Senior Spark QA Engineer

Senior Spark QA Engineer – Functional & Performance Testing

Location: Remote
Experience: 5+ Years

Job Description -
We are looking for a Senior Spark QA Engineer with strong expertise in functional and performance testing of Apache Spark applications and distributed data platforms.

Key Responsibilities -

• Perform manual and automated testing of Spark jobs, Spark SQL queries, and ETL pipelines.
• Execute functional, scalability, and performance testing for Spark workloads.
• Set up and manage Spark clusters on Standalone, YARN, Kubernetes, Mesos, Databricks, EMR, and Dataproc.
• Conduct benchmarking, validation, and performance analysis of Spark applications.
• Identify bottlenecks and troubleshoot distributed system issues.
• Lead QA initiatives and mentor team members.

Required Skills -

• 5+ years of QA/testing experience with strong hands-on expertise in Apache Spark.
• Experience in functional and performance testing of distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of Spark architecture and optimization techniques.
• Experience with Kubernetes and cloud-based Spark environments.
• Proficiency in Python or Java.
• Experience with automation frameworks and CI/CD pipelines.

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