Senior Software Engineer - Cloud & Security (Remote)

Akamai; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K

Paid time off

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. in Cambridge, MA is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to design and implement advanced web applications across security, content delivery, APIs, and cloud computing.

The role emphasizes building scalable systems, contributing to test suites, and collaborating across teams. Telecommuting is permitted from anywhere in the United States. The position offers competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Networking, or telecommunications Engineering, plus two (2) years of experience in the job offered or closely related engineering role.
• Must have: two (2) years of experience with debugging and troubleshooting; distributed systems; web technologies such as J2EE, Rest, and Spring; algorithms; secure software design and architecture; scripting languages such as Perl, Python, or Unix shell scripts; Microsoft SQL Server; and web services development.

Responsibilities

• Perform software engineering duties in design and implementation of custom web applications in the realms of internet security, content delivery, APIs, and/or cloud computing.
• Design, implement, automate, and support all aspects of the product; participate in architecture, design, development, testing, implementation, maintenance, and support of software solutions.
• Develop new applications, improve current systems and bring new capabilities to our customers; contribute to automated test suite, including unit, functional, integration, and end-to-end tests in labs and QA environments.
• Improve current functionality and bring new features to the software platform.

Skills

J2EE

REST

Spring

Distributed systems

Debugging

Algorithms

Secure design

Perl

Python

Unix shell

MS SQL Server

Web services development

Education

Master’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Networking, or telecommunications Engineering

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. in Cambridge, MA is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to design and implement advanced web applications across security, content delivery, APIs, and cloud computing.

The role emphasizes building scalable systems, contributing to test suites, and collaborating across teams. Telecommuting is permitted from anywhere in the United States. The position offers competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits.