Senior Software Engineer

Akamai Technologies; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 102,500 - 184,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

RRSP

Company holidays

Vacation (PTO)

Sick time

Family friendly benefits

Employee assistance program

Focus on mental wellness

Financial wellness support

Job summary

Akamai Technologies in Ottawa, Ontario, is seeking a Front-End Senior Software Engineer to deliver high-quality web applications. You will build intuitive user interfaces and maintain shared components across applications while collaborating with design teams.

The ideal candidate has at least 5 years of experience and a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science. This role offers a competitive salary and industry-leading benefits including healthcare and RRSP.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in software engineering.
• Familiarity with professional HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Experience with a leading JavaScript framework.

Responsibilities

• Build next generation web applications.
• Contribute to development tooling and component library.
• Develop and test throughout the project lifecycle.

Skills

HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

React or Angular

Software Development Life Cycle

Source Code Management (git)

Software testing concepts

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Cloud Experience Engineering Team

As a Front-End Senior Software Engineer you will deliver outstanding quality and functionality to Akamai’s customers. You will conceptualize, build, and maintain user interfaces and shared web components across all Akamai web applications. You will work collaboratively to translate visual design specifications and requirements into fully functional, pixel‑perfect UI for our multiple applications.

Responsibilities

• Build powerful, yet easy‑to‑use next generation web applications to achieve consistent user experience across Akamai’s multiple applications.
• Contribute to a library of common components and development tooling.
• Utilize pixel‑perfect layout skills and hand‑code both simple and complex cross‑browser and cross‑platform solutions.
• Participate in all aspects of the project lifecycle: define, design, develop, and test.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience and a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Demonstrated familiarity with professional HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Experience with React, Angular, or a leading JavaScript framework.
• Clear understanding of Software Development Life Cycle and Source Code Management Systems (we use git).
• Familiarity with software testing concepts including unit, functional, regression, continuous integration, and performance testing.

Benefits

Akamai supports health, well‑being, finances, and life beyond work. We offer industry‑leading benefits including healthcare, RRSP, company holidays, vacation (PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits, employee assistance program, and a focus on mental and financial wellness.

Compensation

This position’s base salary ranges from 102,500 to 184,500 CAD per year. Compensation may also include incentive compensation opportunities (annual bonus or incentives), equity awards, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Eligibility requirements apply.