Senior Engineer (SDET) Cloud

Aptiv • Kanata, ON

4d • CA$90,000 - CA$120,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Within the Wind River Cloud team, this role focuses on ensuring the quality and reliability of the Wind River Conductor platform, a key orchestration engine in the Wind River Cloud Platform (WRCP). The position blends software development and advanced test automation to validate large-scale distributed systems built on Kubernetes, containers, and cloud-native technologies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or related field
• 5–7+ years of software engineering or SDET experience
• Strong Python programming skills
• Experience with Linux and shell scripting
• Experience testing and deploying software with Kubernetes, Docker, and Helm
• Experience working in Agile/SCRUM teams
• Experience building or testing distributed systems
• Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Experience working with globally distributed teams

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Cloudify or Wind River Cloud Platform
• Understanding of OpenStack architecture (Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Keystone)
• Experience with RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, YAML, and TOSCA
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks
• Background in high-availability or carrier-grade systems
• Contributions to open-source projects
• Experience with performance, scale, or chaos testing

Responsibilities

• Develop and test software for a complete cloud infrastructure software stack
• Design and build scalable test automation for Wind River Conductor
• Design and implement high-quality code based on Kubernetes, containerized applications and distributed cloud systems
• Develop end-to-end, integration, and system-level tests for distributed cloud systems
• Apply Test-Driven Development (TDD) and automation-first practices
• Validate Kubernetes-based deployments across distributed environments
• Own regression testing strategy, prioritization, and execution
• Investigate and debug issues during product verification and customer integration
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and test infrastructure
• Work with open-source technologies such as Kubernetes, OpenStack, Helm, Ansible, and Docker
• Support platform upgrades, automation, and lifecycle validation
• Contribute and collaborate across development, QA/PV, and platform engineering teams

Benefits

• Company-sponsored health, dental, and life insurance.
• Income protection through short and long-term disability coverage.
• Matching RRSP.
• Vacation and various time off policies to encourage work-life balance.
• Well-being programs: Employee assistance program, mental well-being through Unmind.
• Learning benefits: LinkedIn Learning subscription and seminars.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior