Software Engineer II

Are you a fast learner who is fascinated by technology?

Are you excited about working with a cutting-edge distributed system?

Join the Edge Applications Engineering team

The Edge Applications Engineering team develops software that is used to develop and provision applications that optimize caching for Akamais distributed network. This software enables top-tier performance, reliability and efficient delivery of customers content. It is a critical component that is an integral part of some of the top media companies.

Partner with the best

As a Software Engineer II, youll design, develop, and maintain our provisioning and caching applications solving complex, engaging Internet-scale problems.

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

• Analyzing designing and implementing system software. This brings functionality, accuracy, reliability, and scalability to the provisioning and caching applications.
• Developing innovative and elegant solutions in a highly dynamic environment.
• Collaborating across engineering teams and other stakeholders to integrate and deliver features, bug fixes, enhancements, investigation reports on time.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• 2+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelors degree in Computer Science or its equivalent.
• Have experience working with frontend frameworks like AngularJS.
• Have experience working with Java based web applications.
• Have willingness to work across both frontend and backend features.
• Have experience developing and deploying applications on a container based platform an understanding about distributed systems and the HTTP delivery ecosystem.

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.
Whether youre streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, were the engine behind the scenes. We provide the worlds 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 worlds biggest moments without a glitch.
AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the worlds most distributed cloud platform.

At Akamai, we dont just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And were 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 jobs needs

Akamais FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. Its not about telling employees where to work; its 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.