Test Engineer  

About the Role

We're seeking a mid-level test engineer to join the Dusk Labs engineering team, focusing on building robust automated testing infrastructure across our portfolio of fintech and cryptography projects. This role is primarily hands-on systems engineering - designing, building, and maintaining the test frameworks and CI/CD integrations that keep our codebases reliable as they grow.

You'll be on a high-performing team with other expert-level developers who are passionate about learning and working on interesting problems.

Responsibilities

• Design and build automated testing infrastructure, including unit, integration, and end-to-end test suites.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive test frameworks across multiple projects spanning fintech and cryptography domains.
• Build monitoring and alerting systems to surface regressions and reliability issues early.
• Create tools and frameworks for continuous validation in CI/CD pipelines.
• Perform test planning and coverage analysis to identify gaps in existing test suites.
• Write and maintain fuzzing harnesses and property-based tests for critical system components.
• Document testing strategies and translate findings into actionable recommendations for the development team.
• Maintain and enhance existing testing tools and infrastructure.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Rust.
• Background in fintech, payments, or financial systems testing.
• Familiarity with cryptographic concepts and protocol testing.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and infrastructure-as-code.
• Experience with performance testing and benchmarking.
• Open source contributions.
  
  

Compensation

• Salary: $3,000 - $4,000 USD per month, including 13th month bonus
• $5,000 discretionary education budget to attend conferences, trainings, and workshops of your choosing. Covers your flight, hotel, per diem, and tickets.

• Strong software development fundamentals with 2–4 years of experience.
• Proficiency in Python or Rust
• Comfortable with TypeScript and modern web technologies.
• Strong experience with Linux systems and shell scripting.
• Experience building automated testing infrastructure or CI/CD systems.
• Familiarity with testing methodologies including static analysis, dynamic analysis, fuzzing, and property-based testing.
• Knowledge of network protocol analysis and traffic inspection tools.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Workday must overlap between hours of 9AM and 1PM EST