Senior Software Development Engineer in Test
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 19, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 30, 2026. Akamai scores A on the Alion truth index.
Do you love collaborating with teams to solve complex challenges?
Would you like to solve technical challenges for our customers?
Join our Networking Software Engineering Team
Our Networking Software Engineering Team builds and maintains the tools, hardware, and software needed to manage and implement Akamai's physical network. Working collaboratively and encompassing the full engineering cycle, we're constantly innovating to deliver for our customers. Our contribution is critical to the success of our customers' and Akamai's business.
Make a difference in a critical area of our business
This dynamic role involves working with networking engineering teams to maintain functionality, performance, and stability of physical network features. Your attention to detail and testing methods throughout the product lifecycle ensure high-performing, innovative security products and a reliable networking infrastructure.
As a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test, you will be responsible for:
- Taking ownership for testing your products, creating test strategies and delivering high-quality software solutions
- Using software development skills to develop tools, test frameworks and automation of the testing process
- Collaborating with software engineering teams in an Agile environment on code review, design process and product development
- Influencing and shaping the design process and product development
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field
- Have experience in web testing using frameworks such as Selenium
- Have experience of working with Linux/Unix-like operating systems
- Have experience with containerized applications using Docker or Kubernetes
- Understand internet functionality, including networks, protocols, IP networks, DNS, routing, and communication protocols like HTTP, TCP, or SSL/TLS.
- Have experience configuring and testing Juniper or Cisco routers and switches, with knowledge of internet routing protocols, particularly BGP.
- Demonstrate enthusiasm for exploring tools and technologies, identifying issues, collaborating effectively, solving problems, and working independently with others.
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.
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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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