Senior Software Development Engineer in Test

About the Position

Job Title: Senior Software Development Engineer in Test

Work Location: 145 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is hiring for the following role in Cambridge, MA (multiple openings): Senior Software Development Engineer in Test. Perform software QA/testing duties in furtherance of solving critical software automation and verification problems in a distributed systems environment; work with developers and other QA teams on system-wide automation infrastructure; contribute to system test plans to ensure highly effective test coverage and automation; create and deploy automated system tests to replicate real-world scenarios; improve testing methodologies and procedures to enhance test automation efficiency; review product and system design requirements to verify accuracy of test plans and test cases; develop test automation using coding and software development; solve large-scale distributed systems problems; work with related internet technologies. Telecommuting permitted from anywhere within the United States.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable continuous testing infrastructure
• Troubleshoot complex system issues
• Validate feature functionality
• Maximize the performance of a global AI and Compute platform

Requirements

• Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Information Systems, IT, Telecommunications System Mgmt, or Telecommunications Engineering
• Two (2) years of experience in the job offered or closely related engineering role
• Proficiency in: 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

We Offer

• Competitive salary range from $121,400 to $218,600 per year
• Telecommuting permitted from anywhere within the United States
• Industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family-friendly benefits including parental leave, and an employee assistance program focusing on mental and financial wellness

About the Company

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.

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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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