical leadership to team member while taking active part in the team tasks
• Assigns tasks, reviews work and may contribute to employee performance appraisals
• Work with internal teams, peers and customers to understand product requirements thus translating to successful software development 
• Engage with key customers to understand their challenges and requirements, then develop design and implement innovative solutions to meet these requirements

• Relevant academic degree (CS/ CE / EE)
• At least 15 years experience in automated QA test development - Must
• At least 5 years as team leader – Must
• 10+ years experience in design and development of enterprise-level and multi-threaded system
• Knowledge and experience in Linux - Must
• Experience working with Linux environments - Advantage
• Experience in design, coding, integration, and debugging capabilities
• Self-starter, enthusiastic proactive mindset
• Ability to write code and conduct thorough code reviews