Senior Staff Software Engineer - QA Automation

About Hammerspace, Inc.

Hammerspace obliterates data access delays for AI and high-performance computing. Its Data Platform delivers a high-throughput, low-latency parallel global file system unifying data from edge to core to multi-cloud, accessible via pNFS, NFSv3, SMB and S3 standards. Instant, agentless deployment with native Linux support combined with migration-free data assimilation radically accelerates pipelines. This approach keeps GPUs saturated, speeds time-to-insight, and boosts researcher and developer productivity.

We are seeking an experienced QA Lead Automation Engineer to take ownership of our automation strategy and drive it forward. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in ensuring the quality of our products by leading automation efforts, collaborating with development teams, and shaping a sustainable automation framework.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on expertise in automation, a deep understanding of DevOps practices, and experience with CI/CD pipelines. You will be responsible for developing and implementing automation strategies, ensuring our testing processes are efficient, scalable, and integrated seamlessly into the development lifecycle. You should be capable of quickly understanding a complex product and setting up a robust automation framework that benefits both development and QA teams.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the automation strategy, define processes, tools, and best practices for test automation, and use software development best practices in how automation software is built, tested, and rolled out into production.
• Optimize and maintain the existing automation framework used by both QA and development teams for streamlined collaboration and efficiency.
• Work with cross-functional teams including developers, automation engineers, and release managers to ensure quality and timely product releases.
• Drive automation projects, ensuring alignment with overall QA strategy and development goals.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts and oversee automation test execution.
• Collaborate with DevOps to integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring smooth, continuous delivery.
• Ensure comprehensive test coverage and report on automation testing progress.
• Quickly get up to speed on a complex product and identify key areas for automation improvements.
• Mentor and guide junior software automation engineers and QA team members
• Excellent communication skills, with a track record of working effectively with remote teams.

Qualifications:

• Must have hands-on automation expertise in python in developing test tools and frameworks.
• Proven hands-on experience with automation tools such as PyTest or equivalent.
• Familiarity with object-oriented concepts & languages.
• Must have experience with Linux, Windows, and VMware.
• Must have knowledge of storage concepts.
• Knowledge of IO tools: vdbench, FIO, iometer, mdtest, etc.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and working closely with DevOps teams.
• Strong understanding of DevOps practices and the importance of automation in a fast-paced development environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to quickly understand and adapt to new products.
• Strong knowledge of release management and testing lifecycle.
• Familiarity with version control tools (e.g., Git), build tools (e.g., Jenkins), and cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.).
• Ability to recognize and integrate relevant open-source or paid products into the platform, managing their validation as updates occur, while maintaining Quality of Service (QoS) expectations.

Additional Desired Skills:

• Experience working in an Agile environment.
• Familiarity with performance and security testing automation.
• Management experience is a strong plus.

The anticipated base salary range for this role is $140,000 to $200,000. Actual compensation will be determined by several factors including, but not limited to, level of professional/education experience, skills/abilities, internal equity, and budgetary considerations. In addition, Hammerspace offers a broad range of health plans for medical, dental, vision, life, and disability. We also offer 401k plans and flexible time off.

Hammerspace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, military status, or national origin or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or applicable local law.

Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies:

Agencies are hereby specifically directed not to contact Hammerspace employees directly in an attempt to present candidates. To protect the interests of all parties, Hammerspace will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Hammerspace will be considered Hammerspace property. Hammerspace will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Hammerspace will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees.

Agency must obtain advance written approval from Hammerspace’s recruiting function to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed contract for service and in response to a specific job opening. Hammerspace will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such an agreement in place.