Job Description
As a Senior Quality Engineer on our Engineering team in India you will serve as a Functional Domain Expert within one of our core product pillars (Directory Auth Devices or Platform). In our Hub-and-Spoke organizational model you will act as an "Internal Product Manager for Quality" for significant product areas or feature sets.
You will be the local expert in your team responsible for defining comprehensive test strategies writing advanced automated test scripts and actively enabling developers to manage their own testing (shifting left). You will work closely with your Pillar Lead the Automation Enablement Autobot (Protectobot) and development leads to balance risk versus schedule resolve technical debt and ensure that every release meets the highest standards of reliability performance and security.
What You Will Be Doing:
Own and lead quality efforts for significant product areas or cross-team initiatives defining and driving execution of comprehensive test strategies (functional integration performance and system testing).
Support developers in large initiatives to "shift quality left"—ensuring they can run acceptance tests locally and sharing techniques to improve how developers test and validate their own changes.
Develop execute and maintain complex automated test scripts (using Python Pytest TypeScript etc.) alongside the development team to enforce collective ownership of quality.
Participate actively in Post-Incident Reviews (PIRs) and drive toward comprehensive solutions to prevent repeat incidents.
Plan and complete the Readiness Review testing sections for tasked initiatives managing end-to-end acceptance and exploratory testing at the epic level.
Conduct complex debugging including staging/production issue reproduction and root cause analysis helping to troubleshoot issues even outside of your immediate team.
Partner with the Pillar Lead and Protectobot to identify and address technical gaps in test coverage unblock framework issues and implement AI-assisted testing efficiencies.
Mentor and coach QE 1s QE 2s and QE 3s guiding them on advanced testing techniques and act as a technical interviewer during hiring processes.
Evaluate risk vs. schedule balancing comprehensive testing with rapid delivery timelines to optimize engineering velocity.
Collaborate with architects and development leads to ensure overall system testability and robustness.
You have:
6-8 years of experience in test planning automation framework utilization and Agile collaboration with a reputation for tackling hard problems.
Advanced proficiency in automation tools and programming languages (e.g. Python Pytest Playwright TypeScript JavaScript).
Deep experience with diverse testing methodologies including performance security integration and exploratory testing.
Proven ability to design and implement scalable maintainable test automation solutions.
In-depth knowledge of CI/CD deployment pipelines and troubleshooting tools to support efficient release cycles.
Strong ability to identify when and how to escalate issues to ensure swift resolution.
Experience enabling development teams to manage their own testing and fostering a culture of collective quality ownership.
A collaborative team-oriented mindset displaying ownership of quality for epics and proactively identifying problems early.
Strong communication skills thinking globally about customer needs and collaborating effectively across teams and hemispheres.
Proven ability to define and execute strategies for augmenting test coverage strategically layering Unit Tests Functional Tests and Acceptance Tests across the full test automation pyramid.
Bonus Points If You Have:
Practical experience leveraging Generative AI or LLMs in the software testing lifecycle to improve test efficiency.
Deep domain expertise in areas relevant to our pillars (e.g. Identity/Directory protocols Authentication flows MDM/Device Management or Cloud Platforms).
Experience with API and web app UI test automation tools like Gherkin Cypress or similar.
Deep expertise in designing and implementing Go-based Unit Tests (UT) and leveraging functional testing (FT) frameworks to ensure robust component and service reliability.
Experience deploying installing and configuring applications on cloud-based servers (AWS experience is a plus).
Prior experience in dynamic fast-paced startup environments.
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Skills Required
- 6-8 years experience in test planning automation frameworks and Agile collaboration
- Advanced proficiency with automation tools and programming languages (Python Pytest Playwright TypeScript JavaScript)
- Deep experience with performance security integration and exploratory testing methodologies
- Proven ability to design and implement scalable maintainable test automation solutions
- In-depth knowledge of CI/CD deployment pipelines and troubleshooting tools
- Experience enabling development teams to manage their own testing and shift quality left
- Strong communication skills and fluent English (spoken and written)
- Ability to mentor and coach QE1-QE3 engineers and participate in technical interviews
- Willingness and ability to participate in on-call shifts and respond during assigned shifts
- Must be located in and authorized to work in the country noted in the job description (India)
- Strong judgment to evaluate risk vs. schedule and escalate appropriately
- Practical experience leveraging Generative AI or LLMs in software testing lifecycle
- Deep domain expertise in Identity/Directory protocols Authentication flows MDM/Device Management or Cloud Platforms
- Experience with API and web UI test automation tools like Gherkin or Cypress
- Expertise designing and implementing Go-based unit tests and functional testing frameworks
- Experience deploying installing and configuring applications on cloud-based servers (AWS)
- Prior experience in dynamic fast-paced startup environments
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JumpCloud Compensation & Benefits Highlights
- Healthcare Strength—Health coverage starts day one in the U.S. includes dental/vision and mental-health support and offers an HSA option with employer contributions. Expanded medical travel coverage abortion travel benefits in the U.S. an EAP and a Calm subscription further strengthen healthcare support.
- Leave & Time Off Breadth—Flexible or “unlimited” PTO paid holidays and sick days and generous parental and family medical leave are highlighted across materials. Remote-first norms and wellness programs are also documented.
- Retirement Support—A U.S. 401(k) plan with a company match (50% up to 6% of pay) is offered alongside life and disability insurance. Access to a personal financial consultant and country-specific pension programs are also noted.
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What We Do
JumpCloud’s mission is to Make Work Happen® providing simple secure access to an organization’s technology resources from any device or any location. The JumpCloud Open Directory Platform gives IT security operations and DevOps a single cloud-based solution to control and manage employee identities and their devices and apply conditional access controls based on Zero Trust principals. Since launching in 2012 our global user base has grown to more than 150000 organizations with more than 5000 paying customers including Cars.com GoFundMe Grab ClassPass Uplight and Peloton. JumpCloud has raised over $400M from world-class investors including Sapphire Ventures General Atlantic Sands Capital Atlassian and CrowdStrike. Our teams are growing fast too and we're looking for talent across engineering sales customer success marketing product management and more. Join our team of dedicated passionate and creative people who are eager to change the IT industry forever. We live by our core values which are: Build Connections Think Big 1% Better Every Day
Why Work With Us
We offer an incredible opportunity to see your impact. Each team member gets an up close personal view and education into building a fast growing startup. We are transparent about what we are doing how we are doing it and the decisions that we are making. There is opportunity to progress and flexibility to find unique approaches to our business
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