Software Engineer

Would you like the opportunity to solve technical challenges?

Are you excited about working with cutting-edge technologies?

Join our team

Our Edge Platform division designs, develops, and operates technology that helps our customers improve their Web and Media content delivery. Leveraging our deployment of servers around the world, we can uniquely solve technology problems with innovative solutions.

Make a difference to a vital part of our business

As a Software Engineer at Akamai, you'll be responsible for developing performant and scalable software. You will work with highly-skilled developers to manage the upgrade and deployment of a network of thousands of production servers.

As a Software Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Having close collaboration with the product engineering team and/or working group
• Conducting regular Production Error Audits of operational metrics and deep-dive log analysis to proactively detect anomalies and error conditions
• Designing and implementing software tools that enhance productivity with respect to debugging, check-listing, and product metric analysis
• Designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines that are key to building releases and deploying them to testing, staging, and production environments
• Triaging and analysis of customer escalations related to product operations and behavior, including the identification, mitigation, and resolution of product bugs
• Participating as a Subject-Matter Expert in Technical Incidents, performing root cause analysis, and identifying and executing incident mitigations
• Fostering a culture that strives for consistent, iterative improvement to our processes, strategies, tools and frameworks

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a Bachelor's in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field/experience
• Be interested in learning about internet technologies and optimizations
• Have experience developing and monitoring backend applications, such as databases, queuing systems, understanding of system limits and impacts on performance/scale
• Have experience with some technologies like Java, Angular, Spring Framework, NoSQL Databases, Realtime Service Delivery, containerization technologies
• Have expertise with scripting languages in a Linux/Unix environment (eg: shell, Bash, Python, Ruby)
• Be comfortable with basic statistics and an interest in deeper analysis will be an asset
• Be enthusiastic about automation, and build tools to streamline development processes and reduce manual toil

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. 

Learn what makes Akamai a great place to work

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!


Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.


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