Senior II Software Engineer

Are you interested in building the latest product offerings on Kubernetes?

Are you passionate about the latest cloud-native trends?

Join our growing Edge Compute team

Our Edge Technology's Compute division formerly Linode consists of collaborative, inclusive, and creative teams. Compute's Cloud-Native team is a software development team focused on creating managed cloud-native services for the public cloud market. This is an opportunity to constantly learn about integrating open source technologies on top of a complex infrastructure to supply simple-to-use, managed services to the public.

Partner with the best

We are a closely knit team with a focus on agile development methodologies. We encourage and reward curiosity, ingenuity, and technical excellence. If you enjoy working on interesting projects that have a big impact, you'll enjoy working at Akamai!

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

• Designing and implementing software that leverages cloud-native architectures
• Taking ownership of technical and product innovation, exercising design thinking, analyzing systems, and recommending solutions
• Enabling a simple and seamless way for our customers to deploy and integrate with various cloud-native services.
• Collaborating with engineering teams in an Agile environment to sustain a product portfolio.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or it's equivalent.
• Have experience building managed services at scale.
• Possess experience with container runtimes and orchestrators.
• Demonstrate good experience with Go, Python, C, or Bash.
• Have familiarity with software development methodologies and product life cycles through build, test, deploy, and iterative environments.

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.

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $146,400 - $263,600/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.