Are you excited by an opportunity to contribute to software behind the largest distributed edge and cloud platform?
Are you interested in developing security services and making them even more secure, reliable and scalable? Join our Platform Team. Become a pivotal part of Akamai Connected Cloud by joining our dedicated team of engineers. We develop the backbone infrastructure that ensures data security, server integrity, network access, and secure communication.
Partner with the best
As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll oversee a range of components critical to network access, communication, and security. Collaborating closely with architects, quality engineering, and reliability teams, you will ensure our services meet our internal consumers' standards.
As a Software Engineer Senior II, you will be responsible for:
- Improving safety, stability and compliance of our team's existing services; spotting and eliminating problems and risks
- Crafting secure, maintainable and testable code
- Participating in ownership transfer of new systems into our team's portfolio
- Building knowledge and processes required to develop and run them at an even larger scale
- Creating designs for new features and services, and conducting code reviews
- Collaborating with our internal users to understand and address their needs
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have competence in one or more general-purpose languages, ideally Python or Go
- Have experience in developing reliable, secure and scalable distributed services
- Have experience developing software for Linux/Unix-like operating systems, including authoring shell scripts using command-line tools
- Understand the essentials of network and security fundamentals such as TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS, TLS/SSL and PKI
- Demonstrate the ability to think thoroughly with attention to detail as required in developing security-related applications
- Be open and adaptable to learn new technologies; embrace changes with agility and growth-oriented mindset
Work in a way that works for you
FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.
What makes Akamai a great place to work
Connect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is like! We power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges, together. At Akamai, we're curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you'll thrive here.
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.
About us
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.
Join us
Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!