Senior Software Development Engineer in Test

Job description

Would you enjoy working with diverse technologies and adding value to our Customer Experience? Do you like solving technical puzzles and delivering world-class software? Join the Akamai's Cloud Experience Quality Engineering team! Our team is responsible for developing and maintaining Akamai's Cloud API and Cloud Identity Management solutions. Our enterprise grade cloud solutions are an essential element to Akamai's Connected Cloud platform. We provide a scalable and secure solution for our customers to build their businesses. We also provide optimize infrastructure strategy using distributed cloud architecture to improve cost and resilience to our customers. Partner with the best You will work with the development teams to support Quality practices. You will be responsible for building manual and automated integration and system tests. You will be responsible for quality of our various API and other services offered on Akamai cloud. You will also ensure that our cloud platform is resilient, secure and scalable. As a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test, you will be responsible for:

- Reviewing product designs, Architecture and specifications and developing comprehensive test plans, and executing functional, load, and performance tests.

- Providing continuous contribution to test automation infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, including writing automated tests and reviewing peer automation pull requests (PRs).

- Partnering closely with a cross-functional, globally distributed team of developers, SDET engineers, architects, and program managers (US, CA, Poland, India).

- Ensuring all systems and software meet product specifications while actively contributing to release readiness decisions and deployment schedules.

Do what you love To be successful in this role you will:

- Have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

- Have a solid understanding of SDLC and testing methodologies.

- Demonstrate proven experience of more than 6 yrs of developing Python-based automation frameworks and testing REST/Open APIs.

- Have solid hands-on experience with Unix/Linux environments and core networking concepts (HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP).

- Be proficient with Git, Jira, CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions), and basic MySQL database querying/schema design.

- Possess experience with Kubernetes (K8s), including deploying, managing, scaling, and troubleshooting containerized applications in Kubernetes environments

About us At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day. Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.

Our focus is simple: Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance. Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data. Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch. AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.

At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works. Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits. FlexBase adapts to your job's needs Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.

We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both. Connect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is like!