Performance Engineer II

Applicants must meet one of the following education and experience requirements:

* 2 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent or

* Relevant experience and a Master’s degree or PhD or
* Relevant Professional Experience

Required Skills

* Minimum 2 years of experience with Linux/Unix environment and computer networking

* Minimum 2 years of experience with programming or scripting in any language (Python a plus)

Desired Skills

* Strong written and verbal communication

* Experience working with web services and API’s a big plus (SOAP & REST)

* Experience working with TCP/IP, UDP, DNS, HTTP protocols

* Experience implementing state-of-the-art large-scale machine learning algorithms for parallel/distributed systems (C, C++, Java, Python)

* Familiarity with SQL, Python and Linux shell scripts a big plus

* General knowledge of the following categories of network systems: Multiprocessing, Threading, Distributed systems, Load Balancing and High Availability

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, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.