Software Development Engineer in Test

Do you thrive on building the future of Compute platform and high-scale services

Would you like to create a seamless experience for customers

Join the Cloud Compute Experience Team

The Compute Cloud Experience team provides the integration layer for Akamais Compute platform, supporting global infrastructure management. Core engineering teams develop services handling control plane requests, enabling data abstraction, configuration, and observability. Internal units like Support, SRE, and Trust & Safety use these tools to manage the cloud backplane. The team ensures the platform stays reliable, secure, and adaptable.

Partner with the best

Akamai seeks an SDET to develop and improve test automation frameworks for Cloud Compute applications, requiring adaptability and attention to detail. The role demands a solutions-focused individual ready to embrace emerging technologies as the product advances.

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

• Writing high quality test cases, build automation and enhance test framework to execute the tests for Cloud Compute Experience Application
• Handling changes to existing tools to ensure that they align to Akamais with the long-term strategy.
• Understanding product requirements and ensuring that they are covered as part of the implementation.
• Designing and implementing automated test frameworks and tools to ensure software quality and reliability.
• Collaborating in an Agile environment and influencing through code reviews, design process and product development

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 1+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
• Have experience with Python , Pytest , Unix/Linux, and CI/CD tools like Git and Jenkins.
• Have good understanding of REST API testing, UI automation, Infrastructure as Code, and container tools like Docker.
• Have ability to integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring reliable and efficient continuous delivery of software updates.
• Have experience of working in an Agile Team when developing products through the SDLC.

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.
Whether youre streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, were the engine behind the scenes. We provide the worlds 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 worlds biggest moments without a glitch.
AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the worlds most distributed cloud platform.

At Akamai, we dont just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And were 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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