Join a team focused on scalable test automation for SaaS platforms, collaborating with universities on software research. Responsibilities include designing automated tests, maintaining test frameworks, and investigating system-level issues.
Engineer in Test and Research (Python / Systems)
Storage & Infrastructure | Europe (Remote)
Virtuozzo
Virtuozzo is looking for an Engineer in Test to help us validate and harden large-scale distributed storage and cloud infrastructure systems.
This is not a UI-only or test-case-writing role.
You’ll work close to the system, building serious test automation in Python and C, stress-testing real infrastructure, debugging performance bottlenecks, and influencing how our platform is designed and shipped. You’ll join our Storage team, working side-by-side with core R&D engineers, and collaborating with leading universities on applied infrastructure research.
What you’ll work on
- Design and evolve Python-based test frameworks for functional, performance, reliability, and stress testing
- Build and operate production-like test environments for distributed storage and SaaS systems
- Validate scalability, throughput, latency, tail latency, and failure scenarios
- Debug system-level issues (performance regressions, race conditions, distributed failures) together with core engineers
- Write low-level test utilities and probes in C / Go where Python is not enough
- Integrate tests deeply into CI/CD pipelines and observability stacks
- Collaborate with academic research teams on experimental labs and next-gen infrastructure ideas
- Explore and evaluate AI-assisted testing approaches where they provide real value
What we’re looking for
- 5+ years in SDET, QA automation, or systems-focused software engineering
- Strong Python skills for test frameworks, tooling, and automation
- Practical experience with C in systems, testing, or infrastructure contexts
- Solid Linux knowledge and understanding of distributed systems
- Experience testing backend / infrastructure / storage / networking systems
- Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and observability tools
- Comfortable reading production code, not just testing around it
- Curiosity for research, experimentation, and deep technical problems
What We Offer
- Remote and flexible working hours in European timezones
- Space for creativity and experimentation within the company’s goals
- Share Options – everyone shares in our success with share options
- We help our team get private medical insurance
- Supportive, engineering-driven culture with minimal bureaucracy
- The chance to influence Product and R&D decisions from day one
- A smart, friendly team that values reliability, simplicity, and automation
- Depending on your location and preferred employment method (B2B or employment), other perks and benefits apply
Process:
- HR introduction call
- Team meeting (1h)
- Technical interview (code or take-home task)
- Hiring manager meeting (30minutes up to 1h)
- QA advisor meet&greet (20minutes)
Top Skills
C
Ci/Cd
Docker
Go
Kubernetes
Linux
Python
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