Software Development Engineer in Test

Role : Sr. / Lead SDETExperience : 4-9 YearsLocation : Bangalore/ Remote (first month of joining and 1 week per quarter to be onsite)About usLucidity is a rapidly growing company with a first of its kind and impactful product in the cloud storage. Joining Lucidity offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology, solve real-world problems for major enterprises, and be part of a company that is reshaping the future of cloud storage.We were also awarded Best Infra and Dev Tools SaaS Startup by SaaSBoomi – LinkListed among India’s Top Startups 2nd time by LinkedIn - LinkWe are backed by $32 M in funding from investors like Alpha Wave Global, WestBridge Capital, and Beenext - LinkWe are the category leader in cloud storage optimization.Trusted by major enterprises, including Fortune 500 companies spanning across the US and the UK, being the major Markets.Opportunity to work with experienced co-founders Vatsal & Nitin - serial entrepreneurs who bring with them more than a decade of experience working with companies like Microsoft, Swiggy, and Tracxn and building and selling large tech products.We have a presence across India, Abu Dhabi, the US, and the UK.What we doLucidity is a company that provides an automated NoOps disk auto-scaler for cloud storage across AWS, Azure, and GCP. It addresses over-provisioned block storage by dynamically scaling capacity, increasing disk utilization to around 80% from 25-35%. This results in cost reductions of up to 70% for businesses. Here's a video of what Lucidity does. Key benefits include:Significant Cost Savings on storage (especially EBS costs).Elimination of Downtime by preventing disk space issues.Reduced DevOps Effort through automation.Application Agnostic solution works with various systems.What you’ll do:Break things creatively: Design tests that expose weaknesses in storage tiering, kernelinteractions, and edge casesFind flaws early: Shift-left testing through fault injection, fuzzing, and adversarial approachesAutomate the chaos: Build test frameworks to simulate filesystem corruption, kernel panics, andrecovery scenariosPush systems to fail: Artificially induce I/O storms, memory leaks, and resource starvationDebug deep: Solve complex issues at the kernel, filesystem, and block device layersLead quality culture: Mentor engineers in defensive thinking with focus on NFRs and establishCI/CD pipelinesWhat you'll need:Must Haves:5+ years testing storage systems, filesystems, or cloud infrastructureStrong programming (Java/ Python) and test automation experienceHands-on with Linux/Windows storage stacks and benchmarking tools (fio, vdbench)Familiarity with kernel debugging (strace, eBPF, WinDbg)Experience with cloud storage platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)Good to haves:Open-source storage contributions (Ceph, ZFS, kernel)Production war stories of finding and fixing nasty bugsKnowledge of RAID, erasure coding, or tiering algorithmsCrash systems with purpose: We reward finding critical flawsShape our tech: Your testing directly influences architectureZero bureaucracy: Just hard problems and smart teammatesCompetitive pay in a high-growth startupWhy us?We're hiring a set of highly skilled, enthusiastic, and passionate people who thrive in a high-growthenvironment. We believe the best way to grow is to give everyone the opportunity to pursue theirinterests. Plus, with benefits like flexible hours, company offsite, unlimited leaves, we ensure you enjoy the journey as much as we do.What do we promise?A high-growth work environmentAutonomy to decide & deliver on KPIsWork from home | Flexible hours | Unlimited LeavesAttractive ESOPs. Potential to see 100x in the next 5 years.