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Aviatrix
Full time
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USA
10/02/2026
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Santa Clara, CA

Responsibilities

Own the design, implementation, and ongoing improvement of the Platform and Hybrid Scale Integration Playground, including infrastructure provisioning, test tooling, and environment lifecycle management.
Build and scale hybrid test infrastructure supporting large-scale simulation environments with thousands of simulated gateways.
Develop benchmark test suites for scale-sensitive operations and detect regressions early in the release cycle.
Design and maintain Terraform-based infrastructure for scale and platform playground environments.
Identify test coverage gaps and improve coverage through new tooling and test strategies.
Partner with Networking, Platform, Security, and Engineering Release & Test teams on domain requirements, playground infrastructure, and test designs.
Mentor engineers and establish standards for test design, infrastructure quality, and engineering practices.
Lead test design and planning for platform and hybrid-scale features, managing timelines and execution.
Participate in code reviews, on-call rotations, and interviews.

Requirements

6+ years of experience in software development or test engineering, emphasizing infrastructure, scale testing, or platform engineering.
Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science or a related field.
Strong coding skills in Python and/or Golang.
Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure, networking, gateway architectures, VPCs, and cloud-service-provider account structures across AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI.
Hands-on experience designing and managing large-scale cloud test environments and infrastructure-as-code.
Proficiency with Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, Docker, and Kubernetes.
Ability to work independently and drive projects from design through delivery with minimal supervision.
Experience using AI-powered tools such as GitHub Copilot and LLM-based assistants to improve test generation, infrastructure automation, and engineering productivity.
Preferred experience with large-scale simulation or emulation environments, benchmark testing, hybrid or multi-cloud infrastructure, observability tools, and mentoring or technical leadership.

Benefits

US annual base salary range of $189,303-$222,710, plus benefits, 401(k) match, equity, and bonus eligibility.
US medical, dental, and vision coverage with 100% of employee premiums and 88% of dependent premiums covered.
401(k) match, short- and long-term disability, life/AD&D insurance, $1,000 per year education reimbursement, and flexible vacation policy.
Outside-US benefits may include pension, private medical coverage, generous holiday allowance, life assurance, long-term disability, and an annual wellbeing stipend, subject to regional variations.
Full-time position with a remote work designation (#LI-Remote).

Salary: $189k - $223k/yr

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