Senior II Software Engineer
Akamai · Posted Sep 30
Cloud computing, cybersecurity, and content delivery network services
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About the role
The Bot & Agent Control Engineering team sits within Akamai's Security organization and builds products and platforms for cloud computing security, bot threat detection, and protection against data theft and account takeover at petabyte scale. The team develops highly usable, reliable, and scalable software for bot traffic management across web and mobile platforms. As a Senior Software Engineer, the role involves implementing and optimizing new features end-to-end, troubleshooting complex customer issues with level 3 support, performing data analysis, and improving client-side components such as JavaScript.
What you will do
- Working on projects that improve our bot detection products making Akamai a leader in bot detection
- Implementing new features from scratch. Enhancing existing features and optimize existing functionality, from conception and design through testing and deployment.
- Working with our level 3 support to troubleshooting complex problems or any customer issues.Working on data analysis for web and mobile platforms
- Working on making improvements to client side components like Javascript on need basis
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Have 8+ years of overall SW development experience and relevant degree in Computer Science
- Have 5+ years of experience with Javascript and Java/Python for web development and web API development
- Have a good understanding of data formats such as JSON, XML.
- Have work experience or understanding with Machine learning or Data science
- Be able to design with best possible architectures and write clean well-structured code
Benefits and support
- FlexBase program allowing employees to work at home, in an office, or a combination of both
About Akamai
Akamai is a global cloud computing, cybersecurity, and content delivery network company that powers and protects digital experiences online. Its distributed edge platform optimizes web and application performance while providing robust enterprise security solutions. The company serves major global enterprises across various industries, enabling scalable cloud infrastructure and advanced threat mitigation.
- Industry
- Cloud Computing
- Company size
- 11000+ employees
- Founded
- 1998
- Location
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $61.5M raised
- 2023-08-16Post Ipo Debt
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
EVP & Chief Financial Officer
EVP & Chief Technology Officer
Chief Operating Officer & GM, Cloud Technology Group
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