QA Engineer, Release Management

MariaDB

QA & Release Engineer focusing on testing and release management for MaxScale. Seeking a candidate with strong C++ and SQL knowledge working in a fully remote India team.

Posted 7/8/2026full-timeRemote • 🇮🇳 IndiaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudJenkinsLinuxMariaDBMySQLPythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Primarily focus on QA and release management.
Black-Box Testing: Design and execute tests for complex scenarios to ensure various combinations of MaxScale filters and routers work correctly together.
Documentation Verification: Review and verify that product documentation is accurate, exhaustive, and reflects the actual behavior of the software.
Customer Issue Verification: Act as a technical point of contact for issues escalated by support engineers.
Problem Resolution: Create representative test cases to assist the development team in resolving bugs.
Release Management: Coordinate four maintenance releases per year across five active MaxScale series.
Build Infrastructure: Monitor and maintain the automated build system.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A good working knowledge of C++ for test development and understanding the code base.
Proficiency in Python is required for build automation and scripting.
Strong SQL knowledge and experience with database management systems, preferably MariaDB or MySQL.
Experience with Linux environments, including proficiency in DEB and RPM packaging and repository management.
Practical experience with Jenkins/GitLab/etc.
Experience in black-box testing and troubleshooting complex software interactions.
Experience using Virtual Machines and cloud platforms for building and testing software.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Meaningful Work: Contribute to MaxScale, the industry-leading SQL router, and help maintain the infrastructure that keeps global businesses running.
Technical Challenge: Engage with a complex C++ and Python stack, solving high-stakes problems in QA, release engineering, and build automation.
Professional Growth: Gain deep expertise in MariaDB internals, CI/CD orchestration (BuildBot), and Linux packaging at scale.
Collaborative Culture: Work alongside a world-class team of engineers in a transparent, supportive, and mission-driven environment.
25 days paid annual leave (plus holidays) and a massive degree of flexibility and freedom.

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Hard Skills & Tools

C++ ProgrammingPython ScriptingSQL Database ManagementBlack-Box TestingProblem ResolutionDocumentation VerificationTest Case DevelopmentBuild AutomationLinux Environment ProficiencyVirtual Machine Experience