Software Engineer II

Akamai Technologies, Inc. • Saint Paul, MN • 5h ago

Would you enjoy protecting the world leading brands?

Do you enjoy problem-solving and developing low latency, high performance systems?

Join our highly skilled Security team

Our team is part of the Security organization, responsible for developing products and platforms focused on security. Our product is designed to provide cloud computing security, prevent data theft and mitigate large account takeover attempts. We build unique technology to handle petabytes of data and conduct billions of secure transactions daily

Partner with the best

As part of the Bot and Agent Control Engineering team, you will focus on building highly usable, reliable, scalable solutions. These solutions are for bot threat detection, protection and request risk detection. We allow our customers to better manage bot and agent traffic to help improve the internet for millions of people.

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

Working on projects that improve our bot and request risk detection products to make Akamai a leader in bot detection and fraud prevention.

Implementing new features from scratch.

Enhancing existing features and optimizing existing functionality, from conception and design through testing and deployment.

Working with our level 3 support to troubleshoot complex problems or any customer issues.

Working on data analysis for web and mobile platforms.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

Have 2+ years of overall SW development experience and a degree in Computer Science or other related discipline

Have experience with web API development in a performant compiled language such as Java or Go

Have a good understanding of HTTP and data formats such as JSON, XML

Have experience or understanding how to integrate machine learning tools and integrating LLMs

Be able to design suitable architectures, produce clean well-structured code and relevant test cases with the help of agentic development tools

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 $95,000 - $171,000/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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