Senior II Software Engineer - Linux Kernel Development

Akamai Technologies develops distributed cloud and edge systems that support a large global network. The Senior II Software Engineer will develop, maintain, and improve Akamai's custom Linux kernel, focusing on the performance, reliability, and security of the Akamai Cloud Platform. The role also involves kernel debugging, automation, collaboration across engineering teams, and contributing work to the open source community.

Responsibilities:

• Developing new features to improve performance, reliability, and security of Akamai Cloud Platform
• Porting existing Akamai modifications to newer versions of Linux kernel
• Debugging and fixing issues found in a variety of complex test and production environments
• Enhancing existing build and test automation to facilitate Continuous Testing
• Collaborating closely with platform and application developer and test teams as well as Akamai hardware development teams
• Working with the open source community to upstream your work
• Staying current with upstream Linux kernel and OS changes and emerging industry trends

Requirements:

• Have 8 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent
• Have 3+ years of experience in software development in C with a focus on Linux kernel development and also scripting (Perl/Python/Shell)
• Have a solid understanding of Linux kernel internals and experience with Linux kernel debugging
• Be familiar with at least two of the following subsystems required: memory management, filesystems, block IO, TCP/IP stack, KVM)
• Be comfortable with both x86 and ARM CPU architectures
• Have a good working knowledge of concurrent programming, data structures, algorithms, complexity analysis, and network protocols (TCP/UDP/IP, Ethernet, QUIC, HTTP/TLS)
• Be a motivated self-starter who enjoys collaborating with others but capable of working independently
• Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills