Senior Software Development Test Engineer

Do you want to build the next generation of cloud services?

Would you like an opportunity to effect change at a leading technology organization?

Join the Cloud Platform Infrastructure Team!

Our team’s mission is to accelerate innovation by making computing simple, scalable, accessible, and affordable. We provide the infrastructure and services that enable developers to build next generation applications. We currently host hundreds of thousands of virtual machines and databases for our customers globally.

Partner with the best

As a Senior SDET in Akamai’s Cloud Platform team, you’ll ensure system quality, build automation frameworks for microservice deployments. You will also be driving impactful cloud projects with technical excellence.

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

• Improving internal processes and systems on a consistent basis
• Thinking about building highly available, scalable, secure, performant and distributed systems
• Demonstrating excellence in coding and test automation in Python and Golang
• Having experience with automation tools and frameworks such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc.
• Having experience with Linux, networking, microservice, and Kubernetes fundamentals

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 5+ years of relevant experience and a bachelors degree in computer science or related field
• Have a good understanding of systems programming (GNU/Linux) and networking concepts
• Have good programming skills in Python or Go
• Have experience with functional and non-functional testing of containers, infrastructure-as-code, Kubernetes, and related technologies
• Have experience with agile work environments
• Be able to write organized, efficient, and well-documented code.