Senior SDET: Distributed Systems & Test Automation

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Salt Lake City (UT); Remote; USD 121,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K savings plan

Paid time off

Sick time

Parental leave

ESPP

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is hiring for a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test in Cambridge, MA. You will perform software QA and automated testing within a distributed systems environment and work with developers and QA teams to build robust automation infrastructure.

The position emphasizes test plan development, real-world scenario testing, and advancing automation methodologies. Telecommuting is permitted from anywhere within the United States.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in a relevant field plus two years of related experience.
• Two years building software test beds, unit tests, automation tools or infrastructures.

Responsibilities

• Perform software QA/testing duties for automation and verification in a distributed system environment.
• Collaborate with developers and QA teams on system-wide automation infrastructure.
• Contribute to system test plans to ensure effective coverage and automation.
• Create and deploy automated system tests to replicate real-world scenarios.
• Develop test automation using coding and software development skills.

Skills

C

C++

Java

JavaScript

Python

Perl

JSON

Distributed systems

Education

Master’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering (or foreign equivalent)

Tools

Ansible

Jenkins

Jira

Git

Gitlab

Docker

Kubernetes

Django

Flask

Spring

Splunk

Oracle

Kafka

Cassandra

MongoDB

MySQL

Postgres

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is hiring for a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test in Cambridge, MA. You will perform software QA and automated testing within a distributed systems environment and work with developers and QA teams to build robust automation infrastructure.

The position emphasizes test plan development, real-world scenario testing, and advancing automation methodologies. Telecommuting is permitted from anywhere within the United States.