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Software Development Engineer in Test

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Software Development Engineer in Test in Canada

  • Remote

Responsibilities

  • Define test strategy and performance quality gates for the platform.
  • Automate the software development lifecycle from testing through deployment and validation.
  • Investigate deployment issues, identify root causes, and recommend solutions across environments.
  • Develop and maintain automated unit, integration, and end-to-end test frameworks.
  • Create and maintain test plans and test cases for microservices, including edge-case coverage.
  • Collaborate with engineering groups on integration testing and improve testing environments.
  • Define and verify safe deployment and rollback requirements.
  • Write and maintain scripts that automate platform service deployments.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
  • Knowledge of Python and Pytest and modern testing methodologies.
  • Knowledge of Perl and Go, with debugging experience.
  • Understanding of x86 and ARM architectures.
  • Knowledge of Debian packaging, apt, and dependency management.
  • Linux fundamentals, especially performance tuning, plus Bash and scripting fundamentals.
  • Understanding of virtualization and containerization.
  • Experience with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and SaltStack.

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangement through Akamai’s FlexBase program, including home, office, or hybrid work.
  • Healthcare, RRSP, company holidays, PTO, sick time, employee assistance, and family-friendly benefits.
  • Mental and financial wellness support, subject to eligibility requirements.

Akamai

Akamai builds content delivery, cloud security, and edge compute services for enterprises that run consumer and business web, API, and video workloads. The public company (NASDAQ: AKAM), founded in 1998 and headquartered in Cambridge, MA, operates a global CDN and security platform and sells via ...

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