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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 14 days Plume's roles stay open a median of 31 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 18% of Plume's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Plume
- moderate 6 stale, 2 reposted of 22 open
- Hiring momentum
- 27 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
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About this role
As a Staff QA Engineer at Plume, you will define and drive QA and test strategies for core broadband, WiFi, and cloud-based solutions. Your responsibilities will include leading testing across various components, developing automated test frameworks, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the development lifecycle. You will also mentor other QA engineers and provide technical leadership in quality engineering practices.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
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What you need
- 12+ years of experience in Software Quality Engineering
- 5+ years leading QA for embedded systems, broadband, networking, WiFi, or cloud-based platforms
- Strong expertise in defining end-to-end test strategies across firmware, cloud services, APIs, microservices, and distributed systems
- Hands-on experience in test automation using Python, Java, C++, or similar languages
- Experience in functional, integration, regression, performance, scalability, and reliability testing
- Strong understanding of networking concepts, including TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, IPv4/IPv6, WiFi, and broadband gateway architectures
Nice to have
- Experience with broadband, WiFi, or CPE platforms
- Familiarity with RDK-B, OpenSync, PrplOS, Embedded Linux, or similar platforms
- Experience testing cloud-native applications, APIs, microservices, and containerized environments (Docker/Kubernetes)
- Knowledge of Broadband Forum standards such as TR-069, TR-181, and TR-369 (USP)
- Experience with performance, reliability, and security testing, along with observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, or ELK
Worth weighing
- In-office role based in Hyderabad, India
- No salary or specific benefits listed in the posting
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Listed by Plume on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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