Software Development Engineer in Test II

🕒 April 21

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Akamai Technologies

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5001 - 10000 employees

🔒 Cybersecurity

🏢 Enterprise

📱 Media

Cybersecurity • Enterprise • Media

Akamai Technologies is a global edge platform and cloud services company that delivers content delivery, edge computing, and security solutions. The company operates one of the world’s largest distributed networks to accelerate and protect web, media, and application traffic, offering products for content delivery, DDoS protection, API and app security, bot management, edge compute (serverless/edge functions), and AI inference at the edge. Akamai also provides enterprise-focused security services (zero trust, identity and access management, secure internet access) and cloud/AI infrastructure tools, and has recently expanded capabilities through acquisitions (for example LayerX) to add browser-based AI usage control.

📋 Description

• Designing and implementing automated test frameworks that validate inference runtime correctness, including model output accuracy, tokenization fidelity, and request handling behavior • Building performance and load testing infrastructure that benchmarks inference latency, throughput, and GPU utilization across model configurations • Developing regression and integration test suites that ensure runtime stability as new model architectures and serving backends are introduced • Collaborating with software engineers to define testability requirements, improve code coverage, and identify quality risks across the inference stack • Contributing to CI/CD quality gates and release validation processes that ensure runtime components meet production readiness standards

🎯 Requirements

• Have 2+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field • Demonstrate proficiency in test automation frameworks with experience designing and maintaining large-scale test suites • Show experience with performance testing and benchmarking tools, with the ability to design load tests for high-throughput systems • Have familiarity with AI/ML concepts including model inference, tokenization, and the basics of how models are served in production • Demonstrate proficiency in Python and at least one additional programming language used in test automation • Show experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerized test environments, and cloud-based testing infrastructure • Possess strong analytical skills with the ability to identify patterns in test results and translate findings into actionable quality improvements.

🏖️ Benefits

• Your health • Your finances • Your family • Your time at work • Your time pursuing other endeavors