Nerdapplabs - Senior Software Test Engineer - System/Performance Testing (5-10 yrs)

About nerdAppLabs :

nerdAppLabs Software Solution Pvt. Ltd. was founded in 2012, since then We have helped many companies to build and support their products with SugarCRM, Fledge, FogLAMP, MyMap, OptTown in different domains.

nerdAppLabs is helping to build the leading Commercial Open Source Industrial IoT & Edge ML Platform for Industrial Data Pipelines, Insights and Actions. Come help us to make things happen!. We have cool technology, a great team and a big mission. And IoT+ML is a really fun space.

nerdAppLabs is looking for people who are excited about technology and the fastest growing, innovative field of IioT and ML/AI. We are a company of motivated team players driving accelerated growth in a supportive, positive culture. We celebrate a diversity of people, ideas, and backgrounds that contribute to one shared community. We believe the future belongs to those who think, build and deliver.

We are an exclusive development & engineering partner company to Dianomic Systems; and focused/helping to build Open source under Linux foundation & Commercial IIoT products for IT/OT integration with intelligence.

The open-source project code and docs are available publicly.

Our technology stack is C++, Golang, Python, Angular, SQLite/Postgres, Linux, DevOps with AWS, MLOps with Azure & GCP, and integrations with Aveva/GCP/Azure/Kafka, Redshift, OPC UA..

Job Description :

We are seeking a skilled and passionate Sr. Software Test engineer with a strong background in Software Test design & automation to join our dynamic and innovative team working on IoT products.

Responsibilities :

Performance Testing :

- Design, develop, and execute performance tests for Linux based systems to evaluate system scalability, responsiveness, and stability.

- Identify performance bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and suggest optimizations to improve application performance.

- Monitor and analyze key performance indicators during test execution to ensure accurate and reliable results.

System Tests Development :

- Create test plan and maintain automated system tests using Python and Bash/Shell scripts

- Build comprehensive test suites covering various scenarios to validate the functionality and reliability of the software.

- Continuously update regression test suites to accommodate new features and changes, bug fixes

- Work closely with developers and product managers to define test cases and acceptance criteria.

Analysis and Reporting :

- Memory and CPU Analysis

- Develop scripts to parse and analyze log files generated during testing to identify errors, warnings, and performance-related issues

- Generate comprehensive reports detailing test results, performance metrics, and actionable insights.

Additional Responsibilities :

Pull Request Reviews :

- Participate actively in code review for pull requests, specifically focusing on testability and test coverage.

- Identify potential issues or gaps in test coverage and provide constructive feedback to developers to ensure robust testing.

Test Coverage :

- Collaborate with developers and product managers to define test coverage requirements for new features and enhancements

- Work towards achieving and maintaining high test coverage for critical components and features of the application.

Qualifications :

- QA Mindset with strong analytical skills.

- Excellent problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.

- Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively within a team environment.

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field

- Must know Linux with hands-on experience.

- Proficient in any programming language (Python preferred, We use Python) and bash scripting for test automation and system-level testing.

- Solid understanding of performance testing methodologies and tools.

- Database/SQL and REST API hands-on experience.

- Familiarity with memory and CPU profiling tools (e.g., Valgrind, perf, pprof).

- Experience in log analysis and familiarity with cURL and various CLI tools.

- Basic understanding of Jenkins/CI integration tool.

- Basic understanding of Python pip, apt/yum dpkg/rpm package management.

- Basic understanding of Make & CMake tools.

- Basic hands-on with containerization and docker.

- Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git) and continuous integration (CI) pipelines.

- Experience in conducting pull request reviews and providing valuable feedback on testability and test coverage.

- Knowledge of test management and bug tracking tools (e.g. Jira) is required.

Join our team and contribute to the development of cutting-edge software products by ensuring their performance, stability, and reliability through rigorous testing and performance analysis. If you are passionate about quality and performance and have a track record of delivering high-quality software, we'd love to hear from you!

Kindly note that If your primary expertise is UI automation/front-end testing, then please don't apply for this job.

We are looking for the people having 3Y+ experience with backend testing skills with a deep hands-on of setup & testing for performance, preparing benchmarking reports, finding bottlenecks, repro with Bash/Shell and/or Python scripting on Cloud instances in AWS, GCP and/or Azure; You should be comfortable in working with Linux machines for day to day usage and writing automation tests using Python & Bash, Raw SQL for database integration; analyzing system logs and memory/CPU.

Good English communication and documentation skills are a must for this job.

Work Perks Worth The Hype :

- Competitive salary

- Health insurance coverage (5 Lacs for self and family)

- Flexible working hours/ Hybrid

- Work Life Integration

- Smart people with strong academic background & technical skills