Software Development Engineer in Test II

Job Description Do you enjoy automation and testing for strategic solutions? Work with an amazing global team of innovators! Join the Akamai Storage Engineering Team Our team is responsible for developing and maintaining Akamai’s cloud storage platform. Our enterprise grade solution is an essential element to Akamai’s Connected Cloud platform. We provide a scalable and secure storage solution for our customers to build their businesses. We are a diverse group of engineers located in the United States, India, UK and more.

Partner with the best Having access to Akamai’s broad networking experience, global footprint, and high-profile clientele enable us to create innovative product with global impact. We deliver massive amounts of Data at scale and is unmatched by any other in the industry. You will be responsible for all the QA related activities, developing & executing component level test automation.

As a Software Development Engineer in Test II, you will be responsible for:

• Participating in functional and product design reviews, and incorporating feedback into test plans and test cases
• Developing and implementing automated tests for functionality, load, and performance
• Creating and execute tests on new features and capabilities
• Collaborating with a cross functional team of developers, Systems QA, release engineers, architects and program managers
• Improving our testing and automation infrastructures, define test plans and effective automation

Do What You Love To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 2+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field
• Have experience working in Unix/Linux and developing Automation framework using python (bonus points for experience in SQL/Couchdb)
• Have experience with storage technologies and/or Cloud computing and networking concepts such as HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP
• Be highly responsible, self-managed, self-motivated, able to work with minimal supervision and possess excellent communication skills
• Have passion to understand, learn, and dissect new technologies quickly and excellent debugging/troubleshooting skills

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.

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