(SENIOR) TEST ARCHITECT (GO / PYTHON ) - CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE IN STACKIT CLOUD (m/f/d)
Schwarz Group18 days ago
Sofia, BulgariaSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and govern a comprehensive testing strategy across all IaaS products.
- Build reusable automated test primitives and scaffolding for OpenStack, Kubernetes, and distributed API backends and middleware.
- Integrate automated test reporting and release gates into development and deployment workflows.
- Shift testing earlier in the development lifecycle and dependency chain while improving pipeline performance and meaningful code coverage.
- Validate infrastructure component performance under load and ensure defects are identified before staging or production.
- Define testing coverage across unit, integration, stage/smoke, system, live system, acceptance, configuration, disaster recovery, and performance testing.
Requirements
- Extensive senior-level experience as a Test Architect, SDET, or Backend Engineer designing testing architectures for complex distributed systems, cloud environments, or infrastructure.
- Excellent programming skills in Golang and Python for test automation.
- Deep hands-on experience testing backend systems involving Linux, Kubernetes, OpenStack, and REST/gRPC APIs.
- Proven experience defining overarching strategies across the full testing pyramid.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD methodologies, infrastructure-as-code, and automated verification of production deployment readiness.
Benefits
- International team of experts with opportunities for career growth.
- Opportunity to work on European sovereign cloud infrastructure and products serving the Schwarz group across Europe and the US.
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About Schwarz Group
Schwarz Group is a German retail group that owns and operates the Lidl and Kaufland grocery chains, plus production and waste-management businesses (Schwarz Produktion and PreZero). Through its digital arm Schwarz Digits it builds and runs IT, cloud, data, and security services for its brands and external clients, and offers retail media solutions via Schwarz Media. Headquartered in Neckarsulm, it is privately held and active across Europe and beyond.