Senior Software Engineer (C++)

Akamai Technologies, Inc. • Boston, MA • 2h ago

Are you a Senior Software Engineer who loves solving complex problems?

Do you relish the opportunity to create solutions and make an impact?

Join our innovative Security Technology Group

Our Security Edge team designs and develops software that runs one of the world's largest distributed systems. This network allows us to solve problems at a scale that few others can approach. We take pride in helping our customers protect their web sites and transactions over the Internet.

Partner with the best

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll analyze the software running on production networks, identify improvements and propose cost-cutting solutions. Collaborating throughout the organization, you'll support multiple products and deliver on the design of customer solutions. You'll ensure our customers manage their security traffic in a more reliable and scalable way.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for:

Investigating customer escalations and providing mitigation.

Working on tooling to automate production debugging.

Setting up continuous production profiling, identifying areas of cost reduction, and proposing new designs.

Creating and enhancing features and functionality, from conception and design through to testing and deployment.

Validating the result of cost reduction and providing benchmark results.

Conducting code reviews and helping other engineers to optimize their code.

Working with development and system QA teams to create regression tests that cover changes to our software.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

Have 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent experience

Have an active security clearance.

Possess experience working in networking, cloud, or distributed computing environment.

Demonstrate experience programming with C++.

Have working knowledge with Linux or UNIX operating systems.

Demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills and ability to write design documentation

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.

Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.

Our focus is simple:

Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.

Security : Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.

Content Delivery : Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.

AI : Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.

At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.

Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits. (https://www.akamai.com/careers/working-at-akamai?utm\source=akamai&utm\medium=social&utm_campaign=benefits)

FlexBase adapts to your job's needs

Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.

We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.

Connect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is like!

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $121,400 - $218,600/year; a candidate's salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.

Equal Employment Opportunity Rights

Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.

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