Staff Software Engineer - QE
Location - India, Remote
Sumo Logic is a cloud-native SaaS data analytics platform, that solves complex observability and security problems. Customers choose our product because it allows them to easily monitor, optimize, and secure their applications, systems, and infrastructures.
Our microservices architecture hosted on AWS ingests petabytes of data daily across many geographic regions. Millions of queries a day analyze hundreds of petabytes of data.
What can you expect to do?
You will have ownership of creating and executing test plans and developing test strategies for critical system components and be responsible for analyzing test coverage, creating test cases, and coordinating review and feedback from the cross-functional team. You will help bridge the gap between development and quality assurance. You will address complex problems with innovative solutions, iterate on designs, and mentor team members to promote technical growth and excellence.
Our system is a highly distributed, fault-tolerant, multi-tenant platform that includes bleeding-edge components related to storage, messaging, search, and analytics. This system ingests and analyzes terabytes of data a day, while making petabytes of data available for search and forensic analysis, and is expected to reach a substantially larger scale in the near future.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand project requirements and specifications.
- Develop and execute test cases, scripts, plans, and procedures (manual and automated) to ensure the highest quality software delivery.
- Report project status defects report and verification, and issue escalation in a timely manner.
- Participate in design and specification reviews, providing valuable input from a testing perspective.
- Improve design specifications and writes elegant code that meets the Sumo Logic standard.
- Solves complex problems by iterating, redesigning, and innovating systems.
- Guide and mentor junior team members, sharing knowledge and fostering technical growth within the team.
- Estimate and perform risk analysis on large features during sprint planning meetings
- Continuously improve testing processes by staying updated on industry best practices and new technologies. Promote the adoption of innovative tools and techniques within the team.
- Communicate effectively with development and product teams to resolve issues and ensure timely delivery of high-quality software.
Requirements:
- Hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Possess over 10+ years of testing experience.
- Demonstrate a robust grasp of the software development life cycle and testing methodologies.
- Have hands-on experience with Enterprise-grade SaaS products.
- Strong problem-solving skills and a proven track record of solving complex technical challenges.
- Familiarity with Continuous Integration or Continuous Deployment is a valuable addition.
- Exhibit proficiency in object-oriented languages such as Jave, Python, Scala or GO.
- Work effectively with both Unix and Windows operating systems.
- Approach testing with a proactive "break it" mentality.
- Familiar with popular testing tools like TestRail, Jira, Postman, JMeter, Selenium, etc.
- Display enthusiasm for staying updated on cutting-edge technologies, solving complex problems, and embracing challenges.
- Possess the ability to comprehend the Sumo Logic backend architecture and communicate with clarity and precision, both verbally and in writing.
Desirable:
- Have hands-on experience in testing large-scale systems.
- Desirable experience includes working with big data and/or 24x7 commercial services.
- Proficiency and comfort in working with Unix, including Linux and OS X.
- A plus if you bring experience in Agile software development, including test-driven development and iterative and incremental development methodologies.
About Us
Sumo Logic, Inc. empowers the people who power modern, digital business. Sumo Logic enables customers to deliver reliable and secure cloud-native applications through its Sumo Logic SaaS Analytics Log Platform, which helps practitioners and developers ensure application reliability, secure and protect against modern security threats, and gain insights into their cloud infrastructures. Customers worldwide rely on Sumo Logic to get powerful real-time analytics and insights across observability and security solutions for their cloud-native applications. For more information, visit www.sumologic.com.
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Sumo Logic is the pioneer in continuous intelligence, a new category of software, which enables organizations of all sizes to address the data challenges and opportunities presented by digital transformation, modern applications, and cloud computing. The Sumo Logic Continuous Intelligence Platform™ automates the collection, ingestion, and analysis of application, infrastructure, security, and IoT data to derive actionable insights within seconds. More than 2,100 customers around the world rely on Sumo Logic to build, run, and secure their modern applications and cloud infrastructures. Sumo Logic delivers its platform as a true, multi-tenant SaaS architecture, across multiple use-cases, enabling businesses to thrive in the Intelligence Economy.
