Staff Engineer – Test

DDN

Staff Engineer in Test responsible for system-level quality engineering for DDN's distributed data platform. Leading automated testing strategies and performance validation in AI-driven solutions.

Posted 6/22/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $145,000 - $185,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsDockerJenkinsKubernetesPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design detailed test strategies and validation plans for networking and security features for distributed system.
Create scalable, automated test suites that validate multi-tenant behavior, concurrency, data consistency, and system-level performance.
Build and maintain robust automation using tools such as Pytest and container-based environments leveraging Docker, Jenkins, Kubernetes.
Construct and execute performance tests covering I/O throughput, system latency, NVMe access patterns, concurrency limits, and long-running workload stability.
Work closely with architects, developers, release engineering, DevOps, and customer engineering to drive quality-first design decisions.
Produce clear, detailed test plans, automation guides, design-review feedback, and quality metrics reports.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience in software quality engineering, with strong focus on distributed systems, system-level testing, or infrastructure platforms.
Hands-on expertise in test automation using Python, Bash, and modern CI/CD tooling (Git, Jenkins, etc.).
Strong understanding of: Distributed concurrency, File systems and I/O stack behavior, Storage performance analysis (NVMe, SPDK), Networking, tracing, and system observability.
Experience with large-scale performance testing, stress testing, and reliability validation.
Demonstrated skill in diagnosing complex system issues across logs, traces, network captures, and profiling tools.
ISTQB or equivalent certification preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

test automationPythonBashperformance testingstress testingreliability validationdistributed concurrencystorage performance analysisnetworkingsystem observability

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingattention to detailanalytical thinking

Certifications

ISTQB