Senior Software Engineer

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience
Applicants must meet the following education and experience requirements:
* 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or its equivalent or
* 3 years of relevant experience and a Master’s degree or
* Relevant experience and a PhD

Required Skills
* 5+ years of experience in C/C++ or Python
* 5+ years of experience with Linux
* 5+ years of experience with common Internet protocols such as TCP/IP, HTTP and DNS
* 5+ years of experience building scalable servers or distributed systems
* 3+ years of experience developing networking software leveraging iptables and ipsec

Desired Skills

* Experience programming in Go
* Experience building scalable, production-grade distributed systems
* Experience with databases, SQL, and/or distributed key-value storage solutions
* Experience creating and supporting RESTful API's and infrastructure tools and libraries

* Strong interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills
* Self-motivated, highly responsible, able to work with little supervision

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.