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About the role

  • Senior test engineer automating testing, deployment, and validation for Akamai’s distributed cloud and edge platform. Building microservice test frameworks and deployment automation.

Responsibilities

  • Automate the SDLC pipeline from testing through deployment and validation
  • Investigate and troubleshoot deployment-related issues, identify root causes, and recommend solutions across environments
  • Develop and maintain automated test frameworks for code changes, including unit, integration, and end-to-end tests
  • Create and maintain test plans and test cases for microservices, covering relevant scenarios and edge cases
  • Collaborate with other engineering groups on integration testing
  • Suggest improvements to testing environments
  • Investigate requirements for safe deployment and rollback strategies
  • Verify deployment requirements during the deployment process
  • Write and maintain scripts to automate platform service deployments

Requirements

  • 8 years of relevant experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent
  • Python and Pytest knowledge
  • Good understanding of modern testing methodologies
  • Working knowledge of Perl and Golang
  • Experience debugging across environments and reproducing failing tests locally on x86 vs. ARM, native or emulated
  • Knowledge of Debian packaging
  • Knowledge of QEMU's TCG vs KVM acceleration
  • Good Linux fundamentals, especially performance tuning
  • Experience with Bash and scripting fundamentals
  • Experience with automation tools and frameworks such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and SaltStack
  • Understanding of modern software development life cycle processes
  • Understanding of service level objective monitoring and alerting

Benefits

  • Annual bonus or incentives
  • Equity awards
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • Healthcare
  • RRSP
  • Company holidays
  • Vacation in the form of PTO
  • Sick time
  • Employee assistance program
  • Mental wellness support
  • Financial wellness support
  • FlexBase flexible work arrangement: at home, in an office, or a combination of both

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$120,400 - CA$216,600 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

JenkinsLinuxMicroservicesPerlPythonSaltStackSDLCGo

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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