Principal Software Development Engineer in Test Lead

Akamai Technologies is a cloud and edge technology company building scalable platforms and services. The Principal Software Development Engineer in Test Lead will develop automated testing for cloud microservices, maintain test frameworks and pipelines, troubleshoot complex issues, and provide technical leadership and mentorship.

Responsibilities:

• Working with engineering teams to identify how to test proposed changes
• Developing and maintain automated test frameworks and test pipelines, including unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests
• Creating and maintaining test plans and test cases for our compute services, ensuring they cover all relevant scenarios and edge cases
• Writing and maintaining scripts to automate deployments, migrations and rollbacks
• Investigating and troubleshooting complex issues, identifying root causes and providing recommendations for solutions
• Providing technical leadership and mentorship to juniors, promoting best practices and ensuring that quality standards are met

Requirements:

• Have 12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent
• Have understanding of modern testing methodologies
• Have a deep expertise in Python, Pytest, and best practices for testing microservices
• Demonstrate experience with automation tools and frameworks such as Jenkins, Github Actions, and SaltStack
• Possess good Linux fundamentals, especially around performance tuning
• Be comfortable with Bash and scripting fundamentals and with containerization, such as Docker
• Have good network fundamentals (HTTP, TLS, TCP/IP, DNS, etc.)