Akamai Technologies is hiring a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) for its Cloud Technology Group in Bengaluru, Karnataka. This opportunity is particularly relevant for experienced SDETs and software engineers who enjoy system-level testing, automation, Linux engineering, CI/CD, debugging, and working close to hardware and cloud infrastructure.
Unlike a conventional UI automation position, this role combines SDET, system engineering, build/release engineering, ARM64, Linux, DevSecOps, and automation. Candidates with strong engineering fundamentals and an interest in infrastructure-level quality engineering can explore this opportunity. 🚀
🏢 About Akamai Technologies
Akamai is a global cloud, security, and content delivery technology company. Its distributed cloud platform combines computing, networking, storage, security, and edge capabilities to support applications and digital experiences at global scale. Akamai says its infrastructure spans more than 4,400 edge PoPs, 1,200+ networks, and 130+ countries. (Akamai)
The company works on systems where reliability, performance, security, and scalability are critical. Its Cloud Technology Group develops and manages technologies used by engineering teams to operate distributed systems.
📌 Job Overview
Company: Akamai Technologies
Role: Senior Software Development Engineer in Test
Experience: 5+ Years
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka
Job Function: SDET / Software Testing / Build & Release Engineering
Primary Technologies: Python, Shell, Linux, ARM64/AArch64, CI/CD
Architecture: ARM-based platforms
Work Area: Cloud Technology Engineering
🔥 What Will You Work On?
Key responsibilities include:
• Developing automation using Python and Shell
• Testing ARM64/AArch64 applications, libraries, operating systems, and system resources
• Building and improving CI/CD pipelines
• Troubleshooting architecture-specific failures
• Investigating logs, core dumps, runtime failures, and build problems
• Working with GCC, Clang, CMake, Make, compilers and linkers
• Supporting cross-compilation and dependency management
• Performing system testing using physical HIL setups or target emulators
• Automating REST API, microservice, and SQL database testing
• Validating DevSecOps controls including SonarQube, Black Duck, SBOM and Cosign
• Collaborating with globally distributed engineering teams
💼 Why This Role Is Good for Experienced Professionals
This opportunity can be valuable for professionals who want to move beyond conventional UI automation into system-level Quality Engineering. You can gain hands-on exposure to ARM architecture, Linux internals, build systems, release engineering, CI/CD reliability, security validation, and distributed cloud infrastructure.
For an SDET with 5+ years of experience, the role also provides an opportunity to demonstrate engineering ownership rather than focusing only on test-case execution. Akamai’s distributed cloud platform operates at substantial global scale, making infrastructure reliability an important part of its engineering environment.
🛠️ Skills Required
Candidates should focus on:
• Python and Shell scripting
• Linux/Unix administration and troubleshooting
• ARM64/AArch64 architecture fundamentals
• CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI
• Git and source-control workflows
• GDB, strace, perf and Valgrind
• Core-dump analysis and debugging
• CMake, Make, GCC and Clang
• Cross-compilation and dependency management
• REST API and microservice testing
• SQL/database testing
• SonarQube, Black Duck, SBOM and Cosign
• HIL testing, emulators and system validation
• Root Cause Analysis and production troubleshooting
💰 Expected Salary Range
Publicly reported Akamai Senior SDET compensation data for Bengaluru shows recent entries around ₹20 LPA to ₹40 LPA total pay, including reports of approximately ₹20 lakh and ₹30–40 lakh for professionals with 4–6 years of experience. These are employee-reported figures rather than an official salary range for this vacancy, so actual compensation can vary based on experience, interview performance, role level, and total compensation structure.
🎯 Expected Akamai Interview Rounds
For this particular senior role, prepare for:
• Technical/coding assessment
• Python and scripting discussion
• Linux and system-debugging round
• ARM/build/release engineering discussion
• CI/CD and DevSecOps discussion
• Managerial/project discussion
• HR/recruiter discussion
📚 Preparation Tips
🔥 ARM + Linux: Understand processes, memory, CPU architecture, system calls, permissions, signals, shared libraries and architecture-specific failures.
🐍 Python/Shell: Practice automation scripts involving log parsing, process monitoring, file handling, API calls and failure detection.
🔧 Debugging: Learn how to approach a crash using GDB, core dumps, strace and Valgrind rather than simply rerunning the test.
⚙️ Build Systems: Revise CMake, Make, GCC, Clang, linking, libraries, dependencies and cross-compilation.
🚦 CI/CD: Be ready to explain how you would diagnose a flaky or failed Jenkins/GitHub Actions pipeline.
🔐 DevSecOps: Understand SBOM generation, software composition analysis, static analysis and signing concepts.
🌐 System Testing: Prepare scenarios involving APIs, microservices, databases, HIL environments and emulators.
📄 Resume Tips
Your resume should position you as an engineering-focused SDET, not only a functional tester. Highlight Python/Shell automation, Linux debugging, CI/CD ownership, framework development, system testing and measurable improvements in build or release reliability. If you have experience with ARM, embedded systems, Docker, cross-compilation, C/C++, networking or performance debugging, place these prominently.
Use achievement-focused statements such as “Automated release validation and reduced pipeline failures by X%” rather than simply listing tools. Match keywords such as ARM64, AArch64, Linux, Python, Shell, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GDB, strace, Valgrind, CMake, GCC, CI/CD and DevSecOps where they genuinely reflect your experience.
📩 How to Apply
👉 Application Link: Click Here
Interested candidates can apply through the official Akamai job listing:
Apply for Senior Software Development Engineer in Test – Akamai
📍 Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka
🎯 Experience: 5+ Years
💻 Focus: SDET | ARM64 | Linux | Python | CI/CD | System Engineering
If you are an experienced SDET who enjoys debugging complex system failures, automating engineering workflows, and solving problems close to the infrastructure layer, this Akamai opportunity offers a distinctly system-oriented SDET career path. 🚀
