Do you like collaborating across teams to solve complex problems?

Do you enjoy solving large-scale systems problems?

Join our Akamai Data Services team

Our Data Services team consists of collaborative, inclusive, and creative individuals. We develop cloud-native services with high reliability and massive scale on top of Akamai Cloud (formerly Linode) the most distributed and closest to the edge cloud platform in the world.

Be part of enhancing our organization

You will work at the heart of the Internet building and operating systems gathering telemetry from the Akamai distributed platform. You will join other software engineers in a cross-functional scrum team that owns the design, development, deployment, and maintenance of core monitoring services and products used by thousands of internal and external Akamai customers.

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

• Participating in the design, development, improvement, operation, and automation of observability solutions for Akamai services

• Following modern DevOps practices, building new services, or enhancing the existing ones

• Testing, profiling, and monitoring code performance

• Diagnosing system performance and reliability together with the team of Site Reliability Engineers

• Partnering with product owners, development, and test groups to create rapid cycles of feedback and improvement

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Collaborate and effectively communicate with multidisciplinary teams to solve technical and business challenges

• Have advanced knowledge of Web technologies, distributed systems, and modern observability

• Have experience in programming and automating processes using C/C or Java and other programming languages

• Have experience with developing software in GNU/Linux or Unix environment

• Demonstrate experience with working with Internet protocols including TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS, and TLS/SSL

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.

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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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