Software Development Engineer in Test

Are you excited to work with innovative security products?

Do you relish the prospect of working with cutting-edge network security systems?

Join our world-class Enterprise Security Team

Our Team builds and delivers 'zero trust security solutions' for enterprise customers. Our mission is to provide Threat protection and API Based Security solutions. We provide the simplest, fastest, and most intuitive way to enforce Zero Trust principles. We enable customers to proactively identify, block, and mitigate threats in their network and SAAS Applications.

Partner with the best

The purpose of the Software Development Engineer in Test role is to design, implement, and maintain automated testing frameworks. This position ensures software quality by identifying issues, improving test coverage, and collaborating with teams to enhance product reliability and performance. The role supports continuous improvement in testing processes, contributing to the delivery of high-quality software solutions.

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

• Building test strategy and automation for products of Next generation API Based Security and threat protection solutions
• Taking ownership for test execution, test automation, identify and bring in tools to assist the testing goal
• Collaborating with engineering teams in an Agile environment on code, design, test plan and automation framework review
• Working closely with development team to enhance new releases, testing process
• Coordinating and participating in customer installs, demos to team

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• 2+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent
• Automate experience using Python/GoLang, and shell scripting techniques effectively.
• Be comfortable with working in a Linux/Unix environment
• Have expertise in Networking, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, HTTPs
• Have expertise in REST APIs, Database and SQL
• Have experience in CI/CD tools, any Automation framework

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.

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