Are you excited about building innovative security products?
Do you enjoy developing automation that helps deliver high-quality software at scale?
Join our SSE QA team
Our SSE QA team is responsible for extensive testing across multiple cutting-edge technologies and systems developed at Akamai. Our priority is our customers, and our goal is keeping their business and data secured from threats.
Develop and contribute to full product life cycle
As a Senior SDET, you will be working to support high quality practices, plan and build functional, integration, system and acceptance tests, both manual and automated. You'll be a key part of the team responsible for building a world class SSE solution.
As a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test, you will be responsible for:
- Performing the full QA cycle for software releases : Gathering specs, developing test plans for functional, integrations and E2E validations.
- Automating the tests using PyTest, and integrate them into our CI/CD pipelines.
- Creating and applying new approaches and concepts, including AI, to improve the productivity and efficiency of testing practices
- Designing testing tools, which include developing scripts to enhance regression testing.
- Collaborating with R&D and Product teams to establish effective quality strategies for upcoming features.
- Designing and implementing scalable test automation frameworks to ensure robust software quality across multiple platforms and environments.
What you'll build
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have 5+ years' QA testing experience and Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or it's equivalent
- Have an advanced knowledge of scripting languages including Python, shell script, SQL, and REST API
- Have knowledge of Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, ArgoWF, ArgoCD, Clickhouse, S3, Kafka, Terraform, Kibana, and Grafana
- Have experience working with Cloud Platforms e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure & testing of Big Data Backend Distributed systems
- Have experience working with AI tools such as Claude-code, Co-Pilot
- Have a good understanding on networking protocols and technologies (especially HTTP, HTTPS, DNS)
About us
At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.
Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.
Our focus is simple:
Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.
Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.
Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.
AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.
At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.
Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits.
FlexBase adapts to your job's needs
Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.
We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.
Skills Required
- 5+ years QA testing experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Advanced knowledge of Python, PyTest, shell scripting, SQL, and REST APIs
- Knowledge of Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, Argo Workflows, ArgoCD, ClickHouse, S3, Kafka, Terraform, Kibana, and Grafana
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and testing big-data distributed backends
- Experience using AI tools (e.g., Claude-code, GitHub Copilot)
- Good understanding of networking protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, DNS)
Akamai Technologies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Akamai Technologies and has not been reviewed or approved by Akamai Technologies.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Unlimited PTO in the U.S., wellness days, paid volunteering time, and the FlexBase model contribute to broad time‑off flexibility. These practices are described as supporting strong work‑life balance.
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Parental & Family Support — Generous paid parental leaves, paid family care leave, subsidized backup childcare, and inclusive family‑building benefits via Carrot form a comprehensive family support suite. Coverage spans fertility support through caregiving resources.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a substantial company match and immediate vesting, plus Roth and Mega Backdoor Roth options, underpin long‑term savings. These features provide reliable long‑term savings opportunities.
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What We Do
At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. Every moment, billions of people, all over the world, are using the internet to shop, play games, look after finances, learn remotely, share videos, connect across the world, and so much more. These life-shaping digital experiences wouldn’t be possible without Akamai. We power and protect life online. It’s an extraordinary mission, and our global teams achieve it by solving the toughest challenges, and turning the impossible into the possible. With the world’s most distributed compute platform — from cloud to edge — we make it easy for businesses to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away. That’s why innovative companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences. Thanks to our world’s most distributed platform for cloud computing, security, and content delivery. Akamai keeps applications and experiences closer and threats farther away. Devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology, we’re always pushing ground-breaking ideas and driving innovation. Do you want to power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges with us? Be part of an amazing team!
Why Work With Us
Our people are devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology. We find solutions through persistence, and push ground-breaking ideas forward with urgency and courage. This creates an environment where we harness creative energy and drive innovation. We are inclusive and diverse, and we love to collaborate across the world.
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