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Manager Software Development Engineer in Test

Akamai City of Westminster, England, United Kingdom

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Posted Jul 30, 2026
  • Role & seniority

    • Engineering Manager (Software Development Engineer in Test / SDET) for Akamai’s Storage Engineering team (team leadership + hands-on technical leadership)
  • Stack/tools

    • Python, Golang

    • CI/CD and CT (test execution in pipeline environments)

    • Microservices/distributed testing

    • Object storage & block storage (cloud technologies)

    • (No specific frameworks/tools named beyond above)

  • Top 3 responsibilities

    • Lead and develop an engineering/test team: hiring, training, coaching, mentoring

    • Provide technical expertise: guide testing strategy, support distributed/microservices test design

    • Drive test/process delivery: create reliable functional/non-functional test suites in CI/CD/CT, participate in design reviews, sprint planning, and backlog planning; improve internal processes

  • Must-have skills

    • Experience managing high-performing engineering teams

    • Strong SDET background for distributed microservices environments

    • Ability to build deterministic, reliable functional and non-functional test suites in CI/CD/CT

    • Python and Golang proficiency for test/automation work

    • Knowledge of object and block storage technologies in cloud environments

  • Nice-to-haves

    • Experience with abstract architecture design from ideas through implementation

    • Experience applying domain knowledge to solve complex technical challenges (implied

Full Description

Do you want to build the next generation of Linode cloud storage?

Do you love leading and motivating successful teams?

Join the Linode Storage Engineering Team.

Our Storage Team is responsible for developing and maintaining Akamai's cloud storage platform for Linode. Our enterprise grade solution is an essential element to Akamai's Connected Cloud platform. We provide a scalable and secure storage solution for Linode's customers to build their businesses.

Partner with the best

As an Engineering Manager you will lead a team building highly usable, reliable and scalable storage solutions. Our platform empowers enterprises to create modern solutions to the world's problems.

As a Manager Software Development Engineer in Test, you will be responsible for

  • Managing and developing the team through hiring, training, coaching and mentoring
  • Providing technical expertise and leadership for your team
  • Participating in technical design, product specifications reviews, projects and backlog planning
  • Planning your team's sprints, collaborating with Team Leads and your management peers
  • Improving internal processes and systems on a consistent basis

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will

  • Have relevant experience managing and maintaining high performing engineering teams
  • Have extensive experience in an SDET role, testing software in a distributed, micro-services environment with a depth of experience using Python and Golang
  • Build reliable, deterministic, and effective functional and non-functional test suites within a CI/CD/CT environment, showcasing proven expertise and experience.
  • Have good knowledge of object storage and block storage technologies within cloud environments
  • Have experience designing abstract software architectures from ideas through implementation and creatively apply domain experience to solve technical challenges

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

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