Senior II Software Development Engineer in Test

Ready to lead technical and cultural change?

Are you passionate about test automation?

Join Akamai Data Services

Our Data Services team consists of collaborative, inclusive, and creative individuals. We develop cloud-native services with high reliability and massive scale on top of Akamai Cloud (formerly Linode) the most distributed and closest to the edge cloud platform in the world.


You will join a fully remote team, split across US and Europe, responsible for Query2, the foundation of all observability within Akamai Classic.

Partner with the best

We seek a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test to drive key quality initiatives and improve legacy systems and processes. This role offers significant technical influence, rapid progress, and the chance to lead impactful changes while gaining valuable experience. It is an excellent opportunity to contribute meaningfully and advance professionally in a dynamic environment.

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

• Driving meaningful changes in our testing processes, acting as a champion for modern QA methodologies.
• Owning the quality aspects of the team products
• Rewriting of our regression and performance testing frameworks, primarily utilizing Python
• Leading quality planning of new features together with R&D and the product teams
• Collaborating with other engineering teams
• Investigating critical issues in the product and maintain its high quality.
• Being an integral part of our thriving culture and improve the team and the company

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Demonstrate expertise in testing, showcasing proficiency in QA methodologies and a history of successfully advancing engineering processes.
• Possess automation expertise with extensive understanding of test automation concepts. Python experience is ideal, though alternative technology backgrounds are welcome.
• Have remote collaboration skills: Excellent communication skills to work effectively across US and Europe time zones

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.

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