Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 9, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 9, 2026. Akamai scores A on the Alion truth index.
Are you passionate about collaborating with the Open-Source Community?
Would you like to work with cutting-edge technology?
Join our Engineering Team
Our Engineering Team develops integrated web interfaces and APIs into products, services and platforms. 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. We work directly with the Open-Source community to share comprehensive support, updates and documentation.
Partner with the best
This role involves testing and automating reliable, user-friendly software solutions. Build tools and SDKs for configuring Akamai and Linode products via Terraform, CLI, and CI/CD pipelines (such as GitHub Actions). Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure high-quality releases.
As a Software Development Engineer in Test, you will be responsible for:
- Writing high-quality test cases, building automation, and executing tests for Terraform Provider, SDKs, and Akamai CLI.
- Understanding product requirements and ensuring that they are covered as part of the implementation
- Collaborating in an Agile environment and influencing through code reviews, design discussion and product development
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Demonstrate experience using programming languages like Go, Python, or comparable options.
- Adapt and learn new technologies or programming languages based on project requirements.
- Understand REST API testing, SDKs, CI/CD pipelines (such as GitHub Actions), and Terraform alongside Infrastructure as Code concepts
- Utilize Linux/Unix environments and Git for scripting, development, and system operations.
- Have experience of working in an Agile Team when developing products through the SDLC
- Be detail-oriented with good written and verbal communication skills
- Leverage AI tools and technologies extensively across project workflows to innovate and enhance productivity.
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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