Principal Software Engineer in Test - Python

About the role

Principal Software Engineer in Test – System Test

Location: Nasuni IIC - Hyderabad, India - Hybrid - 3 days onsite / 2 days remote

About Nasuni

Nasuni is the unstructured data foundation for enterprise teams—and the AI that supports them. We manage, protect, and activate the world’s unstructured data so organizations can work smarter, spend wisely, and create safely without limits. As a Vista-backed SaaS data infrastructure company, Nasuni is transforming how enterprises manage file data with a next-generation, AI-ready platform—turning massive file stores into secure, actionable, and AI-ready data for intelligent automation, analytics, and global collaboration.

Why Work at Nasuni (Hyderabad / India)

With Vista Equity Partners’ backing, our Hyderabad team benefits from access to a global ecosystem of software leaders—cross-portfolio learning, leadership programs, and AI innovation communities—combining the pace of a fast-growing company with the scale and resources of a global technology investor. You’ll innovate at the intersection of cloud, AI, and enterprise data infrastructure, collaborate with talented teams, and build modern platforms trusted by enterprises worldwide. Join us in Hyderabad and help shape the future of intelligent, AI-ready data management.

Role Overview

The testing team at Nasuni is dedicated to testing and validating the Cloud File Data Services platform, confirming that it can handle the demands of performance, scalability, and reliability required by our enterprise customers worldwide. As a Principal Software Engineer in Test, you will serve as the technical expert on product functionality, test infrastructure, automation tooling, and system validation. You will architect and evolve our PyTest-based automation framework, drive test strategies for complex subsystems, mentor engineers, and ensure that quality and testability are embedded into every stage of the development lifecycle.

As a Principal Engineer in Test on the IIC Test team, you will:

- Design, implement, and maintain comprehensive test plans and test cases for functional and system testing of complex features and subsystems.

- Design and develop automated QA test infrastructure using Python, expanding the automated test framework to validate large-scale, distributed systems in cloud and hybrid environments.

- Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) by mastering key areas of the testing domain, providing technical guidance, and ensuring best practices are applied across projects.

- Mentor engineers in automation practices, test design, debugging, and distributed systems testing.

- Collaborate with Development, Product, Performance, Sustaining, and Customer Support teams to define test coverage, ensure platform reliability, and resolve issues quickly.

- Lead complex testing initiatives as a self-starter, managing priorities and deliverables with minimal supervision while upholding high quality standards.