Edge Platform Software Engineer I — Remote/Flex

Akamai; United States; On-site; USD 76,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K

Company holidays

PTO

Sick time

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Akamai's Edge Platform team is seeking a Software Engineer I to help design, build, and operate high-reliability, high-throughput systems that manage security certificates and configurations for customers. You’ll contribute to a global platform that supports products across cloud and edge.

You will work with Java, Python, C++, Bash in Linux/Unix, Spring, Angular, Terraform; design scalable backend features, collaborate with testing and SQA, and gain exposure to NoSQL/SQL databases.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Academic or project-based training in Java and familiarity with Python, C++, or Bash in Linux/Unix environments.
• Hands-on project experience with Spring and Spring Boot frameworks for building scalable backend applications.
• Hands-on project experience with UI technologies through academic or practical project experience using Angular for front-end development solutions.
• Demonstrate foundational understanding or project coursework in Terraform.
• Demonstrate understanding of SQL, relational databases (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., Elasticsearch, Cassandra) through projects.

Responsibilities

• Designing and developing systems capable of handling tens of thousands of concurrent operations
• Developing software to make efficient use of Relational Database Management Systems and NoSQL databases
• Creating new features from scratch, enhancing existing features and optimizing existing functionality
• Following good development methodology, including collaboration with testing and SQA departments to successfully deploy new system components

Skills

Java

Python

C++

Bash

Spring

Spring Boot

Angular

Terraform

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Spring Framework

SQL

NoSQL

Job description

Akamai's Edge Platform team is seeking a Software Engineer I to help design, build, and operate high-reliability, high-throughput systems that manage security certificates and configurations for customers. You’ll contribute to a global platform that supports products across cloud and edge.

You will work with Java, Python, C++, Bash in Linux/Unix, Spring, Angular, Terraform; design scalable backend features, collaborate with testing and SQA, and gain exposure to NoSQL/SQL databases.