Software Engineer II

Are you excited by the prospect of creating algorithms that steer large portions of the Internet's traffic?

Would you like the opportunity to create a seamless internet experience for our end users?

Join our exciting and prestigious Mapping Engineering team

Join Akamai's prestigious Mapping Engineering team, where we build the core traffic-steering systems behind Akamai's Intelligent Platform. Our software measures and models the global Internet, then directs traffic across Akamai's worldwide network of servers. These systems help customers deliver digital experiences with industry-leading performance, reliability, and scale.

Partner with the best

In this role, you'll develop software that will improve the speed, reliability and security of web experiences all over the world. You will work collaboratively within your team and with other teams at Akamai.

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

• Analyzing, designing, and implementing systems software that brings new functionality and increased accuracy, reliability and performance to our mapping system
• Evolving complex algorithms to best respond to unpredictable traffic patterns on the global Internet
• Improving the scalability, robustness, and ease of use of our software systems for testing, deployment, monitoring and maintenance
• Becoming a subject matter expert for our systems, explaining and improving our software, and assisting with troubleshooting
• Measuring, assessing, and tuning the effects of our global control systems

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 2 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent experience
• Demonstrate solid experience working in C/C++ or another object-oriented language
• Have experience developing, analyzing or improving algorithms.
• Be comfortable solving complex technical problems collaboratively
• Be curious, adaptable, and eager to learn new technologies.
• Be familiar with the Linux operating system and scripting languages (e.g. Python, shell, perl)

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 $95,000 - $171,000/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.