Senior Engineer (SDET) CloudLocation: Kanata, ONYOUR ROLEWithin the Wind River Cloud team, this role focuses on ensuring the quality and reliability of the Wind River Conductor platform, a key orchestration engine in the Wind River Cloud Platform (WRCP). The position blends software development and advanced test automation to validate large-scale distributed systems built on Kubernetes, containers, and cloud-native technologies.
HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTEIn your daily work, you will:- Develop and test software for a complete cloud infrastructure software stack
- Design and build scalable test automation for Wind River Conductor Design and implement high-quality code based on Kubernetes, containerized applications and distributed cloud systems
- Develop end-to-end, integration, and system-level tests for distributed cloud systems
- Apply Test-Driven Development (TDD) and automation-first practices
- Validate Kubernetes-based deployments across distributed environments
- Own regression testing strategy, prioritization, and execution
- Investigate and debug issues during product verification and customer integration
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and test infrastructure
- Work with open-source technologies such as Kubernetes, OpenStack, Helm, Ansible, and Docker
- Support platform upgrades, automation, and lifecycle validation
- Contribute and collaborate across development, QA/PV, and platform engineering teams
Required Qualifications- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or related field
- 5-7+ years of software engineering or SDET experience
- Strong Python programming skills
- Experience with Linux and shell scripting
- Experience testing and deploying software with Kubernetes, Docker, and Helm
- Experience working in Agile/SCRUM teams
- Experience building or testing distributed systems
- Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Experience working with globally distributed teams
Preferred Qualifications- Experience with Cloudify or Wind River Cloud Platform
- Understanding of OpenStack architecture (Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Keystone)
- Experience with RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, YAML, and TOSCA
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks
- Background in high-availability or carrier-grade systems
- Contributions to open-source projects
- Experience with performance, scale, or chaos testing
What's the impact of the role- Ensure production-grade quality and reliability of the Conductor platform
- Drive automation-first validation strategy across Wind River Cloud
- Improve release quality and reduce regressions across distributed cloud deployments
Growth Opportunities- Work closely with experienced cloud architects, platform engineers, and Kubernetes experts
- Gain hands-on experience building and validating production-grade cloud-native infrastructure platforms
- Grow into technical ownership of automation frameworks, quality strategy, and platform features over time
- Develop technical leadership within a fast-paced cloud software organization
BENEFITS - Canada- Workplace Flexibility: Hybrid Work.
- Company-sponsored health, dental, and life insurance.
- Income protection through short and long-term disability coverage.
- Matching RRSP.
- Vacation and various time off policies to encourage work-life balance.
- Well-being programs: Employee assistance program, mental well-being through Unmind.
- Learning benefits: LinkedIn Learning subscription and seminars.
CompensationThis role is compensation range is between $90,000 to $120,000 CAD plus annual incentive plan bonus. Compensation is determined through interviews and a review of the education, experience, knowledge, skills, location, and abilities of the applicant, and equity with other team members.
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