Cloud SDET II - Automated QA Engineer (Python)

Akamai; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

FlexBase program

Benefits at Akamai

Job summary

Akamai is seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) II to lead automated quality engineering for our Compute infrastructure. You will develop and maintain test suites validating backend services, REST APIs, and CLI tools, with emphasis on VM lifecycle operations and KVM hypervisor updates.

Join a team that emphasizes scalable automation, CI/CD integration, and collaboration with developers to ensure robust, high-availability cloud services.

Qualifications

• Two or more years of experience in software test automation or quality engineering.
• Strong Python programming skills and practice with test automation frameworks (e.g., Pytest).
• Proficiency with Linux environments and basic CI/CD pipeline integration.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automated test cases with Python and Pytest for backend services, REST APIs, and CLI utilities.
• Create functional and integration tests for VM lifecycle operations, live migrations, and KVM hypervisor updates.
• Integrate test suites into CI/CD pipelines to enable regular automated regression testing.
• Investigate test failures, identify root causes, and collaborate with developers to resolve issues.

Skills

Python

Pytest

Linux

CI/CD

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

TypeScript

Cypress

Playwright

SaltStack

Ansible

ArgoCD

Education

Technical field education

Tools

KVM

VM live migrations

SaltStack

Ansible

ArgoCD

Job description

Akamai is seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) II to lead automated quality engineering for our Compute infrastructure. You will develop and maintain test suites validating backend services, REST APIs, and CLI tools, with emphasis on VM lifecycle operations and KVM hypervisor updates.

Join a team that emphasizes scalable automation, CI/CD integration, and collaboration with developers to ensure robust, high-availability cloud services.