Software Development Engineer in Test
Would you enjoy testing, design and production of technology solutions?
Are you excited to produce and monitor internet solutions?
Join our unique System Quality Assurance team
Our Cloud Data Services Quality Assurance group is responsible for extensive testing across multiple cutting-edge technologies and systems developed at Akamai. Our priority is blending these technologies and focusing on real-world, end-to-end testing to ensure all of our systems integrate and deploy to Akamai's Platform.
Develop and contribute to full product life cycle
As a SDET, you will be part of a scrum team, working to support good quality practices and build integration and system tests, both manual and automated. You'll be a key part of the team responsible for testing of Akamai Data Warehouse.
As a Software Development Engineer in Test, you will be responsible for:
- Performing the full QA cycle for software releases: gathering specs, developing test plans, automate, running automated and manual tests.
- Creating and applying new approaches and concepts to improve the productivity and efficiency of testing practices and the environment.
- Performing and participating in all aspects of verification including requirements gathering, feature and functional testing, regression, load, and performance testing.
- Designing testing tools, which include developing scripts to enhance regression testing.
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
- Have solid QA testing experience.
- Show advanced knowledge of scripting languages like Python, shell script and SQL.
- Have a good understanding on networking protocols and technologies (especially HTTP, HTTPS, DNS).
- Demonstrate experience in testing of Backend Distributed systems and have some familiarity with Kubernetes.
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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