Senior II Software Development Engineer in Test
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The project focuses on testing and validating BGP, Linux networking, and hypervisor stacks within a global, distributed cloud datacenter environment. Key technologies include Python with Pytest, Netmiko, NAPALM, Scapy, Docker Compose, Kind and performance testing tools like Spirent, Landslide, Avalanche. Responsibilities cover designing and implementing test automation, conducting performance and scalability testing, root cause analysis, and collaboration with networking teams. Supporting CI/CD and building test environments are core parts of the role.

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Senior II Software Development Engineer in Test

Company: Akamai Technologies

from: 15 July 2026
to: 14 August 2026
salary not specifiedcontract of employment (full-time)
Salary details
basic salary
fixed bonus (e.g., quarterly, annual)
Offer parameters
level:mid
working mode:remote
Kraków, Prądnik Biały
Kraków, Prądnik BiałyOpolska 100View on map

Requirements

Expected technologies

Python

Operating system

Windows
macOS
Linux

Our requirements

  • Possess education in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Demonstrate expertise in Network Validation, QA Automation, or Systems Testing with applicable and relevant professional experience.
  • Demonstrate expertise in Layer 2/3 networking, TCP/IP, IPv4/IPv6, BGP, routing state machines, attributes, scaling, configuration, debugging, and validation.
  • Develop scalable Python test automation with Pytest and network libraries like Netmiko, NAPALM, Scapy for functional validation and testing.
  • Leverage high-scale traffic tools like Spirent, Landslide, Avalanche, or equivalents to validate performance, throughput, scalability, and system resilience effectively.
  • Deploy containerized routing daemons, manage complex network topologies, and create virtual test environments using Docker Compose, Kind, and Linux tools.

Your responsibilities

  • Designing and conducting thorough end-to-end functional validation for routing services, emphasizing BGP daemons, advanced networking technologies, and core protocols.
  • Developing, deploying, and maintaining scalable automation frameworks, reusable libraries, fixtures, and tests, while integrating test suites into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Conducting performance, stress, scalability, and resiliency testing with traffic generators, simulating internet-scale routing, high-throughput traffic, route changes, and failover scenarios.
  • Conducting thorough root cause analysis of protocol state machine failures, routing anomalies, convergence issues, and system-level regressions to enhance software reliability.
  • Contributing to test strategies, enhancing automation coverage, refining testing methods, and reviewing architecture and design to ensure thorough validation.

About the project

Do you thrive on solving complex cloud datacenter networking challenges across a massive, globally distributed footprint?
Do you enjoy designing and building software to test and validate BGP, Linux networking, and hypervisor stacks?
The role involves resolving software automation and verification challenges in a multi-vendor routing and switching environment. Collaboration with Network Engineering and Network Architecture teams will develop expertise in large-scale testing of routing protocols.

This is how we work on a project

  • code quality measures
  • Continuous Deployment
  • Continuous Integration
  • DevOps
  • documentation
  • issue tracking tools
  • test automation
  • testing environments

Work in a way that works for you

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. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.

Working for you

At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:
  • Your health
  • Your finances
  • Your family
  • Your time at work
  • Your time pursuing other endeavors
  • Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

    Join our Routing Services Validation team!

    The Cloud Networking division seeks an experienced Senior II Test Engineer for the Routing Services Validation team. Responsibilities include defining test strategies, designing detailed test plans, and creating automation frameworks to validate next-generation routing platforms.
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    Development opportunities we offer

    • assistance in preparation to public speeches
    • conferences in Poland
    • mentoring
    • soft skills training
    • support of IT events
    • technical knowledge exchange within the company

    Benefits

    • sharing the costs of sports activities
    • private medical care
    • life insurance
    • remote work opportunities
    • dental care
    • corporate gym
    • corporate library
    • no dress code
    • coffee / tea
    • parking space for employees
    • leisure zone
    • extra social benefits
    • holiday funds
    • extra leave

    Akamai Technologies

    Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.
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