Software Development Engineer in Test II

Do you want to shape automated quality engineering for next-generation edge and cloud delivery?

Are you passionate about building robust test automation?

Join our Compute division's Platform Engineering Team!

Akamai's CTG Team builds services empowering customers to deploy application-level features at the edge, such as traffic routing. As a Software Development Engineer in Test II, responsibilities involve thorough testing to validate releases and designing automation frameworks ensuring APIs, edge functionality, and user interfaces are scalable, resilient, and perform efficiently across diverse scenarios.

Partner with the best

This role involves designing, developing and maintaining automated test suites for backend services, REST APIs, edge components and web UIs. You will collaborate cross-functionally with developers, SRE and support teams to find quality bottlenecks early, investigate failures and ship reliable releases.

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

• Developing and maintaining automated API, integration and end-to-end tests using Java, Groovy or Kotlin.

• Designing and implementing UI test automation with Playwright or Cypress.

• Validating HTTP-based services and edge behavior.

• Integrating test suites into CI/CD pipelines so that regression runs happen automatically and reliably.

• Investigating test failures, identifying root causes and working with developers to resolve issues quickly.

• Maintaining test environments, test data and reusable test tooling.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Possess engineering expertise or equivalent education in computing or related field, alongside applicable practical experience in software development.

• Demonstrate programming expertise in any language. Familiarity with Java, Groovy, Kotlin, and test frameworks like Spock, JUnit, or TestNG.

• Demonstrate expertise in networking fundamentals, including comprehensive understanding of HTTP, TCP/IP, and DNS protocols.

• Demonstrate practical experience with UI test automation and familiarity with tools such as Playwright or Cypress.

• Work in Linux environments, utilizing shell scripting and command-line troubleshooting expertise to address technical challenges effectively.

• Demonstrate expertise with Git and continuous integration and delivery practices effectively.

• Demonstrate exceptional ability to communicate effectively in English through both written and verbal expression.

• Demonstrate expertise with Jenkins infrastructure, pipelines, Job DSL, agents, plugins, API testing tools, reporting tools, or AI-driven debugging.

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.