Software Development Engineer in Test II

Akamai Technologies is hiring a Software Development Engineer in Test II to lead testing of its custom Linux kernel and support new hardware platforms. The role focuses on building automated test and continuous integration infrastructure, troubleshooting system issues, and validating functionality, performance, reliability, and security across Akamai’s AI and Compute platform.

Responsibilities:

• Designing, building, and scaling advanced automated test frameworks to validate the hardware compatibility, performance, reliability, and security of Akamai's Linux kernel and OS imaging process
• Developing test suites validating new hardware designs; facilitate porting existing Akamai modifications to newer versions of the Linux kernel and VM infrastructure software
• Debugging, isolating, and troubleshooting complex, low-level system issues found in a variety of testing and simulated production environments
• Architecting and enhancing existing build and test automation infrastructure to achieve robust, continuous integration and testing
• Learning a variety of new technical skills with an advanced team of Senior engineers, improving quality standards of the testing organization

Requirements:

• Have 2 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent
• Have solid experience in scripting (Python/Shell/Perl) with some experience in software validation in C
• Possess understanding of Linux kernel internals including hardware drivers (pcie, gpu hardware, ethernet devices, KVM, virtio, cgroups, memory management, file systems, block IO, TCP/IP stack)
• Have familiarity with x86 and server-class arm64 architectures
• Have familiarity with Linux kernel and hardware debugging tools, performance benchmarking, and continuous testing/CI frameworks
• Be a motivated self-starter who thrives on collaborating with others to solve highly complex infrastructure challenges