Software Development Engineer

We are responsible for testing across all the Products and Technologies developed by IT Division at Akamai. We are knowledgeable about all enterprise applications services, products, and technologies. We focus on real-world, end-to-end testing to ensure all of Akamai's Systems integrate well. We work on automated testing infrastructure and systematic test case tracking to increase efficiency of SDET processes.

You will be tasked with solving critical software automation and verification problems in a distributed systems environment which process and distribute terabytes of data to assist in varied internal and external applications. Working with developers and other SDET teams you will become an expert in system-wide automation infrastructure. You will ensure exceptional performance of products used by customers to deliver the best of class experience.

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

• Work with Business Analysts, developers and create test strategy, test plans and test cases for new requirements/change requests/projects.
• Design and develop and execute manual and automation test suites for different types of testing including UI, API, integration, database, and performance with traceability.
• Working with project stake holders to shape test plans to meet the business needs.
• Design and execute Integration tests across platforms and applications using techniques like batch processing, shell scripts, File Transfer, API & Web Services.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have bachelors degree in engineering Stream or Computer Science or equally qualified with overall 1 to 3 years of Experience in testing large scale enterprise systems.
• Good knowledge or experience in SQL for developing and analysing complex queries to test large scale database systems.
• Demonstrate experience in developing automation test scripts using Python.
• Knowledge in Linux/Unix operating systems, Jenkins and GIT or similar industry standard tools.
• Highly results driven, hands-on, self-motivating, self-learning team player with a passion for testing and the ability to upgrade technical expertise within the constantly changing technology landscape.