--- title: 'Software Engineer in Test at Confluera' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/software-engineer-in-test-confluera-palo-alto-p7m8degkt8dj' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-11' --- # Software Engineer in Test at Confluera - **Company:** Confluera - **Location:** Palo Alto, CA - **Employment:** full-time - **Posted:** 2021-01-20 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/confluera/37fbbc1c-d092-49ca-83c6-3839bcd04513 ## Job description Confluera is a cybersecurity company building a real-time detection and response platform. Since its inception Confluera has been committed to delivering detection capabilities that are accurate and surgical. We are seeking an experienced quality assurance engineer to take our product to the next level. You will be responsible for developing QA program that not only safeguards the quality of our products, but also fosters a "quality culture" for all engineers in the company. ## Responsibilities + Deriving test plans from product requirements documents laid out by the Product Marketing teams + Designing and specifying a test infrastructure using (or enhancing) the existing automation framework to execute the test plan + Reviewing test plans and procedures for adequacy and completeness/correctness; analyzing test results and interacting with Software and Test engineers in the resolution/root causes of test failures; + Scripting all test cases using the automation environment and integrating them in the regression infrastructure to verify conformance of feature functionality; + Design test infra using python for regression automation and integrate with log warehouse for test analytics dashboard + Design test framework to integrate with workflows for orchestration and management system. This includes exposing API layer for large-scale systems, cloud hosting providers - AWS/Azure, and container ecosystems + Define build pipeline yaml for auto-trigger of multiple deployment workflows -Regression , agent integration and commit review. Integrate with build and CI tools + Build Monitoring, reporting, data-mining tools to do performance and capacity-related tests and analysis. + Track the bug with JIRA tool . Identify, analyze, and document problems with program function, output, online screen, or content + Collect requirements from test engineers to define test infra automation calls from in-house python framework and robo/selenium for front-end UI validations ## Skills and Qualifications + Masters degree 2+ years or Bachelors degree with 4+ of experience in QA domain + Attention to details and passion for quality + Knowledge of quality assurance terminology, methods, and tools + Analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills + Demonstrated knowledge of testing best practices, version control practices and defect management practice ## Preferred Qualifications + Self-starter and team player + Experience working at a fast paced startups. ## About Confluera ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Confluera provides an autonomous detection and response (CxDR) platform that uses a patented Continuous Attack Graph to track and stop cyberattacks across cloud infrastructure in real time. - **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by XM Cyber in March 2023) - **Headquarters**: Palo Alto, California, United States - **Founded**: 2016 (some sources list 2019; conflicting reports) - **Founders**: Bipul Sinha (co-founder/chairman), Niloy Mukherjee, Abhijit Ghosh (co-founder/CTO) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Cybersecurity – Cloud Detection and Response (CxDR / XDR) - **Target customers**: B2B – security operations teams (SecOps), DevOps, and cloud infrastructure teams in enterprises and mid-market organizations - **Mission**: “Deliver real-time infrastructure-wide cyber kill chain tracking and response by leveraging ‘Continuous Attack Graph’ to deterministically stop and remediate cyberthreats in real-time.” ## Products & Services - **[Confluera CxDR Platform](https://www.confluera.com/)**: A cloud-native extended detection and response platform that ingests telemetry from workloads, control plane, and data plane layers, then builds a Continuous Attack Graph to create real-time Attack Storyboards. It reduces alert noise by up to 98% and accelerates investigation time by 10x. Key capabilities include automated threat storyboarding, incident response automation, and integration with SIEMs, CWPPs, EDRs, and CSPMs. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (acquired by XM Cyber; terms not public) - **Key Metric**: Total funding of $29M raised over 2 rounds (Series A and Series B led by Icon Ventures) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Icon Ventures (lead), with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Ravi Mhatre, and angel investors. Post-acquisition, parent company XM Cyber provides additional channel and partnership reach. - **Growth Signals**: Acquired by XM Cyber (March 2023) to strengthen XM Cyber’s cloud detection and response capabilities. Employee count reported as 6 as of May 2026 (Tracxn) but likely integrated into XM Cyber’s larger team. The company’s technology is used to intercept zero-day and insider attacks across multi-cloud/hybrid environments. ## Competitive Advantages - **Patented Continuous Attack Graph**: Causally stitches events in real-time (not after-the-fact correlation), enabling deterministic tracking of attack chains across cloud infrastructure. - **Deep cloud observability**: Covers workload, control plane, and data plane layers, providing context that traditional EDR/XDR tools miss. - **Noise reduction**: Distills thousands of alerts into a handful of high-risk Attack Storyboards, dramatically reducing false positives. - **Real-time response**: Provides in-context response recommendations and automated investigation timelines, cutting mean-time-to-respond (MTTR) significantly. ## Strategic Focus - **Post-acquisition integration**: Under XM Cyber, Confluera’s technology is being embedded into a broader exposure management and cyber posture platform. - **Cloud-native expansion**: Continued focus on multi-cloud and hybrid environments, with emphasis on tracking lateral movement, container escapes, and identity-based attacks. - **Partner ecosystem**: Leveraging XM Cyber’s existing channel and MSSP relationships to scale adoption. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Confluera emphasizes a fast-paced, engineering-driven environment focused on solving hard cloud security problems. The team is small (historically ~18 employees) but tightly integrated with XM Cyber post-acquisition. - **Location**: Office in Palo Alto, CA. Employees work from the physical office (on-site policy reported by Built In). - **Benefits**: Competitive compensation, stock options (likely through XM Cyber), 401k, premium insurance, and free gourmet food. - **Engineering culture**: Deep technical challenges in real-time graph processing, cloud telemetry, and ML-based anomaly detection. Opportunity to work on patented, cutting-edge detection technology. - **Job seekers note**: As an acquired company, roles may be under XM Cyber’s umbrella. Check current openings on their careers page (Lever). ## Sources 1. [confluera.com – Careers](https://www.confluera.com/careers) 2. [confluera.com – Home](https://www.confluera.com/) 3. [confluera.com – Team](https://www.confluera.com/team) 4. [builtin.com – Confluera Profile](https://builtin.com/company/confluera) 5. 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