--- title: 'Staff SDET at YugabyteDB' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/staff-sdet-yugabytedb-india-0mag2gzzx38q' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-13' --- # Staff SDET at YugabyteDB - **Company:** YugabyteDB - **Location:** India - **Posted:** 2026-07-31 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/yugabyte/jobs/4698612006 ## Job description Yugabyte is the company behind YugabyteDB, the AI-ready, multi-modal, distributed PostgreSQL database for cloud-native apps. Trusted by industry leaders including Shopify, Paramount+, GM, Kroger, Fiserv, and NPCI, YugabyteDB has been deployed in over 100 countries and powers more than 5 million clusters worldwide. Together, our hard-working team of experts and our industry-leading technology are uniquely positioned to meet the demands of modern workloads: geo-distributed, ultra-resilient, and built to scale without limits. Our Yugabeings (distributed, like our database) span 12+ countries and multiple time zones, sharing expertise from diverse backgrounds and industries. ## About Yugabyte At Yugabyte, we are on a mission to become the default transactional database for enterprises building cloud-native applications. Our flagship product, YugabyteDB, is a PostgreSQL-compatible distributed database purpose-built for cloud-native workloads. It is resilient, scalable, and flexible—capable of running across any cloud or on-premises infrastructure. With familiar APIs and developer-friendly tools, YugabyteDB empowers developers to be instantly productive. The transactional database market is projected to reach $64B by 2025, and YugabyteDB’s cloud-native design, horizontal scalability, and geo-distribution capabilities position us perfectly to meet this demand. Many of the world’s leading enterprises are migrating from legacy RDBMSs (Oracle, SQL Server, DB2) to YugabyteDB to power their mission-critical applications. Join the Database Revolution at Yugabyte! ## Team The Database QA team is where distributed systems theory meets real-world chaos. We own the end-to-end quality of YugabyteDB, rigorously validating everything from core storage and language layers (YSQL/YCQL) to high-impact features like Change Data Capture. By blending performance engineering with system-level stress testing, we ensure our database thrives in the most unpredictable production environments. We are the champions of correctness in a distributed world. ## Role Are you obsessed with finding the 'impossible' bug? In this role, you will build and break distributed systems at scale. As an SDET at Yugabyte, you will design sophisticated automation and chaos-testing frameworks that simulate real-world disasters to validate our database’s core promises. You’ll dive deep into cross-feature integration and security, collaborating with development teams to influence the product's evolution. We’re looking for a technical leader who can transform complex customer scenarios into rigorous stress tests, ensuring YugabyteDB remains the gold standard for distributed SQL. ## Responsibilities - Architect, develop and maintain test automation frameworks. - Design and execute comprehensive test suites focusing on the "hard problems" of distributed databases: stress, resiliency, scalability, and performance. - Design and orchestrate distributed systems tests that simulate real-world failure modes. - Own the end-to-end quality of major features, from initial design review and test planning to production-ready automation - Modernize existing test footprints by identifying opportunities for redesign, improved efficiency, and higher stability in CI/CD pipelines. - Uncover deep-seated bugs such as data corruption and consistency violations. - Deep-dive into the codebase to understand technical dependencies and execution paths, ensuring tests target the most critical logic. - Scale our test infrastructure, ensuring that the built tests scale with our growing feature set. - Define and inspire changes to our product with our development engineering team based on feedback from tests and customer issues. - Act as a technical lead for junior engineers and serve as an internal advocate for the customer experience. - Develop and contribute to internal and external knowledge bases. Be a champion for our customers. - Go above and beyond to ensure customers are getting the most out of their investment in the Yugabyte database. ## Requirements - 5–8 years of experience in Software Development in Test (SDET) or Systems Engineering, with a BS/MS in Computer Science or a related field. - Strong foundation in Distributed Systems: Deep understanding of distributed architecture, including consistency models (linearizability, serializability), the CAP theorem, and consensus protocols (Raft). - Database Internals Expertise: Highly desirable knowledge of query processing, transactions (ACID), recovery logs, and concurrent B-tree access. - Proficient in Data Structures and Concurrent Programming. Must be comfortable reading and navigating the complex C++ codebase to identify potential failure points. - Working knowledge of Python, Java programming languages and advanced SQL. - Sound understanding of JDBC APIs and database connectivity. - Hands-on experience with Linux, shell scripting, Git, and architecting scalable CI/CD pipelines - Ability to leverage generative AI and LLM-based coding assistants to accelerate the authoring, refactoring, and optimization of complex test suites. - Exceptional troubleshooting skills with a "break-it" mindset; ability to trace issues from high-level test failures down to the code level for both internal and customer-reported bugs. - A proven track record of identifying complex bugs, specifically data corruption and consistency issues. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: As an equal opportunity employer, Yugabyte is committed to a diverse workforce. Employment decisions regarding recruitment and selection will be made without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, genetic information or characteristic, gender identity and expression, veteran status, or other non-job related characteristics or other prohibited grounds specified in applicable federal, state and local laws. ## Equal Employment Opportunity Statement Yugabyte is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable laws. #LI-Hybrid Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: As an equal opportunity employer, Yugabyte is committed to a diverse workforce. Employment decisions regarding recruitment and selection will be made without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, genetic information or characteristic, gender identity and expression, veteran status, or other non-job related characteristics or other prohibited grounds specified in applicable federal, state and local laws. To review Yugabyte's Privacy Policy please visit [Yugabyte Privacy Notice](https://www.yugabyte.com/privacy-policy/#:~:text=Communicate%20with%20Customers%3A%20We%20use,up%20to%20date%20with%20what%27s). ## About YugabyteDB ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: YugabyteDB is an AI-ready, high-performance, distributed PostgreSQL-compatible database for cloud-native, mission-critical transactional applications. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series C) - **Headquarters**: Sunnyvale, California, USA - **Founded**: 2016 - **Founders**: Kannan Muthukkaruppan, Karthik Ranganathan, and Mikhail Bautin (former Facebook engineers) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Database / Infrastructure Software - **Target customers**: B2B, Enterprise, and SMB; organizations running cloud-native, transactional, and global-scale applications (Fortune 100 companies, leading retailers, auto manufacturers, fintech, and financial services firms). - **Mission or purpose**: To provide a data platform that is infinite, everlasting, and adds value—empowering organizations to realize the full potential of a cloud-native world with a modern distributed database. ## Products & Services - **[YugabyteDB (Open Source)]**: A fully open-source (Apache 2.0), distributed SQL RDBMS that is PostgreSQL-compatible. It offers high availability, disaster recovery, seamless scalability, and advanced vector indexing for GenAI and RAG applications. Designed for cloud-native apps, it supports Kubernetes, microservices, and multi-cloud deployments. - **[YugabyteDB Aeon]**: A fully managed Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) platform introduced in 2021, available on public clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP). It enhances data infrastructure flexibility and reduces operational overhead. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed. - **Key Metric**: Total Funding — Over $280 million raised. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Dell Technologies Capital, Alkeon Capital, Meritech Capital, 8VC, Wipro Ventures, and Wells Fargo Strategic Capital. Advisors include Scott McNealy (co-founder of Sun Microsystems). - **Growth Signals**: Over 1 million transactions per second processed; more than 10,000 GitHub stars; deployed in 100+ countries; trusted by Fortune 100 companies; strong community of 11,000+ members; expanding globally with offices in Sunnyvale, Bangalore, Pune, Singapore, and Tokyo. ## Competitive Advantages - **PostgreSQL Compatibility**: Offers a drop-in replacement for PostgreSQL with built-in distributed capabilities, allowing developers to use familiar tools and extensions. - **Open Source Core**: Fully open-source (Apache 2.0) with no proprietary licensing, fostering a strong community and developer trust. - **Cloud-Native & Multi-Model**: Combines a high-performance document store, auto-sharding, per-shard distributed consensus replication (inspired by Google Spanner), and multi-shard ACID transactions. - **AI-Ready**: Advanced vector indexing for RAG and GenAI applications, with integrations for LangChain, LlamaIndex, and major AI platforms. ## Strategic Focus - **AI & GenAI Integration**: Expanding capabilities for enterprise-grade, ultra-resilient RAG and GenAI applications. - **Cloud-Native Growth**: Deepening support for Kubernetes, microservices, and multi-cloud/hybrid deployments. - **Enterprise Adoption**: Targeting mission-critical workloads for large enterprises, with a focus on database modernization and cloud-native application development. - **Global Expansion**: Growing presence across North America, Asia-Pacific (India, Singapore, Japan), and Europe. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Built on three core values: Trust (transparency, integrity, humility), Relationships (with colleagues, customers, and community), and Outcomes (technical excellence and positive impact). - **Work Models**: Offers flexible work arrangements including fully remote, hybrid, and in-office options depending on role and location. - **Global Team**: Distributed engineering and sales teams providing 24/7 follow-the-sun support. Offices in Sunnyvale, Bangalore, Pune, Singapore, and Tokyo. - **Perks**: Unlimited PTO, health insurance, company stock options, retirement plans, home office setup reimbursement, professional development reimbursement, bi-annual wellness days, and childcare benefits. - **Engineering Culture**: Emphasis on technical excellence, ownership, and building high-performance distributed systems. Founded by engineers with a track record at Facebook (Cassandra, HBase). - **Growth Opportunities**: Diverse career paths in engineering, product management, sales, and marketing. Fast-paced environment with a focus on innovation. ## Sources 1. [yugabyte.com](https://www.yugabyte.com/) 2. [yugabyte.com/careers](https://www.yugabyte.com/careers/) 3. [yugabyte.com/about](https://www.yugabyte.com/about/) 4. [greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/yugabyte) 5. 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