Job Description

Job Category: Software Engineer
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Do you want to develop tools to support global development teams?
Do you want to work with an amazing team of innovators?
Join the Akamai Engineering team!
Our team is responsible for developing and maintaining the platform supporting Akamai Control Center, our customer-facing portal. Our team provides support for deploying, monitoring, and assuring compliance for hundreds of customer-facing applications.
Partner with the best
As a Software Engineer II, you will focus on building highly secure, reliable, and scalable solutions. Our platform empowers enterprises to create modern solutions to the world's problems.
You will be responsible for:

• Creating new features from scratch, enhancing existing features and optimizing existing functionality.
• Working in all stages of software engineering, from concept and design through testing, documenting and deployment.
• Contributing to projects that make our platform more reliable and more secure
• Collaborating with our architecture, QA, security, and operational teams to create a world-class class service

Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:

• 2 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent
• Demonstrate experience with creating infrastructure on scalable cloud platforms using infrastructure-as-code tools.
• Possess experience developing software in at least one programming language (i.e Java or Python).
• Have familiarity with the full software development life cycle including code reviews, release management, and support
• Demonstrate familiarity with working in a compliance-driven environment
• Be able to utilize Git and collaborative tools like Jira, Confluence, Jenkins for development practices
• Show experience in working in a Linux environment and with containers

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!

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