Software Engineer II - Remote

Are you passionate about cutting edge technology?

Do you enjoy working with a diverse multi-national team of engineering talents?

Join our Data Engineering Team!

The Data Engineering team is part of Cloud Technology Group which delivers cutting-edge cloud and edge networking solutions to the market. We design, implement, deploy and operate data streaming platforms with a primary mission to enable product teams to develop high-performing operationally safe and secure products in an agile manner.

Partner with the best

As a Software Engineer II, you will join a team of software and platform engineers. Your team will enhance platform core services and will design and develop DevOps tools for managing 100% availability and three 9's performance and reliability SLOs for FedRAMP, GDPR and SOX compliant data streaming platform.

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

• Contributing to the design and implementation of highly available, scalable, and performant solutions
• Building, integrating, and supporting FedRAMP compliance for data streaming services on Akamai Platform
• Designing and developing DevOps tools to make the software delivery system run seamlessly
• Developing processes and tools to monitor, analyze, maintain and improve streaming data pipelines usability and observability
• Developing and implementing procedures for automating operational tasks, streamlining day-to-day work with focus on FedRAMP and SOX compliance

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have relevant experience and a Bachelor's diploma in Computer Science or its equivalent
• Have relevant experience as system or platform engineer with focus on cloud services
• Have experience with software development using Golang, Python, C/C++ or JavaScript
• Have experience with distributed systems and Linux networking, including TCP/IP, SSH, SSL and HTTP protocols
• Possess experience with contemporary DevOps practices and CI/CD tools like Helm, Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, and Chef
• Possess experience with Observability, Performance Analytics and Security tools like Prometheus, CloudWatch, ELK, Sumologic and DataDog
• Have experience with massive data platforms (Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, etc) and design principles (Data Modeling, Streaming vs Batch processing, Distributed Messaging, etc)

Work in a way that works for you

FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.

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At Akamai, we're curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you'll thrive here.

Working for you

At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:

• Your health
• Your finances
• Your family
• Your time at work
• Your time pursuing other endeavors

Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

About us

Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.

Join us

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!

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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