Software Developer in Test - Drivers

DataStax delivers Apache Cassandra in a database platform purpose built for the performance and availability demands of IOT, web, and mobile applications.

- Conceptualize, develop, and execute driver and tool code tests (coverage, duration, and stress) against local and distributed Cassandra/DataStax Enterprise (DSE) clusters running on a variety of platforms. - Dive deep into the code base to analyze features and bug-fixes while using debugging and profiling tools. You will work hand-in-hand with development teams to define functionality and resolve issues. - Have the opportunity to learn new languages, tools, and processes in a dynamic, fast-paced, small team environment. - Set up automated build and testing tasks across varied platforms and create analysis/tracking reports. - Write user-facing blog posts, driver software demos, how-to tutorials, as well as debug customer issues.

- 2+ years in a production software development role. - Motivated self-starter who has experience working in a distributed team that exchanges ideas via IRC and HipChat. Must possess the discipline and focus to work independently at a remote location. - Understand the complexities of testing in a distributed, big data environment, and place a strong emphasis on performance tuning. - Strong development background using C#. - Comfortable with code development and scripting in a Linux environment. - Comfortable interfacing with the open source community and having your code reviewed via github pull requests. - Passion for making great software in a small company setting. - History of learning new technologies on the fly. - Possess an assertive communication style.