At SPD Technology, we bring together a team of like-minded people who are driven by the desire to bring value through their work, united in their commitment to high performance and delivering custom, cutting-edge tech solutions that drive clients’ growth. We empower our people with a culture of excellence and enable them with the opportunity to uphold their accountability to contribute on each level. We value humanity and collaboration, encourage professional and personal growth, and foster a supportive and flexible work environment where everyone’s contribution is welcomed.
And now we are looking for a Middle Software Development Engineer in Test to join us as part of our team.
About the role:
The project focuses on scaling and strengthening the automation ecosystem for GoDaddy’s cloud services and backend APIs. The team is currently enhancing its automation frameworks to support a large and evolving distributed infrastructure composed of microservices, event-driven pipelines, orchestration services, and cloud-to-device workflows.
Team setup: 3 Software Engineers, 2 QAs. Location: India, US
Tech Stack: Java, Kotlin, Go, REST, gRPC, Protobuf, AWS, Kafka, Jenkins, GitHub Actions
Work Environment:
This role operates primarily in a cloud-services and backend engineering environment, collaborating closely with developers, QA engineers, and product teams. The workflow is highly asynchronous but requires regular coordination across distributed teams.
Typical expectations include:
- standard full-time schedule aligned with engineering teams (core hours adapted to timezone overlap with India and US).
- collaboration with teams across multiple time zones, meaning flexibility for occasional cross-team syncs or technical discussions.
- participation in technical meetings such as sprint planning, automation strategy reviews, architecture discussions, and root-cause analysis sessions.
As a qualified expert You will
- Lead test automation initiatives for backend services and APIs (REST, gRPC, protobuf): strategy, design, development, maintenance.
- Own and enhance existing API and service-level automation frameworks; identify coverage gaps; build end-to-end, integration, and regression suites.
- Define test strategies for complex workflows across multiple microservices and third-party integrations.
- Build and maintain API contract tests, service-to-service validation, and cloud-to-client end-to-end scenarios.
- Validate cloud workflows including orchestration, distributed job execution, event pipelines, storage lifecycles, and log ingestion.
- Ensure correctness of cloud storage flows, auditing/log pipelines, metadata retention, and safety/redaction policies.
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to ensure fast and reliable feedback.
- Apply AI-driven testing techniques (intelligent test generation, flakiness detection, pattern-based debugging).
- Collaborate with engineering teams to troubleshoot issues, conduct root-cause analysis, and prevent regressions.
- Mentor SDETs and QA engineers on automation best practices.
- Contribute to test environments, test data strategies, and observability improvements (logs, metrics, dashboards, alerts).
We’re looking for you if you have
- 3+ years of experience in software development and/or automated testing for backend, cloud, or distributed systems.
- Strong programming skills in Java or Kotlin (Go is a plus).
- Hands-on experience testing APIs (REST, gRPC, protobuf) with modern automation tooling.
- Solid understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure): deployment, monitoring, scaling, observability.
- Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.).
- Strong analytical and debugging skills with an ownership-driven mindset.
- Experience with event-driven systems (SQS/SNS, Kafka, Pub/Sub, MQTT, etc.) and validating async workflows.
- Familiarity with core cloud services: compute, orchestration, object storage, logging/monitoring, load balancing.
What’s in it for You
Reveal great tech solutions
Join the team of experts who create custom, cutting-edge tech solutions for world-renowned businesses, fueling client growth. Unleash your potential, tackle new challenges, and be part of a team that values your skills and contributions. Focus on long-term impact and building tailored, long-lasting partnerships with our clients.
Experience an agile and flexible working environment
Enjoy the freedom of fully remote work with a flexible working schedule. Empower yourself with a stable workload and a stable income, supported by provided laptops and licensed software. We focus on lasting cooperation and unite result-oriented individuals who stand on a high-performance approach to work.
Embrace the opportunity for personal and professional growth
Benefit from performance and merit reviews, elevate your skills with personal development plans, and individual learnings through the corporate library, public speaking support, and more.
Be among like-minded people
Work with a team of one mind who cares about what they do and how they do. Collaborate with top-notch experts who are always ready to help and support you through any challenges. Join company-wide tech and cultural events, and contribute to meaningful CSR initiatives that resonate with your values. Feel supported by your HR, and take advantage of our referral bonus program.
Interview steps
- Pre-Screening with the recruiter
- Technical Interview (up to 1,5 hours)
- Interview with Manager (60 min)
- Interview with Client.
