Senior Software Development Engineer in Test

Do you enjoy solving complex challenges through automation and collaboration?

Would you thrive in an environment where innovation and quality engineering go hand in hand?

Join our Bot & Abuse Protection - Engineering team!

Join a truly global team working on cutting-edge security and platform technologies. Our Bot and Abuse Management platform protects some of the world's largest digital properties from automated threats and malicious activity. As part of this team, you will help ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of systems operating at massive global scale.

Partner with the best

As a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test, collaborate with teams to support quality engineering practices. Design and implement test strategies, create automated frameworks, and validate distributed systems operating on Akamai's global infrastructure. Work closely with developers, QA, release engineers, architects, and program managers to ensure services are tested thoroughly and delivered reliably.

As a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test, you will be responsible for:

• Participating in functional and product design reviews, incorporating feedback into comprehensive test plans and test cases
• Designing, developing, and maintaining automated test frameworks and test suites for functionality, integration, load, and performance
• Creating and executing test strategies for new features and platform capabilities
• Collaborating with developers, QA engineers, architects, release engineers, and program managers to ensure high-quality software delivery
• Building and improving automation infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, while developing and maintaining automated API, UI, and system-level tests.
• Identifying test coverage gaps, improving service reliability and scalability, investigating defects, debugging issues, and enhancing quality engineering practices and tools.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Demonstrate 5+ of experience in software quality engineering or SDET roles with education in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS, or related fields.
• Demonstrate expertise in programming using Python and/or Java, with a solid understanding of object-oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms.
• Possess extensive experience in building test automation frameworks, with hands-on expertise in Cypress, Selenium WebDriver, or other similar UI automation tools.
• Gain experience with cross-browser testing platforms like BrowserStack, testing RESTful APIs, and web services using manual and automated methods.
• Understand test design methodologies, automation best practices, and CI/CD integration with SQL databases, debugging and troubleshooting skills
• Be familiar with Internet technologies and protocols, including HTTP/HTTPS, web services, proxies, and web servers

Work in a way that works for you

FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply. 
Learn what makes Akamai a great place to work

We power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges, together.

At Akamai, we're curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you'll thrive here.

Working for you

At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:

• Your health
• Your finances
• Your family
• Your time at work
• Your time pursuing other endeavors

Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

About us

Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.

Join us

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!