Cohesity logo
Cohesity Verified
Enterprise Software, Data Management, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), Storage/FileSystems

Santa Clara, California, United StatesHybridFull Time$164,250–$182,500 /yrPosted 25 days agoVisa sponsorship available

Is this role right for you?

Upload your resume and get a skill-by-skill breakdown — see exactly where you match, where you're close, and what to highlight. Not a mystery percentage.

Get a tailored resume highlighting what this role needs.

Role summary

Cohesity is seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with expertise in storage and file systems to join their team in Santa Clara, CA. This hybrid role involves owning product areas, leading test efforts for storage, data path, file system, and cloud components. You will collaborate with engineering teams on feature design, develop test methodologies and plans, and execute manual and automated test cases. Responsibilities include analyzing failures, root cause analysis, defect filing, and automating tests. The role also involves managing the CI environment and mentoring team members. The ideal candidate has 6+ years of experience in software testing for large-scale distributed systems, strong knowledge of NAS protocols, programming experience in Python/Go/Bash, and familiarity with storage stack, file system internals, and testing tools.

*Interested candidates based outside of the designated areas are welcome to apply, provided they have the indefinite right to work in the job location.*
Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management. Aided by an extensive ecosystem of partners, Cohesity makes it easy to secure, protect, manage, and get value from data — across the data center, edge, and cloud. Cohesity helps organizations defend against cybersecurity threats with comprehensive data security and management capabilities, including immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, monitoring for malicious behavior, and rapid recovery at scale.
We’ve been named a Leader by multiple analyst firms and have been globally recognized for Innovation, Product Strength, and Simplicity in Design.
Join us on our mission to shape the future of our industry.
PLEASE NOTE
the following requirements for this position:

  • A commitment to work onsite in office 2-3 days per week (hybrid) out of Santa Clara, CA
  • Strong experience with NAS storage protocols like SMB/S3 & NFS
  • Programming experience with Pytest (ideally), Go, Python, and/or Bash
  • Domain experience working in distributed systems, the storage stack, and file system internals
  • Experience with testing tools like fio, fsct, vdbench, dd, specFS, and/or virtana

How You’ll Spend Your Time Here

  • Own product areas and lead the test effort focused in storage, data path, file system & Cloud components.
  • Work with the engineering team during the feature design and implementation phases to develop:
  • the test methodology (designing the test approach) to test the feature end-to-end.
  • test plans.
  • Collaborate with other testing members, developers, technical writers, and customer solutions engineers to ensure the company delivers high quality products to our customers.
  • Execute multiple iterations of the test plan by running manual and automated test cases.
  • Analyze failures and root cause issues, file defects, follow up with developers, documentation and other teams on the resolution.
  • Automate test cases.
  • Monitor and manage the continuous integration environment.
  • Mentor team members.

WE’D LOVE TO TALK WITH YOU IF YOU HAVE MANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

  • 6+ years of software testing experience with large-scale distributed systems
  • Experience with NAS storage protocols like SMB, NFS, S3, iSCSI, and CIFs
  • Programming experience in Pytest (ideally), go, Python, and/or bash
  • Technical proficiency with the storage stack, file system internals, and testing tools like fio, fsct, vdbench, dd, specFs, virtana, etc.
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems, including databases, storage, map-reduce frameworks, etc.
  • Troubleshooting skills spanning multiple software and hardware components, including storage systems and kernels
  • Possess good understanding of QA methodologies and processes.
  • Strong test planning ability with understanding of enterprise storage workflows.
  • Ability to take up variety of roles in a startup environment.
  • Excellent troubleshooting abilities spanning multiple software and hardware components (such as switches, storage systems, kernels).
  • Good knowledge of storage stack, file system internals and testing tools like fio, fsct, vdbench, dd, specFs etc.
  • Demonstrated ability to implement AI-driven solutions to improve business processes and operational efficiency

Disclosure Pursuant to Applicable State Equal Pay Transparency Laws - This position has a starting pay range as listed below. Actual salary depends upon many factors, including a candidate’s skills, qualifications and experience, location, and salary expectations, and therefore a starting salary at the low end, high end, or even above the stated range may be offered. This position may also be eligible for bonus compensation, commission (if in a sales function), and/or equity grants. Additionally, full-time employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits framework, including health and wellness benefits, vacation, paid holidays and refresh days, 401(k) retirement plan, life and disability insurance coverages, and other benefits the Company may offer from time to time.
Pay Range :
$164,250.00-$182,500.00
*The compensation noted above is based on an annualized hourly rate assuming normal full-time employment.*
*Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates:
For information on personal data processing, please see our*
*Privacy Policy*
*.
Equal Employment Opportunity Employer (EEOE)
Cohesity is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status or any other category protected by law.
If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact us at 1-855-9COHESITY or*
*recruiting@cohesity.com*
*for assistance.
In-Office Expectations
Cohesity employees who are within a reasonable commute (e.g. within a forty-five (45) minute average travel time) work out of our core offices 2-3 days a week of their choosing.*
*Interested candidates based outside of the designated areas are welcome to apply, provided they have the right to work in the job location.*

Sample Cohesity interview questions

  • 1

    Build a platform for real-time cloud monitoring and alerts.

    system designmedium
  • 2

    Build a system for real-time data analytics.

    system designmedium
  • 3

    Merge a New Interval: Merge a new interval into a list of non-overlapping intervals.

    codingmedium
  • 4

    Palindromes in Base-10 and Base-k Return the first n integers that are palindromes in both base-10 and base-k. Input: n = 2, k = 4 Output: [1, 5] Explanation: 1 is '1' in base 4, and 5 is '11' in base 4. Both are perfect palindromes in decimal and base 4 simultaneously.

    codingmedium
  • 5

    Add Two Numbers Represented as Strings: Add two non-negative integers represented as strings.

    codingmedium

Sign up for a personalized interview prep pack tailored to this role.

Ready to apply?
You'll be redirected to Cohesity's application page.

Similar roles