Job Description

Job Category: Software Engineer
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Would you like to impact the digital experiences of millions of users?
Do you enjoy solving large scale distributed systems problems?
Join Our Delivery Product Engineering Group
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
• 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
• Have good programming skills and an interest in learning new technologies
• Display solid understanding of Object-Oriented Programming concepts in Java or Python
• Possess familiarity with web development frameworks such as Angular, Django, Spring/Spring Boot
• Have exposure to relational databases such as Oracle DB or PostgreSQL
• Demonstrate basic knowledge of Linux operating system and command-line tools and have an understanding of Computer Networks (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, etc.)
• Be familiar with RESTful APIs and service-oriented architecture concepts

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
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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!

Skills Required