QA Engineer II

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About Ocient:

Ocient is a data analytics software solutions company that enables always-on, compute-intensive analysis of complex, large-scale data with outstanding performance that delivers up to 90% price savings. Ocient brings data transformation, loading, complex query processing, AI, OcientML® and OcientGeo® as a single, consolidated solution for deeper insights and data-driven decision making. Enterprises can deploy Ocient’s pilot-to-production solutions on premises, in the OcientCloud® or in the public cloud, with little to no resource-intensive integration. Ocient is a global, carbon-neutral company, headquartered in Chicago, and backed by leading investors including Greycroft, OCA Ventures, In-Q-Tel and Buoyant Ventures. For more information, please visit www.ocient.com.

Position Overview:

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain automated test frameworks and tooling using Ocient’s infrastructure.
• Build automated validation for backend services, APIs, distributed workflows, and data pipelines
• Improve the reliability, readability, and maintainability of existing automated test suites
• Identify and reduce flaky or low-signal tests with component owners
• Collaborate with Software and QA engineers to improve testability and coverage
• Contribute to performance and scalability testing through automated approaches
• Follow automation targets and testing policies to ensure consistent quality signal

Design, implement, and maintain automated test frameworks and tooling using Ocient’s infrastructure.

Build automated validation for backend services, APIs, distributed workflows, and data pipelines

Improve the reliability, readability, and maintainability of existing automated test suites

Identify and reduce flaky or low-signal tests with component owners

Collaborate with Software and QA engineers to improve testability and coverage

Contribute to performance and scalability testing through automated approaches

Follow automation targets and testing policies to ensure consistent quality signal

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in software quality engineering with a strong focus on automation
• Strong hands-on experience writing and maintaining automated test infrastructure within a shared test framework (e.g., pytest or similar).
• Experience writing code in Python and Java that is readable, maintainable, and reviewed as part of a shared codebase.
• Comfort working primarily in Linux-based environments, including command-line workflows for building, running, and debugging automated tests.
• Experience testing backend systems, APIs, or distributed services
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and automated test execution
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
• Ability to collaborate effectively with software engineers and QA partners

3+ years of experience in software quality engineering with a strong focus on automation

Strong hands-on experience writing and maintaining automated test infrastructure within a shared test framework (e.g., pytest or similar).

Experience writing code in Python and Java that is readable, maintainable, and reviewed as part of a shared codebase.

Comfort working primarily in Linux-based environments, including command-line workflows for building, running, and debugging automated tests.

Experience testing backend systems, APIs, or distributed services

Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and automated test execution

Strong debugging and problem-solving skills

Ability to collaborate effectively with software engineers and QA partners

We are not open to using an agency or staffing company at this time. We do not accept unsolicited agency or staffing resumes and we are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Ocient provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and makes all hiring decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

All official Ocient job postings and recruiting communications will come directly from our team via our Careers page, LinkedIn, or from an ocient.com email address. If you receive communication about a role from any other source, please treat it with caution and direct questions torecruiting@ocient.com.

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