Software QA Automation Engineer- Remote

Are you excited to work on innovative enterprise security products?

Our priority is our customers, and our goal is to keep their business and data secured from threats

Join our team!

Akamai is transforming the way organizations safeguard their data centers and clouds against advanced threats. Our team boasts some of the most talented and experienced cybersecurity data engineers experts. We're always looking for new people to inspire us and make us better.

Develop and contribute to a full product life cycle

As an SDET, you will be part of a scrum team. Working to support high-quality practices, plan and build functional, integration, system, and acceptance tests, both manual and automated. You'll be a key part of the team responsible for testing Guardicore's AI Platform.

In this role you will be:

Scoping out comprehensive test plans based on design requirements and code changes.
Automating functional, integration, e2e, and scale testing techniques using PyTest.
Investigating and analysing root causes of technical issues and bottlenecks.
Setting up test environments, maintaining, enhancing, and developing test tools and automation frameworks.
Creating and applying new approaches and concepts, including AI, to improve the productivity and efficiency of testing practices.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

Have a solid QA testing experience and an excellent understanding of Automation Frameworks, Data Structures, Big Data, and Computer Networks.
Have excellent debugging/troubleshooting skills.
Have proficiency in Python, shell script, SQL, and REST API programming languages, and exposure to working in Unix/Linux.
Have exposure/interest working with internet technologies such as TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS, etc, and be passionate about solving large-scale distributed systems.
Demonstrate experience in testing of Backend Distributed systems.
Have experience with Kubernetes, Jenkins\GitHub Actions, ArgoWF, Clickhouse, S3, Kafka, Terraform, Kibana, and Grafana.
Have experience working with AI tools such as Co-Pilot or Clude-code.

Build your career at Akamai

Our ability to shape digital life today relies on developing exceptional people like you. The kind that can turn impossible into possible. We’re doing everything we can to make Akamai a great place to work. A place where you can learn, grow and have a meaningful impact.

With our company moving so fast, it’s important that you’re able to build new skills, explore new roles, and try out different opportunities. There are so many different ways to build your career at Akamai, and we want to support you as much as possible. We have all kinds of development opportunities available, from programs such as GROW and Mentoring, to internal events like the APEX Expo and tools such as Linkedin Learning, all to help you expand your knowledge and experience here.

Learn more

Not sure if this job is the right match for you or want to learn more about the job before you apply? Schedule a 15-minute exploratory call with the Recruiter and they would be happy to share more details.