Job Description

Does the opportunity to develop and produce high performance systems excite you?

Do you thrive when given the freedom to innovate?

Join our world-class Edge Technology organization

Our Edge Platform team takes ownership for planning, building, maintaining and operating our global platform. We design, develop and deploy critical technologies including the hardware, software and network infrastructure. These provide the technical underpinnings for all of our products. Our team ensures consistent availability and performance for our customers.

Partner with the best

You'll work on high-reliability/high-throughput systems that manage our customer's security certificates and configurations. Our team provides support to several other teams at Akamai who require secure delivery. Our work centers around building systems which operate at large scale, with high resilience and performance.


As a Software Engineer, you will be responsible for:


Designing and developing systems capable of handling tens of thousands of concurrent operations Developing software to make efficient use of Relational Database Management Systems and NoSQL databases Creating new features from scratch, enhancing existing features and optimizing existing functionality Following good development methodology, including collaboration with testing and SQA departments to successfully deploy new system components

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:


Have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field Have 6 months - 2 years of experience in DevOps, Software Engineering, or related fields Have solid experience in languages such as Python or Bash in Linux/Unix environments Have good understanding of Docker and containerization concepts. Have hands-on academic or professional experience with cloud platforms (Azure or AWS). Have good experience with SQL and relational databases such as Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, or Postgres

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


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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!