Senior SDET: Remote Distributed Systems Automation

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Topeka (KS); Remote; USD 121,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K

Paid time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. in Cambridge, MA is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test to join our distributed systems QA team. This role permits telecommuting from anywhere in the United States and focuses on building robust automated tests and infrastructure.

You will work with developers and other QA teams, creating system tests that replicate real-world scenarios, and continuously improving testing methodologies to boost automation efficiency.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in CS or related field; plus two years in QA/engineering roles.
• Experience building test beds and automation tooling; proficiency with multiple languages and databases.

Responsibilities

• Perform software QA/testing duties in distributed systems environment.
• Develop automated tests and system test plans to ensure coverage.
• Collaborate with developers and QA teams on automation infrastructure.
• Review design requirements to verify test plans and cases.

Skills

Test beds

Automation

Distributed systems

Education

Master’s degree in CS/CE or related field

Tools

C

C++

Java

Javascript

Python

PERL

JSON

SQL

MySQL

NoSQL

Postgres

MongoDB

Ansible

Jenkins

Jira

Chef

Git

Gitlab

Django

Flask

Spring

Splunk

Docker

Oracle

Kubernetes

Cassandra

Kafka

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. in Cambridge, MA is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test to join our distributed systems QA team. This role permits telecommuting from anywhere in the United States and focuses on building robust automated tests and infrastructure.

You will work with developers and other QA teams, creating system tests that replicate real-world scenarios, and continuously improving testing methodologies to boost automation efficiency.