Software Engineer
Do you love solving complex problems? Are you excited about working in a Fast paced goal-oriented team? Join the Akamai Delivery Product Engineering team Our team is part of the Delivery Product Engineering group within our Compute Technology Group. We help large enterprises around the world manage their websites, deliver video streams and secure their transactions over the internet. Our globally distributed network can solve problems at a scale that few others can. Make a Difference in a Critical Area of Our Business You will be building high resiliency customer-facing systems. You will enhance our customers' experience in managing their international CDN presence and satisfying compliance requirements. You will work with internal teams to design, shape and create innovative solutions for our customers. As a Software Engineer, you will be responsible for: Designing and developing highly scalable software that runs on the Akamai infrastructure Partnering with internal cross-functional teams to translate requirements into solutions to meet business objectives Implementing new features, enhancing and optimizing existing features Contributing ideas and knowledge to process-improvement sessions to facilitate continuous improvement of our products Do what you love To be successful in this role you will: Have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent Have understanding of OOP concepts, proficiency in Python/Java, familiarity with RESTful APIs, microservices and SOA Be familiar with frameworks such as Angular, Django, Spring/SpringBoot, Apache Airflow Have exposure to relational and non relational databases such as PostgreSQL, Oracle DB, Cassandra Demonstrate knowledge of Linux OS and command-line tools, Computer Networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, etc.) Be familiar with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Maven, etc), observability tools (Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, etc) 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. Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits. FlexBase adapts to your job's needs Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work. We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both. Connect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is like!