Senior II Software Engineer

Are you excited by the prospect of creating algorithms that steer large portions of the Internet's traffic?

Would you like the opportunity to create a seamless internet experience for our end users?

Join our exciting and prestigious Mapping Engineering team

Our highly skilled engineering team is responsible for the core traffic steering algorithms in our Intelligent platform. Our software measures and models the worldwide Internet. It also directs traffic for our globally distributed network of servers. This software allows us to manage our customers' Internet information flows with industry-leading performance and reliability.

Partner with the best

As part of our team, you'll develop software that will improve the speed, reliability and security of web experiences all over the world. You will work collaboratively within your small team and with other teams at Akamai.

As a Senior II Software Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Analyzing, designing, and implementing systems software that brings new functionality and increased accuracy, reliability and performance to our mapping system
• Evolving complex algorithms to best respond to unpredictable traffic patterns on the global Internet
• Improving the scalability, robustness, and ease of use of our software systems for testing, deployment, monitoring and maintenance
• Becoming a subject matter expert for our systems, explaining and improving our software, and assisting with troubleshooting
• Measuring, assessing, and tuning the effects of our global control systems

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 8 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or an MS/PhD and 5 years' experience
• Demonstrate solid experience working in C/C++ or another object-oriented language
• Have experience developing algorithms, and enjoy improving and tweaking them.
• Enjoy collaborating with team members to solve complex problems
• Demonstrate openness and flexibility to constantly learn new technologies
• Have experience coding for distributed systems and/or evaluating large (internet-scale) datasets
• Be familiar with the Linux operating system and scripting languages (e.g. Python, shell, perl)

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

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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