Senior Software Engineer - Blockchain

Qualifications  

Required Education and Experience  

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

* 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree or  

* 3 year of relevant experience and a Master’s degree or 

* PhD in related field   

Required Skills  

* 3+ years experience with 1 or more of the following languages—C/C++, Java, Python.  

* 3+ years experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases.  

* 3+ years experience working on Linux/Unix platforms.  

* 1+ years experience designing, implementing and deploying a blockchain, cryptocurrency or something similar.    

Desired Skills 

* Experience modifying and extending the Bitcoin core or related codebase.  

* Contribution to open source cryptocurrency projects.  

* C/C++ experience.  

* Expertise in cryptography, especially the mathematics behind cryptocurrency.  

* Experience in banking and financial transactions.  

* Site reliability engineering and/or related work including service performance.  

* Experience building scalable servers or distributed systems.  

* Proven track record of delivering large amounts of high quality, complex code.  

* Highly responsible, self-disciplined, self-managed, self-motivated, able to work with little or no supervision.  

* Extensive experience working on multiple projects at a time in a fast paced, results oriented environment.  

* Excellent written and verbal communications skills.

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.