Senior QA Engineer

Join our team as a Senior QA Engineer, where you will drive the overall QA strategy for Kubernetes and cloud-native environments. You will evaluate and champion best-in-class testing practices, lead risk analysis and test planning, and architect test frameworks for validating microservices and infrastructure components. You will also oversee the design of complex test scenarios, spearhead the development of scalable test automation, and mentor QA engineers and developers in advanced testing techniques. Additionally, you will collaborate with devops engineers, establish quality gates and release readiness metrics, and advocate for a culture of quality across teams.

• Contribuer à l'élaboration de la stratégie QA globale pour Kubernetes et les environnements cloud-native, en alignant les objectifs de qualité avec les objectifs commerciaux.
• Évaluer et promouvoir les meilleures pratiques et cadres de test pour les systèmes distribués, en dirigeant l'analyse des risques et la planification des tests.
• Diriger le développement d'une automatisation de test évolutive et maintenable intégrée aux CI/CD, en utilisant des outils tels que Jenkins et GitHub Actions.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Proven leadership experience in building and scaling test strategies in enterprise-grade environments
• 10+ years in software testing or quality engineering roles, with 4+ years focused on Kubernetes, cloud-native applications, and distributed systems
• Familiarity with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger), Kubernetes security (RBAC, secrets management), and performance benchmarking tools (e.g., K6)
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes internals, cluster lifecycle management, Helm, service meshes (e.g., Istio or Linkerd), and network policies
• Solid grounding in cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP), infrastructure provisioning, and containerized CI/CD
• Strong scripting and automation capabilities (Python, Pytest, Bash, etc.)
• Moderate to advanced linux knowledge and proficiency is required: Bash scripting and debugging, systemd/logs, networking/firewalling/routing, certificate/PKI management, containers (Docker/containerd), and Kubernetes tooling (kubectl/Helm with OCI registries, GitOps/Flux) to install, test, and troubleshoot multi-cluster environments
• Experience influencing cross-functional teams and senior leadership
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for technical and executive-level audiences
• Mentorship and coaching of 1 or more junior members on the team especially around testing fundamentals, troubleshooting and automation
• Exceptional problem-solving and architectural thinking
• Contributions to open-source Kubernetes or QA tooling projects
• Experience implementing chaos engineering in Kubernetes environments
• Certifications such as CKA, CKAD, or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer