SDET/Perf- Intern (Onsite)

At Yugabyte, we are on a mission to become the default transactional database for enterprises building cloud-native applications. YugabyteDB is our PostgreSQL-compatible distributed database for cloud-native apps. Resilient, scalable, and flexible, it runs on any cloud and enables developers to become instantly productive using well-known APIs.We are looking for talented and driven people to join us on our ambitious mission and help us build a lasting and impactful company.The transactional database market is estimated to grow to $64B by 2025. YugabyteDB is cloud-native by design, has on-demand horizontal scalability, and supports geographical distribution of data using built-in replication. This means that we are well-positioned to meet market demand for geo-distributed, high-scale, high-performance workloads.

Join the Database Revolution at Yugabyte.

Modern applications need a cloud-native database that eliminates tradeoffs and silos. YugabyteDB retains the power and familiarity of PostgreSQL by pairing its trusted API with a precision-engineered, distributed, cloud-native architecture. Even better, it’s 100% open source. Many of the world's leading enterprises are migrating from legacy RDBMSs (like Oracle, SQL Server, and DB2) to YugabyteDB, to meet their mission-critical app demands.

Your Impact:

As a Software Development in Test (SDET) Intern, you will be helping in building, executing, and analyzing tests with complex workloads for core database product with a vision of representing customer scenarios focusing on integration/system tests.

We are looking for a passionate student who exemplifies collaboration, is driven, excited to work in  a fast-paced startup environment, and who has a strong desire to learn how to build an internet-scale, extensible control plane with an emphasis on simplicity and user experience.

You’ll work alongside the best and the brightest engineering talent in the industry, and you’ll design your changes, estimate engineering efforts, implement and test your changes, push to releases, and triage production issues.

You will:

• Design, develop, and maintain automation framework, system and functional test suites, and contribute to Database platform development
• Test the product for performance, resiliency, security, scalability, and reliability
• Fix defects identified via testing in Database platform
• Understand the end-to-end configuration, technical dependencies, code paths, and overall behavioral characteristics of the products you test
• Analyze and understand existing test coverage and test cases, identifying opportunities for redesign, replacement, reusability, and improvement in efficiency and performance
• Define and inspire changes to our product with our development engineering team based on feedback from tests and customer issues
• Develop and contribute to internal and external knowledge bases, and be a champion for our customers
• Contribute to our suite of automated tests and testing infrastructure
• Go above and beyond to ensure customers are getting the most out of their investment in the Yugabyte platform

You'll need:

• Strong understanding of CS fundamentals, and how to apply them to code
• Strong programming skills with the ability to produce clear, efficient, and concise code (C++, Java, Python, etc.)
• Understanding of algorithms and data structures and how to efficiently implement them into a solution
• An understanding of SQL and/or CQL, as well as distributed systems and/or databases
• Familiarity with containers and cluster managers like Kubernetes
• Academic or professional/internship experience working in a professional coding setting is a plus
• A genuine passion for customers, with a drive to deliver a high-quality product
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Enrolled and working towards obtaining a B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or related field