Senior Software Engineer

Akamai is a company that powers and protects life online, and they are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead innovation in new security product areas. The role involves creating and enhancing web application features, optimizing functionality, and collaborating with teams to troubleshoot complex issues for customers.

Responsibilities:

• Creating new features as well as enhancing existing features
• Optimizing existing functionality, from conception and design through to testing and deployment
• Working on projects that make our network more stable, faster, and more secure
• Collaborating with development and system QA teams to create regression tests for new software changes
• Partnering with our operations teams to investigate and troubleshoot complex problem escalations for our customers

Requirements:

• Have 5+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent experience
• Be a U.S. citizen and eligible to obtain a security clearance
• Have expertise designing and developing web applications or data pipelines using Java or Scala or TypeScript
• Have Query language experience like SQL for reporting and data analysis
• Have experience on web application development, networking, cloud and distributed computing environments
• Have working knowledge with Linux or UNIX operating systems
• Able to pay meticulous attention to detail and possess excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills