Barracuda Networks

Req ID 23-720

QA Engineer Internship

Summer 2023; June 5 - August 18

Internship is reserved for students currently enrolled in an accredited 4-year college or university and must be authorized to work in the US without sponsorship

Come Join Our Team! At Barracuda, we make the world a safer place. We believe every business deserves access to cloud-enabled, enterprise-grade security solutions that are easy to buy, deploy, and use. We protect email, networks, data and applications with innovative solutions that grow and adapt with our customers’ journey. More than 220,000 organizations worldwide trust Barracuda to protect them — in ways they may not even know they are at risk — so they can focus on taking their business to the next level. 

We know a diverse workforce adds to our collective value and strength as an organization. Barracuda Networks is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to equal employment opportunity and equitable compensation regardless of race, gender, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability. 

Envision yourself at Barracuda 

Do you have empathy for customers and get excited about product quality? 

We are seeking a passionate Software Engineer in Test (SDET) Intern to join our Email Security product team, with a focus on end-to-end testing and test automation. Working in a highly collaborative team, you’ll be given opportunities to work without other SDET Engineers to test the product end-to-end and develop test automation to empower a continuous delivery capability. If interested, you’ll also be able to contribute to product development efforts such as adding new features, fixing bugs, and developing tooling. 

In this role you’ll see the deep impact across customer satisfaction, usability and quality, and feature development. 

What you'll be working on 

• Opportunities to define test scope and test plans/cases across a full-featured SAAS web-application across the frontend and backend (APIs, microservices, scale/performance) 
• Work on manual testing, where appropriate alongside our more experienced team members 
• Exposure to automated testing using such tools as mabl, selenium, cucumber 
• Inside look at how we triage issues escalated to Engineering 
• Work with other engineers to debug issues and implement fixes/improvements 
• Help us develop tooling for use by Support or Engineering to make it easier to find problems, interact with product systems, or gain greater visibility into ‘what’s happening
• Opportunities to identify and champion changes and features that will improve the customer experience and quality of the product 
• Participate in product development activities with the Product Manager and Team, such as prioritization discussions, design reviews, and sprint planning/grooming/retro activities 

What you bring to the role: 

• Pursuing a bachelor’s or masters degree in engineering, computer science or a related field 
• A keep interest in software products requiring 24/7 availability 
• Knowledge of Linux 
• Exposure to programming and bash scripting experience in a language such as python 
• Knowledge of testing REST APIs for microservices, and API tools such as Swagger or Postman 
• Basic familiarity with distributed databases, streaming/queueing services, batch processing workflows, microservices and APIs 
• Basic familiarity with Microsoft 365, Outlook Add-Ins 
• Conceptual understanding of public cloud architectures and deployments, modern CI/CD pipelines, observability and monitoring best practices 

What you’ll get from us 

A team where you can voice your opinion, make an impact, and where you and your experience are valued. Internal mobility – there are opportunities for cross training and the ability to attain your next career step within Barracuda. 

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