Broadcom Technical lead - Staff Software Quality Engineer 

United States, California 

299195257

Job Responsibilities

• Using an advanced testing strategy, create a comprehensive test plan addressing various aspects, including functional, system, scalability, performance, longevity, and churn. Formulate intricate test cases based on a distributed scale topology.

• Initiate the QE lifecycle by crafting a test plan, conducting tests, automating them, maintaining integration in CI/CD, identifying defects, reporting issues, and launching the feature within tight deadlines.

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable and robust tests using Python in the Pytest.

• Develop high-quality complex Python tests on a distributed system on a scale and in a private cloud.

• Be a strong advocate of Software Quality & regular follow-up with Developers to get defects in a resolved fix state.

• Coordinate with the test team and across the development, product management, SRE, and systems engineers to ensure a feature is tested from the functional, scale, system, and performance perspectives.

• Design complex distributed architectures, influence a peer group to adopt them, and then work with management to implement them.

• ​Mentor and guide junior engineers, promoting best practices in software testing, coding, defects, code review, and automation.

• Document architectures, procedures, and processes and contribute to improving the process.

Required skillsets

• Minimum 6 years of strong background in networking or security or cloud-based technologies.

• Minimum 6 years of strong programming skills in Python, YAML, Bash, and object-oriented programming.

• Minimum 4 Years of Virtualization experience in Installation, Configuration & Administration is required. Good understanding of IO subsystems and virtualization. (vSphere)

• Extensive knowledge and practical experience in firewall and security services, as well as in the networking TCP/IP stack, L2/L3, and WAN.

• Excellent problem-solving skills, ability to debug complex systems, and networking troubleshooting and debugging expertise.

• Working knowledge of REST APIs.

• Familiarity with Traffic simulator tools like Ixia Cyperf, TRex, and Iperf is preferred.

• Networking troubleshooting and debugging using tcpdump, Wireshark, traceroute, and route netstat.

• It's a bonus if you are familiar with virtualization, containerization, or cloud platforms like VMware, AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent and 8+ years of related experience or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent and 6+ years of related experience.

Why Join Us?

• Work on cutting-edge technologies in a dynamic and innovative environment.

• Collaborate with a talented and passionate team.

• Competitive compensation and benefits package.

Compensation and Benefits

The annual base salary range for this position is$119,000 - $190,000

This position is also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus in accordance with relevant plan documents, and equity in accordance with equity plan documents and equity award agreements.