Software Engineer (Quality)

HiddenLayer

3d • Remote

About The Position

Increase deployment confidence and velocity by embedding automation and quality signals into everyday engineering work.
Improve reliability of low-latency, distributed services running in Kubernetes by catching regressions early and validating failure modes.
Eliminate “QA phases” by building rapid, team-embedded validation that runs continuously in CI/CD.
Establish clear quality metrics across our microservice catalog so teams can see, own, and improve service health over time.

Requirements

• Experience shipping automation-first quality practices that support safe continuous deployment.
• Strong experience testing microservices / distributed systems, including integration points and failure scenarios.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and containerized workloads (Docker, Helm-based deployments).
• Familiarity with AWS or Azure environments and cloud-native debugging.
• Ability to contribute in at least one of: TypeScript/React, Go, or Python (to build/extend test tools and frameworks).
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments (iterative planning, continuous improvement).
• Strong communication skills; you proactively align stakeholders and surface tradeoffs.
• Comfort with ambiguity and a bias for action—you move forward while clarifying what needs to be figured out.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with low-latency/performance testing (p95/p99 regression detection, load testing, scalability validation).
• Familiarity with observability (metrics/logs/traces) and using telemetry to improve test signal and triage.
• Experience building quality dashboards and defining quality KPIs across multiple services.
• Exposure to ML/AI workflows or platforms (e.g., ML-Ops style integrations) and testing those integrations.
• Experience with contract testing, service mesh/API gateways, or event-driven systems.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain automation (unit/integration/e2e) that enables continuous deployment with high confidence.
• Create test harnesses and frameworks to accelerate critical-path, upgrade, and failure-mode testing across microservices.
• Validate installation and upgrade workflows for Kubernetes deployments (Helm, manifests, customer-like configuration).
• Run environment and compatibility testing across cloud and customer setups (AWS/Azure, networking/storage/security variability).
• Track, publish, and operationalize quality metrics (coverage, flake rate, defect escapes, regression trends) for each service.
• Partner closely with Engineering, Product, and Security—communicate early, document risks, and seek alignment on release readiness.
• Use AI-assisted tools to accelerate test development, triage, and analysis while applying strong engineering judgment.

Benefits

• Fully Remote: We are a completely remote global team. Though we’re distributed, we are intentional about getting the team together a couple of times a year. We offer a generous stipend for your home office setup, annual upgrades to ensure you have a comfortable workspace and a monthly stipend for internet/phone expenses.
• Comprehensive Health & Wellness Benefits: Better than your average startup healthcare benefits. With five options to choose from, of which are fully subsidized by HiddenLayer, we offer a variety of options to fit each person’s needs. We also offer vision, dental, and 401k offerings.
• Flexible Time Off: Enjoy unlimited and flexible time off for all salaried employees, in addition to 15 paid company holidays.
• Commitment to Learning and Development: We support personal growth and education through a dedicated L&D fund that can be used for training, conferences, certifications and industry events.
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: We are committed to building a diverse team with individuals from various backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed