Principal Software Development Engineer in Test at AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES SINGAPORE PTE LTD

Bengaluru, karnataka, India -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

08 Sep, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

10 Jun, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Python, Playwright, Selenium, API Testing, RESTful Services, GraphQL, CI/CD, Performance Testing, Load Testing, Test Automation Frameworks, Shift-Left Engineering, AI-enabled QA

Industry

technology;Information and Internet

Description

Do you relish the prospect of working with cutting-edge network security systems? Do you love collaborating with teams to solve complex challenges? Join our world-class Delivery Experience Team Akamai's Control Center is our face to our users on the Web. We provide tools, APIs, analytics, configuration management, web services, and interfaces for our customers to manage their accounts. We focus on building a resilient and scalable platform that enables our web services to run seamlessly. Partner with the best As a Principal SDET engineer, test both new and existing products. Akamai's Next Generation portal enhances end-user interaction with Akamai solutions. Deliver a platform enabling Akamai and third parties to create innovative products and features efficiently within a distributed development framework. As a Principal Software Development Engineer in Test, you will be responsible for: * Designing and implementing comprehensive test automation frameworks to ensure high-quality software delivery and seamless integration across systems. * Designing and implementing robust automation frameworks to improve software testing efficiency, reliability, and scalability across multiple platforms and environments. * Scaling UI & API Automation Frameworks: Own, design, and mature robust, scalable automation architectures using Python, Playwright, and Selenium for ecosystems. * Promoting Shift-Left Engineering: Designing and developing custom testing tools, utilities, and dashboards to integrate seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines, enhancing defect detection. * Architecting Performance & Load Strategies: Define the blueprint, solutions, and infrastructure needed for comprehensive performance, load, and high-scale customer-focused testing. * Providing technical mentorship to the QA engineering community, establishing best practices, and collaborating with Dev and Product Architects for quality design. * Coordinating global teams by aligning and syncing testing efforts across US and India, enabling seamless handovers and continuous delivery. Do what you love To be successful in this role you will: * Have 15+ years of experience in Software Quality Engineering with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. * Be expertise in Python-based automation framework development, UI automation (Playwright, Selenium), and API testing for RESTful and GraphQL services. * Be experienced designing scalable, reusable, and enterprise-grade test automation architectures across multiple product lines. * Have background in integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab) and implementing Shift-Left testing practices throughout the SDLC. * Lead code reviews and provide feedback on testability, maintainability, and adherence to best practices. * Be able to drive AI-enabled QA strategies, including intelligent test generation, predictive defect analysis, and self-healing automation frameworks. About us At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day. Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone. Our focus is simple: Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance. Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data. Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch. AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform. At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. 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Responsibilities

Design and implement scalable automation frameworks for UI and API testing to ensure high-quality software delivery. Provide technical mentorship to the QA community and coordinate global testing efforts across the US and India.