Software Engineer

Akamai•United States,

2d•$75,700 - $136,300

About The Position

The Software Engineer will work in Akamai’s Edge Technology organization on the Edge Platform team, which plans, builds, maintains, and operates a global platform to ensure reliable availability and performance for customers. The team designs, develops, and deploys hardware, software, and network infrastructure supporting Akamai products. The role focuses on high-reliability, high-throughput systems that manage customer security certificates and configurations and provide secure delivery support to other Akamai teams. The work involves building systems at large scale with high resilience and performance. The posting describes responsibilities for Software Engineer II and qualifications for a Software Engineer I, including development of scalable systems, database use, feature development, and collaboration to deploy system components.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
Academic or project-based training in Java.
Familiarity with Python, C++, or Bash in Linux/Unix environments.
Hands-on project experience with Spring and Spring Boot for building scalable backend applications.
Academic or practical project experience using Angular for front-end development.
Foundational understanding or project coursework in Terraform.
Understanding of SQL, relational databases such as Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, or Postgres, and NoSQL databases such as Elasticsearch or Cassandra, demonstrated through projects.

Responsibilities

Design and develop systems capable of handling tens of thousands of concurrent operations.
Develop software that uses relational database management systems and NoSQL databases efficiently.
Create new features, enhance existing features, and optimize existing functionality.
Follow sound development methodologies and collaborate with testing and SQA departments to deploy new system components.