Akamai Technologies/San Mateo, CA (CA)
Senior Software Engineer – DevTest
Location: US-CA-San Mateo
Posted Date: 3/6/2012
Cost Center: 265
Category: Engineering
ID: 5923
About the Job
As a Senior Software Engineer (Dev Test) in Akamai’s Enterprise Cloud Engineering team, you will be responsible for testing and verification of software components and features that will power Akamai’s edge application network.
About the Team
You will be part of a highly skilled software engineering team responsible for the software, that powers a scalable, highly distributed fault tolerant network of servers that host virtual machines running a variety of applications at the Akamai edge. The software will interface with various elements of Akamai’s world class infrastructure such as mapping, customer care systems, and the Akamai Network Operations Command Center.
By leveraging our global deployment in over 1,000 networks, Akamai can uniquely solve problems and exceed fundamental limitations of traditional networking.
Responsibilities:
– Work closely with developers, on detailed test plans studying designs and code changes.
– Execute tests on a large-scale distributed test network.
– Enhance/develop test tools and automation frameworks as well as reference virtual machines.
– Work on managing multiple releases simultaneously.
– Performance test of server and virtual machines, across releases/hardware, to ensure quality and high performance.
– Verify and validate the server using white-box/black-box/functional/stress testing techniques.
– Help developers investigate customer facing issues as well as failures in automated test runs.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications
– Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
– 8+ years of experience working with Internet and/or Intranet acceleration technologies.
– 5+ years of experience leading product development efforts (technical or business focused).
– 3+ years of experience with or knowledge of TCP/IP and underlying Internet protocols (HTTP, DNS, ICMP).
Desired Qualifications
– Strong written and verbal communication skills.
– Ability to build consensus across business and technical groups.
– Strong people leadership and mentoring skills.
– Creative and innovation-driven mindset.
About Akamai:
No one carries more of the world's Web traffic than Akamai, so working with Akamai means you’re helping some of the world’s best known brands succeed in bringing any experience to any device, anywhere. Cloud computing, SaaS, eCommerce, online entertainment and dynamic personalized experiences are all fueled by Akamai technology. Join Akamai and you join a culture that’s extremely intelligent, strongly supportive and passionately committed to delivering world-class solutions. Some of the best minds in business, mathematics, and engineering work at Akamai – leading, learning and shaping the future of the Internet.
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Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity employer (M/F/D/V) that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace.
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