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Our customers protect networks, secure nations, and power the global economy. The problems we solve are genuinely hard, and the work matters.\nFounded in 2016 by the team that built Cleversafe (acquired by IBM in 2015), Ocient is headquartered in Chicago with a remote-first global team. We are a carbon-neutral company backed by leading investors including Greycroft, OCA Ventures, In-Q-Tel, and Buoyant Ventures.\nDo not contact Ocient directly to apply for a role. For security purposes, any applications received via email will be deleted.\nJob Title: Senior Software QA Engineer\nLocation: Remote (India Based Only)\nHiring Manager: Senior QA Engineering Manager\nEstimated salary range: INR 3,100,000.00 - INR 4,000,000.00\nThe salary offered for this position will be based on a candidate’s experience and skill demonstrated during interviews and other evaluations\nPosition Overview:\nOcient is seeking a Senior Software QA Engineer with strong expertise in database system. 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Interested in new workload generation and understanding how they target performance and stress components of the database, developing infrastructure to measure key performance metrics in a database to understand and identify bottlenecks/soft spots.\nHighly collaborative, proactive with strong communication skills and the ability to work independently to deliver well-designed, meaningful test outcomes.\nResponsibilities:\nDesign and execute comprehensive test plans and automated suites to validate new features/optimizations for or database as a system.\nDevelop, run, and analyze regression tests targeting the system-level database functionality - ensuring functional stability, scalability, and performance.\nCollaborate strongly with Development team to implement tests onto nightly CI/QA infrastructure, improve existing test coverage and analysis tooling.\nOwn end-to-end evaluation of Ocient's platform components, partnering across teams to identify behavioral/functional issues, correctness gaps, and opportunities for performance optimization.\nProvide technical leadership in defining test strategies, frameworks, and best practices for validating complex optimization and execution scenarios.\nWork cross-functionally with engineering leadership and internal stakeholders to align on feature design goals, ensure test completeness, and drive timely resolution of issues.\nLead the evolution of database testing infrastructure to support scalability, reliability, and reproducibility across functional and system-level tests.\nAct as a subject matter expert for owned components, partnering with customer operations and development teams on escalated issues and validation.\nMentor junior engineers, fostering expertise in database testing methodologies.\nIdeal Qualifications:\nBachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent.\n4-6 years of experience in database development, administration, or QA engineering, ideally focused on testing and validating query processing behavior and database system components.\nDeep understanding of relational and distributed database systems, with strong skills in SQL query design, execution, and analysis.\nProven experience in test planning, designing, and executing automated, reliable test frameworks and workloads for databases.\nStrong QA and debugging skills with the ability to trace issues across query planning, execution, and component interactions within the database engine.\nSolid Linux expertise - comfortable monitoring resource utilization, analyzing logs, and understanding how system-level factors influence database behavior.\nProficiency in Python for test automation, diagnostics, and feature validation. Hands-on experience with JIRA, test case management system and version control tools.\nFamiliarity with cloud environments (AWS or GCP), including deployment and monitoring.\nExperience using AI coding assistants (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf) to author and maintain tests, with the judgment to review generated tests for vacuous assertions and hidden flakiness.\nAbility to analyze complex test results, interpret query execution behavior, and derive meaningful insights through visualization and test data analysis. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey technical findings clearly to diverse audiences.\nInterview Requirements: All interviews are conducted via video and require candidates to have their camera on for the duration of the session. The use of video filters, face-altering effects, or virtual backgrounds is not permitted for security and verification purposes.\nWe 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. \nOcient is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, parental status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, please contact  for more information.\nAll 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. 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