Principal Software Development Engineer in Test Lead

Kardow; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 140,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai is seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer in Test Lead to design and implement automated testing for cloud-based microservices. You will partner with engineering teams to validate changes and scale testing across environments.

Responsibilities include building test frameworks, maintaining pipelines, and mentoring junior engineers while ensuring high quality across compute services. A strong background in Python, Pytest, and cloud-native infra is required.

Qualifications

• 12 years of relevant experience required.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Proficiency in Python and Pytest; familiarity with Perl and Go (Golang).
• Experience debugging across architectures (x86 vs ARM).
• Knowledge of Debian packaging and QEMU acceleration; cloud-native infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Develop automation for testing microservices in the cloud.
• Create and maintain automated test frameworks and pipelines (unit, integration, end-to-end).
• Write scripts to automate deployments, migrations and rollbacks.
• Investigate and troubleshoot complex issues, identify root causes, propose solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to juniors; promote best practices.

Skills

Python

Pytest

Perl

Golang

Linux

Bash scripting

Jenkins

Github Actions

SaltStack

Debian packaging

QEMU

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

KVM acceleration

Virtualization tooling

Job description

Job Description

Are you interested in building a scalable platform?

Are you interested in building and scaling microservices in the cloud for our compute platform

Join our Compute division's Platform Engineering Team!

Akamai is working to simplify the way people work in the cloud. Our work environment nurtures innovative solutions and rapid development cycles. This is a collaborative team building and scaling microservices in the cloud for our compute platform. We encourage and reward curiosity, ingenuity, and technical excellence.

Partner with the best

As a Principal Software Development Engineer in Test Lead, you will develop automation for testing microservices in the cloud.

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

• Working with engineering teams to identify how to test proposed changes.
• Developing and maintain automated test frameworks and test pipelines, including unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests.
• Creating and maintaining test plans and test cases for our compute services, ensuring they cover all relevant scenarios and edge cases.
• Writing and maintaining scripts to automate deployments, migrations and rollbacks.
• Investigating and troubleshooting complex issues, identifying root causes and providing recommendations for solutions.
• Providing technical leadership and mentorship to juniors, promoting best practices and ensuring that quality standards are met.

Do What You Love

To be successful in this role you will

• Have 12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent.
• Have proficiency with Python and Pytest along with good understanding of modern testing methodologies along with working knowledge of Perl and golang.
• Have experience debugging across environments reproducing a failing test locally on x86 vs. ARM (native or emulated), isolating whether a failure is arch-specific
• Possess knowledge of Debian packaging along with QEMU's TCG vs KVM acceleration
• Possess expertise in cloud native infrastructure, and have an understanding of system internals and performance.
• Possess experience with automation tools and frameworks such as Jenkins, Github Actions, SaltStack.
• Have good Linux fundamentals, especially around performance tuning along with experience in Bash and scripting fundamentals.
• Have an understanding of modern software development life cycle processes and service level objective monitoring and alerting.

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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Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary for this position ranges from 140,400 - 252,800 CAD/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, RRSP, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.