About Cyera
Cyera is on a mission to protect one of the world's most valuable resources: data. Our AI-native platform gives organizations a complete view of where their data lives, how it’s used, and how to keep it safe, so they can reduce risk and unlock the full value of their data, wherever it is.
Since our founding in 2021, we’ve grown fast- Cyera-fast - securing over $1.3 billion in funding from the biggest pockets on the planet and establishing a global team. Today, Cyera is the fastest growing data security company on the planet, trusted by the Fortune 500 and beyond.
Come join the company reinventing data security, empowering businesses to realize the full potential of their data. As the leading data security platform purpose-built for the cloud era, Cyera’s mission is to reinvent how businesses secure data, enable agile collaboration, and boldly pursue new business opportunities. Trusted by security teams at leading global businesses, our team is proving that data security is the next big thing in cyber. Backed by the world’s leading investors and working with a large and growing list of Fortune 1000 companies, we are looking for world-class talent to join us as we usher in the new era of data security.
About the Role
We’re looking for a QA Automation Engineer to join our Backend Automation Team.
In this role, you’ll design, develop, and implement automated tests for complex backend services, ensuring our distributed systems remain reliable, performant, and secure as we scale.
You’ll collaborate closely with backend engineers and other QA automation developers to embed automation into the development lifecycle and take ownership of quality assurance across critical backend components.
What You’ll Do
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for backend services.
- Write clean, maintainable, and efficient test code in TypeScript.
- Build and execute automated test suites to validate Kafka message flows, stream processing, and other backend integrations, data pipelines, and APIs interactions.
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, monitor test coverage, and ensure test stability and reliability.
- Collaborate with backend developers to define test strategies and ensure new features are testable by design.
- Investigate, reproduce, and document defects with clear technical details and context.
- Continuously enhance test frameworks, tools, and internal QA processes for greater efficiency and robustness.
- 4+ years of experience in QA automation for backend systems.
- 2+ years of hands-on experience testing and automating Kafka-based architectures and REST APIs.
- Proficiency with Kubernetes and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Strong skills in TypeScript (preferred), or Python / Java.
- Solid understanding of API testing, microservices architecture, and asynchronous systems.
- Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a sharp eye for edge cases, scalability, and reliability.
Nice to Have
- Familiarity with SQL and backend data validation.
- Experience working with Docker.
- Understanding of distributed systems testing and load/performance testing.
- Background in data security or SaaS platforms.
Top Skills
What We Do
Our platform gives organizations a complete view of where their data lives, how it’s used, and how to keep it safe, so they can reduce risk and unlock the full value of their data, wherever it is. Backed by more than $1.7 billion in funding from top-tier investors including Accel, Blackstone, Coatue, Cyberstarts, Georgian, Lightspeed, and Sequoia, Cyera’s unified data security platform helps businesses discover, secure, and leverage their most valuable asset - data - and eliminate blind spots, cut alert noise, and protect sensitive information across the cloud, SaaS, databases, AI ecosystems, and on-premise environments.
Why Work With Us
Cyera's culture focuses on growth - for our employees, for our customers, and for our business. Our team is a collaborative, empowering group of innovators looking to make a lasting impact. We offer flexible work options, an unlimited vacation policy, and are dedicated to making our team successful.
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