Software Development Engineer in Test and Research

Software Development Engineer in Test and Research (Python / Systems)

Storage & Infrastructure Europe (Remote)

Virtuozzo

Virtuozzo is looking for a Senior Software Development 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.
Youll 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 join our Storage team working side-by-side with core R&D engineers and collaborating with leading universities on applied infrastructure research.

What youll 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 were looking for

• 5 years in SDET QA automation or systems-focused software engineering
• StrongPython skills for test frameworks tooling and automation
• Practical experience with Cin 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 companys 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 influenceProductand 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)

Required Experience:

Manager