Principal SDET - Cloud-Native Platform (Kubernetes) | Remote

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

FlexBase program

Hybrid or remote work options

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer in Test to shape the future of Akamai Cloud with Kubernetes-based platforms.

You will lead test strategy, drive quality initiatives across teams, and mentor senior engineers to elevate automated testing across our Cloud technology stack. This role emphasizes deep knowledge of Kubernetes, cloud-native services, Python, Go, and Linux, with a focus on scalable automation frameworks for complex cloud platform ecosystems

Qualifications

• Experience in test automation and software platform engineering.
• Mastery of continuous integration pipelines, infrastructure tools, and platform networking.
• Expert knowledge of Kubernetes, container orchestration, cloud-native services, Python, Go, and Linux.
• Strong knowledge of networking fundamentals and security principles.

Responsibilities

• Drive the overarching test strategy, framework architecture, and platform quality initiatives across teams.
• Partner with business leaders and architects to define long-term quality and testing roadmaps.
• Mentor senior engineers while setting organizational standards for automated continuous deployment testing.
• Champion cloud-native testing methodologies to accelerate rapid development cycles safely.

Skills

Test automation

CI pipelines

Kubernetes

Python

Go

Linux

Cloud-native

Networking basics

Security principles

Tools

Jenkins

Docker

Terraform

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer in Test to shape the future of Akamai Cloud with Kubernetes-based platforms.

You will lead test strategy, drive quality initiatives across teams, and mentor senior engineers to elevate automated testing across our Cloud technology stack. This role emphasizes deep knowledge of Kubernetes, cloud-native services, Python, Go, and Linux, with a focus on scalable automation frameworks for complex cloud platform ecosystems