Senior QualDev Architect

About Aeris Communications Inc.

For more than three decades, Aeris has been a trusted cellular IoT leader enabling the biggest IoT programs and opportunities across Automotive, Utilities and Energy, Fleet Management and Logistics, Medical Devices, and Manufacturing. Our IoT technology expertise serves a global ecosystem of 7,000 enterprise customers and 30 mobile network operator partners, and 90 million IoT devices across the world. Aeris powers todays connected smart world with innovative technologies and borderless connectivity that simplify management, enhance security, optimize performance, and drive growth.

Detailed Job Description:

We are looking for a Senior Software QA Architect to define and drive quality strategy for complex enterprise SaaS platforms spanning APIs, Big Data, Analytics, and AI-driven systems . This role requires deep test automation expertise and proven technical leadership , with a strong preference for experience in the IOT/Security / telecom network domain . You will play a critical role in shaping quality architecture, influencing engineering practices, and leading teams to deliver highly reliable, scalable, and secure platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

Quality Architecture & Strategy

• Define and own the end-to-end QA architecture and quality roadmap.
• Establish automation-first, shift-left quality practices aligned with CI/CD pipelines.
• Design scalable testing strategies for distributed systems, microservices, and data platforms.

Test Automation

• Architect and implement robust test automation frameworks.
• API testing (REST, gRPC, event-driven systems)
• Data validation for Big Data and analytics pipelines
• AI/ML workflows (data quality, model validation, regression)
• Ensure high automation coverage across functional, integration, and regression testing
• Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines for continuous quality feedback
• Evaluate, standardize, and evolve testing tools, frameworks, and best practices
• Drive improvements in test reliability, execution speed, and maintainability

Leadership & Collaboration

• Act as a technical leader for QA engineers and SDETs.
• Mentor, coach, and grow teams on test automation, architecture, and quality mindset.
• Partner with engineering, product management, and platform teams to ensure quality by design.
• Influence cross-functional teams and leadership on quality risks, trade-offs, and decisions.
• Lead quality governance, reviews, and readiness for major releases.

Non-Functional Testing

• Define and oversee performance, scalability, resiliency, security, and reliability testing.
• Ensure production readiness through observability, monitoring, and post-release quality metrics.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years in software quality engineering, with 35+ years in a senior/principal/architect role.
• Proven expertise in test automation architecture and implementation.
• Strong programming skills in Java, Python, JavaScript, or similar languages.
• Hands-on experience testing APIs, Big Data platforms, analytics systems, and AI-based solutions.
• Deep understanding of CI/CD, DevOps, and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience driving quality across enterprise-grade SaaS solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the IOT/cellular /telecom network domain (network analytics).
• Experience with cloud platforms (GCP is preferred).
• Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes technologies.
• Experience defining quality KPIs.