Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer - Cloud Services

Headquartered in the United States, TP-Link Systems Inc. is a global provider of networking devices and smart home products, consistently ranked among the world's leading providers of Wi-Fi devices. Serving customers in over 170 countries, TP-Link develops innovative technologies that connect millions of users and devices worldwide.

At TP-Link, we believe technology can make life smarter, simpler, and more connected. We are committed to delivering high-quality products and cloud services that power modern networking, security, and smart home experiences.

About the Role

TP-Link is seeking a Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer to join our growing Cloud Services Quality Engineering team. In this role, you will lead quality initiatives for cloud platforms that support millions of connected devices and users worldwide.

You will be responsible for defining test strategies, driving automation, identifying quality risks, and ensuring the reliable delivery of scalable cloud services across TP-Link's networking and smart home ecosystem. Working closely with software engineers, architects, product managers, and fellow quality engineers, you will help shape the quality culture and engineering practices of our cloud platform organization.

This role is ideal for an experienced quality engineer who is passionate about cloud technologies, backend systems, automation, and delivering exceptional customer experiences at scale.

Responsibilities

• Own quality planning, test strategy, and test execution for cloud service projects and backend systems.
• Serve as the quality owner for assigned projects, ensuring comprehensive test coverage and release readiness.
• Design and develop test plans, test cases, and testing approaches based on business requirements, system architecture, and risk analysis.
• Analyze distributed systems and microservices architectures to identify quality risks and testing opportunities.
• Validate cloud services through functional, integration, regression, API, database, and end-to-end testing.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance automated test frameworks and test suites to improve test coverage and efficiency.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to support rapid and reliable software delivery.
• Perform backend validation using APIs, databases, logs, and monitoring tools.
• Execute performance, scalability, reliability, and resiliency testing for cloud services.
• Collaborate with development teams to investigate issues, reproduce defects, and support root cause analysis.
• Participate in architecture reviews, design discussions, and requirement analysis to ensure quality considerations are incorporated early in the development lifecycle.
• Drive continuous improvements in testing methodologies, automation practices, and quality engineering processes.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote quality engineering best practices across the team.
• Evaluate and adopt modern testing technologies, including AI-assisted tools, to improve engineering productivity and software quality.