Are you a software developer who loves solving complex problems?
Would developing the enterprise level applications on cloud excite you?
Join our Cloud Experience Engineering team
Cloud Experience team builds the core interfaces that allow customers and developers to integrate seamlessly with Akamai. We work to enrich the compute experience of our customers. We provide tools that help customers validate safety and correctness of web properties. We provide edge diagnostics and enrich developer experience via APIs, CLI and Terraform.
Build out large scalable distributed systems.
As a Software Engineer, you will join a collaborative team. Together, we use innovative in-house tech and cutting-edge open-source projects to build solutions for Akamai.
As a Software Engineer, you will be responsible for:
- Developing API and back-end code functionality for our ACC & compute applications.
- Taking ownership of end-to-end product development of core app frameworks focusing on usability, performance, and robustness.
- Bringing innovation from the marketplace, contributing to the wider community and striving for innovation.
- Understanding the business domain deeply and work closely with business stakeholders.
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent
- Have an understanding of Java, REST API interfaces, and service-oriented architecture.
- Have an understanding of web application development, design patterns, test driven development .
- Be familiar with CI tools (i.e. Jenkins), version control software (i.e. Git), JSON, Docker and SQL Databases.
- Have Familiarity with Agile methodologies and
best practices. - Demonstrate ability to communicate complex technical content to a wide range of audiences with varying technical abilities.
About us
At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.
Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.
Our focus is simple:
Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.
Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.
Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.
AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.
At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.
Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits.
FlexBase adapts to your job's needs
Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.
We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Understanding of Java
- Understanding of REST API interfaces
- Understanding of service-oriented architecture
- Understanding of web application development
- Understanding of design patterns
- Understanding of test-driven development
- Familiarity with CI tools such as Jenkins
- Familiarity with version control software such as Git
- Familiarity with JSON
- Familiarity with Docker
- Familiarity with SQL databases
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and best practices
- Ability to communicate complex technical content to audiences with varying technical abilities
Akamai Technologies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Akamai Technologies and has not been reviewed or approved by Akamai Technologies.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Unlimited PTO in the U.S., wellness days, paid volunteering time, and the FlexBase model contribute to broad time‑off flexibility. These practices are described as supporting strong work‑life balance.
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Parental & Family Support — Generous paid parental leaves, paid family care leave, subsidized backup childcare, and inclusive family‑building benefits via Carrot form a comprehensive family support suite. Coverage spans fertility support through caregiving resources.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a substantial company match and immediate vesting, plus Roth and Mega Backdoor Roth options, underpin long‑term savings. These features provide reliable long‑term savings opportunities.
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What We Do
At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. Every moment, billions of people, all over the world, are using the internet to shop, play games, look after finances, learn remotely, share videos, connect across the world, and so much more. These life-shaping digital experiences wouldn’t be possible without Akamai. We power and protect life online. It’s an extraordinary mission, and our global teams achieve it by solving the toughest challenges, and turning the impossible into the possible. With the world’s most distributed compute platform — from cloud to edge — we make it easy for businesses to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away. That’s why innovative companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences. Thanks to our world’s most distributed platform for cloud computing, security, and content delivery. Akamai keeps applications and experiences closer and threats farther away. Devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology, we’re always pushing ground-breaking ideas and driving innovation. Do you want to power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges with us? Be part of an amazing team!
Why Work With Us
Our people are devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology. We find solutions through persistence, and push ground-breaking ideas forward with urgency and courage. This creates an environment where we harness creative energy and drive innovation. We are inclusive and diverse, and we love to collaborate across the world.
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