Senior Software Engineer

Are you excited to work with innovative security products?

Do you enjoy creating innovative and strategic solutions to solve complex problems?

Join our 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.

Partner with the best

As a Senior Software Engineer, contribute to developing solutions using innovative technology and advanced open-source projects.As a Software Engineer Senior, you will be responsible for:

• Designing, developing, and deploying monitoring and observability tools for essential infrastructure systems.
• Developing dashboards and alerting systems for Kubernetes clusters, cloud security, and performance metrics.
• Monitoring and addressing availability and performance concerns
• Collaborating with developers, QA, and product teams in Agile environments to troubleshoot, streamline, and improve.
• Enhancing system performance while improving release reliability through automation and optimization.
• Enhancing CI/CD pipelines while introducing best practices in cloud infrastructure and infrastructure as code.
  

Do What You Love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Hold qualifications in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Have 5+ years' experience in a DevOps or development role
• Demonstrate expertise in data structures, algorithms, and database systems.
• Demonstrate proficiency in Python, Golang, Java, or a similar high-level programming language.
• Demonstrate expertise using Kubernetes, monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana), and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Demonstrate expertise using CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins) and infrastructure-as-code frameworks (e.g., Terraform).
  

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 workConnect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is like!

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

Benefits

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!