Position Summary:

To help drive this next chapter, we're seeking an experienced and innovative Staff Engineer, Quality Engineering to serve as a senior technical leader within our Test Environment & Data Management organization. This role designs and advances scalable test environments, service virtualization solutions, automated provisioning capabilities, and AI-enabled testing infrastructure. You will partner with quality engineering, Dev Ops, platform engineering, and software development teams to improve environment reliability, testing efficiency, and operational excellence across the enterprise.

The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in test setting management, service virtualization, cloud technologies, automation engineering, and AI-enabled testing with a passion for solving complex engineering challenges at scale.

Job Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership:

- Serve as a senior technical leader for enterprise environment management capabilities.
- Drive architecture and engineering standards for test environments and supporting tools.
- Mentor engineers and promote engineering best practices across teams.
- Influence environment and testing strategies across technology organizations.

Environment & Platform Engineering:

- Design and implement scalable test environment management solutions.
- Develop and maintain service virtualization and API mocking capabilities.
- Establish automated environment provisioning and lifecycle management processes.
- Improve environment availability, reliability, security, and scalability.
- Partner with Dev Ops and platform teams to integrate environments into delivery pipelines.

Engineering Excellence:

- Drive automation practices that improve testing efficiency and platform reliability.
- Implement environment observability and operational monitoring capabilities.




- Support modernization initiatives across quality engineering platforms.
- Establish governance standards supporting environment utilization and performance

AI & Innovation:

- Drive adoption of AI/LLM-enabled testing capabilities.
- Evaluate emerging environment management and virtualization technologies.
- Improve testing productivity through automation and intelligent engineering solutions.
- Champion innovative practices that accelerate software delivery and quality outcomes.

Qualifications:

Required Experience:

- 6-8 years of progressive software engineering experience.
- Strong experience managing enterprise testing environments.
- Experience implementing service virtualization and API mocking frameworks.
- Expertise with cloud-native technologies and containerized environments.
- Strong understanding of Dev Ops and continuous delivery practices.
- Excellent technical problem-solving and communication skills.
- Experience working within Agile software development environments.

Required Technical Skills:

- Test Environment Management
- Service Virtualization & API Mocking
- Python Automation
- Java Automation
- Cloud & Kubernetes
- AI/LLM-Enabled Testing
- Dev Ops & Environment Observability

Preferred Skills & Experience:

- Kubernetes
- Docker
- REST API Mocking
- SOAP API Mocking
- AWS
- Automated Environment Provisioning
- Enterprise-scale testing infrastructure
- Quality engineering modernization initiatives





Education:

- Bachelor's degree in computer science and engineering or equivalent

Note: This position is based in Pune, and applications are currently being considered from candidates based in Pune.

Talent Value Proposition statement:

At DIRECTV India, we're building a culture with our people, not for them, grounded in the values of We Care, We Challenge, and We Deliver. We will focus on building a better future than yesterday for our colleagues, customers, and company. As part of our team, you'll help shape the future of enterprise data platforms, enable advanced analytics and AI innovation, and contribute to business-critical capabilities that impact millions of customers. If you're ready to bring your expertise, leadership, and passion for innovation to a team redefining entertainment technology, we'd love to have you join us on this journey.

Headquartered in El Segundo, California, DIRECTV has been a household name in sports and entertainment for 30 years. We've grown our global footprint with DIRECTV India, a capability center in Pune built to support our operations and speed up how we build new technology. Here, our teams work on the platforms and products that bring together satellite and streaming, so customers get their favorite content without the hassle of switching between apps or inputs. From AI-driven personalization to content built around what people actually want to watch, we're shaping what entertainment looks like next, and Pune is a big part of that.

DIRECTV is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on business requirements, qualifications, merit, and performance, without discrimination on the basis of legally protected characteristics under applicable laws.

📌 Staff Engineer, Quality Engineering (India)
🏢 DIRECTV India
📍 India