Job Description

Job Category: Software Engineer
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Are you excited to work with innovative security products?
Do you relish the prospect of working with cutting-edge network security systems?
Join our world-class Enterprise Security Team
Our Team builds and delivers zero trust security solutions for enterprise customers. Our mission is to provide Segmentation and threat protection solutions to enterprises. Powered by Akamai's global Intelligent Edge Platform, Enterprise Threat Protector proactively identifies, blocks, and mitigates targeted threats. It mitigates ransomware, phishing, DNS data exfiltration and advanced zero-day attacks and helps segment the network.
Partner with the best
As a Software Engineer, you'll help to build Akamai's Zero
Trust platform into a worldwide leader. You'll be crucial to the development of best-in-class security features. Leveraging your knowledge in Networking/multi-cloud/distributed environments, you'll make a global impact on Enterprises/applications, users and their workloads.
As a Software Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Building & enhance products/services for Akamai Edge and VM based products that gets deployed within Enterprise perimeter
• Taking ownership for technical and product innovation, implementing proof of concepts, analyzing systems, and proposing solutions
• Collaborating with software engineering teams in an Agile environment on code review, design process and product development
• Working closely with product management to enhance new releases
• Coordinating deployment strategy and system changes, participating in timeline planning and release schedules

Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 2+ years' experience in software development and Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or it's equivalent
• Have experience in coding with Python on Linux
• Have knowledge about Golang & C/C++
• Have basic knowledge on computer networks including TCP/IP, HTTP, SSL, DNS
• Be comfortable with working in a Linux/Unix environment

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!
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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