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Cohesity · 14 hours ago

Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), Storage/FileSystems

Santa Clara, CA - USA (Office)

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$146K/yr - $182K/yr

6+ years exp

Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management, and they are seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to lead testing efforts focused on storage, data path, file system, and cloud components. The role involves collaborating with engineering teams, developing test methodologies, executing test plans, and mentoring team members to ensure high-quality product delivery.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingCyber SecurityBig DataInformation TechnologyAnalyticsData CenterData Storage

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Own product areas and lead the test effort focused in storage, data path, file system & Cloud components

Work with the engineering team during the feature design and implementation phases to develop: the test methodology (designing the test approach) to test the feature end-to-end. test plans

Collaborate with other testing members, developers, technical writers, and customer solutions engineers to ensure the company delivers high quality products to our customers

Execute multiple iterations of the test plan by running manual and automated test cases

Analyze failures and root cause issues, file defects, follow up with developers, documentation and other teams on the resolution

Automate test cases

Monitor and manage the continuous integration environment

Mentor team members

Qualification

NAS storage protocolsDistributed systemsTesting toolsProgramming in PythonTest planningTroubleshooting skillsQA methodologiesEnterprise storage workflowsAI-driven solutions

Required

A commitment to work onsite in office 2-3 days per week (hybrid) out of Santa Clara, CA

Strong experience with NAS storage protocols like SMB/S3 & NFS

Programming experience with Pytest (ideally), Go, Python, and/or Bash

Domain experience working in distributed systems, the storage stack, and file system internals

Experience with testing tools like fio, fsct, vdbench, dd, specFS, and/or virtana

6+ years of software testing experience with large-scale distributed systems

Experience with NAS storage protocols like SMB, NFS, S3, iSCSI, and CIFs

Technical proficiency with the storage stack, file system internals, and testing tools like fio, fsct, vdbench, dd, specFs, virtana, etc

Strong understanding of distributed systems, including databases, storage, map-reduce frameworks, etc

Troubleshooting skills spanning multiple software and hardware components, including storage systems and kernels

Possess good understanding of QA methodologies and processes

Strong test planning ability with understanding of enterprise storage workflows

Ability to take up variety of roles in a startup environment

Excellent troubleshooting abilities spanning multiple software and hardware components (such as switches, storage systems, kernels)

Good knowledge of storage stack, file system internals and testing tools like fio, fsct, vdbench, dd, specFs etc

Demonstrated ability to implement AI-driven solutions to improve business processes and operational efficiency

Benefits

Health and wellness benefits

Vacation

Paid holidays and refresh days

401(k) retirement plan

Life and disability insurance coverages

Other benefits the Company may offer from time to time

Company

Cohesity

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Cohesity is a data management technology firm that offers hyper-converged secondary storage solutions for backups, files, and analytics.

Founded in 2013

Santa Clara, California, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.cohesity.com/

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Funding

Current Stage

Late Stage

Total Funding

$955M

Key Investors

Haveli InvestmentsThe Carlyle GroupJP Morgan Chase

2025-04-29Secondary Market

2024-12-10Series H

2024-12-10Series G

Leadership Team

Sanjay Poonen

CEO & President

Greg Statton

Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Asia Pacific and Japan