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Senior II Software Development Engineer in Test - Remote Poland

Role overview

Summary

This role focuses on designing and developing tests for Akamai's cloud platform, specifically managing IP addresses. You will work within the Compute Team to enhance test automation and integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines, contributing to the overall quality of cloud services.

Qualifications

  • 8 years of experience in developing test automation using widely accepted frameworks.
  • Experience with backend and REST API testing frameworks such as Java, Python, junit, spock, cucumber, pytest.
  • Demonstrate analytical thinking and solid debugging skills for resolving test-related issues.
  • Experience leveraging CI/CD tools, specifically Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
  • Good understanding of networking fundamentals and practical knowledge of virtualization and Linux-based operating systems.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute towards building the roadmap for enterprise IP addressing and connectivity features.
  • Validate and test cloud-native technologies and architectures, including monitoring and troubleshooting.
  • Participate in the definition and adoption of best practices and knowledge sharing.
  • Collaborate in an Agile environment to ensure high product quality.

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Analytical Thinking
  • Troubleshooting (Problem Solving)
  • Collaboration
  • Communication

About the company

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Akamai Technologies

  • Cybersecurity
  • XLarge
  • 5,001–10,000
At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. Every day, billions of people around the world connect with their favorite brands to shop online, play the latest video games, log into mobile banking apps, learn remotely, share videos with friends, and so much more. They may not know it, but Akamai is there, powering and protecting life online. Over 20 years ago, we set out to solve the toughest challenge of the early internet: the “World Wide Wait.” And we’ve been solving the internet’s toughest challenges ever since, working toward our vision of a safer and more connected world. 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. Our leading security, compute, and delivery solutions are helping global companies make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. Devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology, we’re always pushing ground-breaking ideas and driving innovation. Want to power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges? Be part of an amazing team. Let’s connect: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/akamai-technologies Twitter: https://twitter.com/Akamai Blog: https://www.akamai.com/blog

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Job description

Would revolutionizing the cloud computing space excite you?

Are you passionate about delivering the core platform that enables everything-as-a-service for your fellow developers?

Join our Compute Team!

Akamai's Cloud Technology Group's Compute division, formerly Linode, and now Akamai Cloud, consists of collaborative, inclusive, and creative teams. We develop applications and services to empower our customers. Our mission is to accelerate innovation by making cloud computing simple, scalable, affordable, and accessible to all. We design, develop, test and maintain products that run on our IaaS platform.

Partner with the best

You will be part of a team responsible for designing and developing tests. You will contribute to testing frameworks and managing test execution pipelines for our portfolio of products. They are designed to manage IP Addresses across the Akamai Cloud. The team focuses on test automation and automated workflows with emphasis on integrating testing into CI/CD release pipelines.

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

  • Contributing towards building the roadmap for enterprise IP addressing and connectivity features.
  • Validating and testing cloud-native technologies and architectures, including monitoring, troubleshooting and improving test execution pipelines.
  • Participating in the definition and adoption of best practices, knowledge sharing.
  • Collaborating in an Agile environment to ensure high product quality.
  • Working in an environment that fosters innovative solutions, rapid development cycles, and open communication

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

  • Have 8 years of experience in developing test automation using
  • Have experience in widely accepted framework with focus on backend and REST API testing (Java, Python, junit, spock, cucumber, pytest etc.).
  • Be open and able to work with Python (and pytest) as the primary language, with prior experience welcomed but not required.
  • Demonstrate analytical thinking, alongside solid debugging and troubleshooting skills for resolving test-related issues in complex platforms.
  • Have experience leveraging CI/CD tools, specifically Jenkins and GitHub Actions, to support good software development practices.
  • Possess a good understanding of networking fundamentals, as well as practical knowledge of virtualization, Linux-based operating systems and cloud solutions.
  • Have a positive view on using AI as means to help supplement SDLC to ensure higher quality software shipped on schedule.

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.

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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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