Quality Engineer, Protocols

WEKA is architecting a new approach to the enterprise data stack built for the age of reasoning. The WEKA® Data Platform sets the standard for agentic AI data infrastructure with a cloud and AI-native software solution that can be deployed anywhere. It transforms legacy data silos into data pipelines that dramatically increase GPU utilization and make AI model training and inference, machine learning, and other compute-intensive workloads run faster, work more efficiently, and consume less energy.

WEKA is a pre-IPO, growth-stage company on a hyper-growth trajectory. We’ve raised $375M in capital with dozens of world-class venture capital and strategic investors. We help the world’s largest and most innovative enterprises and research organizations, including 12 of the Fortune 50, achieve discoveries, insights, and business outcomes faster and more sustainably. We’re passionate about solving our customers’ most complex data challenges to accelerate intelligent innovation and business value. If you share our passion, we invite you to join us on this exciting journey.

At WEKA, we’re driven by a passion for solving complex data challenges, empowering our customers to innovate faster, and driving their business growth. If you share this passion, we’d love for you to join us on this exciting journey!

Weka.io is looking for a QA Engineer with a quality-first mindset—someone who thinks like a user, anticipates failure points, and is driven to ensure product excellence. If you're passionate about delivering robust, reliable software and believe quality is a shared responsibility across the team, this is for you.

About The Role

As part of our development team, you'll lead efforts to ensure the quality of our cutting-edge solutions. We value QA professionals who know how to balance deep product exploration with smart automation—using whatever tools and approaches are needed to maintain speed and quality in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Apply strong QA thinking to define and drive end-to-end testing strategies.
• Design and execute test plans for new features and system-wide behavior.
• Perform thorough manual testing to uncover hidden issues and edge cases.
• Write and maintain automation tests in Python to improve test coverage and efficiency.
• Analyze technical implementations and identify weak points or risks.
• Collaborate with development and product teams to refine requirements and provide early feedback.
• Prioritize bugs by customer impact and product stability.
• Contribute to evolving QA practices and continuous improvement.
  
  

Requirements

• Strong QA mindset with deep curiosity and a hands-on approach to product testing.
• Proven experience with both manual and automated testing—each used as needed to deliver quality fast.
• Proficiency in Python for automation, with an emphasis on quality-driven use, not just development.
• Strong technical skills, able to understand system architecture.
• Ability to distinguish between critical issues and minor glitches, always from the user’s perspective.
• Excellent communication skills, including clear bug reporting and collaboration.
• Fluent in English (spoken and written).
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in a QA position.
• Familiarity with storage systems and protocols like S3, SMB, or NFS.
• Hands-on Linux experience.
  
  

The WEKA Way

We are Accountable: We take full ownership, always—even when things don’t go as planned. We lead with integrity, show up with responsibility and hold ourselves and each other to the highest standards.

We are Brave: We question the status quo, push boundaries, and take smart risks. We welcome challenges and embrace debates as opportunities for growth.

We are Collaborative: We lift each other up to succeed collectively. We’re team-oriented, empathetic, and transparent. Together, we’re unstoppable.

We are Customer Centric: Our customers are at the heart of everything we do. We listen, prioritize their success, and act with their best interests in mind. When our customers win, we win.