Software Engineer in Test (Kubernetes)

Location: Bengaluru, India; hybrid

Company

hirify.global develops Palette, an enterprise Kubernetes management platform for running applications across data centers, edge environments, and cloud infrastructure.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain automated tests for the distributed platform's core capabilities and features.
• Build test frameworks and infrastructure that validate platform functionality across environments.
• Create API and UI automation using Robot Framework, Ginkgo, or similar tools.
• Apply Behavior-Driven Development principles and write comprehensive, maintainable test cases.
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and engineers to integrate testing early in the development lifecycle.
• Test cloud technologies, containers, and Kubernetes, while troubleshooting issues in Linux environments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 4+ years of experience in software testing, quality assurance, or software development with an automation focus.
• Demonstrated experience writing automated tests for APIs and/or UI applications.
• Programming experience with Go, Python, or a similar language.
• Comfort working with Linux-based operating systems and familiarity with cloud technologies, containers, and Kubernetes.
• Understanding of testing methodologies, BDD, troubleshooting, debugging, and effective cross-functional collaboration.

Nice to have

• Experience with Robot Framework, Ginkgo, Pytest, Cucumber, or similar automation frameworks.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and integration testing.
• Kubernetes certification such as CKA or CKAD.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative engineering culture focused on innovation, adaptability, and iterative delivery.
• Opportunities to work on always-on, self-healing, declarative Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Interviews are primarily conducted via Zoom.

Hiring process

• Initial screening interview.
• One or two technical interviews, including hands-on coding assessments.
• Final round focused on team fit and detailed discussions.