Senior SDET for Distributed Systems (Remote)

Akamai Technologies GmbH; Cambridge, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 121,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. seeks a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test in Cambridge, MA.

The role focuses on QA/testing to solve automation challenges in a distributed systems environment, and involves working with developers and QA teams on system-wide automation infrastructure. The candidate will develop and deploy automated system tests to replicate real-world scenarios, improve testing methodologies, and verify test plans against design requirements.

Qualifications

• Building software test beds, unit tests, automation tools, or infrastructures.
• C, C++, Java, Javascript, Python, PERL, or JSON.
• SQL, MySQL, NoSQL, Postgres, or MongoDB.
• Ansible, Jenkins, Jira, Chef, Git, or Gitlab.
• Django, Flask, Spring, or Splunk.
• Docker, Oracle, Kubernetes, Cassandra, or Kafka.

Responsibilities

• Perform software QA/testing duties in distributed systems to solve critical automation problems.
• Collaborate with developers and QA teams on system-wide automation infrastructure.
• Create and deploy automated system tests to replicate real-world scenarios.
• Review product and system design requirements to verify test plans and test cases.

Skills

Test automation

Distributed systems

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

C/C++

Java

JavaScript

Python

Perl

JSON

SQL

NoSQL

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Ansible

Jenkins

Jira

Chef

Git

GitLab

Django

Flask

Spring

Splunk

Docker

Oracle

Kubernetes

Cassandra

Kafka

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. seeks a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test in Cambridge, MA.

The role focuses on QA/testing to solve automation challenges in a distributed systems environment, and involves working with developers and QA teams on system-wide automation infrastructure. The candidate will develop and deploy automated system tests to replicate real-world scenarios, improve testing methodologies, and verify test plans against design requirements.