Senior Software Engineer

Overview
Want to shape the future of edge computing? Ready to make an impact working with the team that powers the Edge? If so, this could be the job for you! Apply today.

Akamai’s Media Delivery team is looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and highly versatile software engineer to work on the Edge servers that form the backbone of the Akamai Intelligent Platform. The candidate will have the opportunity to work with software that powers one of the largest cloud networks in the world. We are looking for an engineer who loves writing code, has strong desire to learn new technologies and wants to collaborate with a team that is committed to delivering high impact software at scale.

As a Senior Software Engineer you will:
* Focus on design, development and maintenance of highly scalable software that runs on the Akamai Edge Servers. This software is used by almost all Akamai customers, giving you the opportunity to work on high impact projects that affect Akamai’s bottom-line revenue.
* Find the work highly technical and rewarding, as the challenge lies in the sheer scale at which Akamai operates.
* Take full ownership of the assigned modules. Given the critical nature of the software, we expect robustness and completeness of code.
* Work with programming languages such as C/C++ and Python/Perl.
* Work with groups within Akamai to solve customer issues and handle escalations.
* Participate in design reviews and drive requirements for more robust and cost-effective solutions.
* We highly value independence, and creative solutions are not only accepted, but also expected!

About the Team
The candidate will be part of the highly skilled Media Delivery team that's responsible for the software that runs on Akamai's world-wide Intelligent platform, which is one of the largest distributed systems in the world. Our software is a combination of many different technologies. It is a web server, a web client, a distributed caching engine, and so much more. Features related to web/caching/streaming/security are all built on top of the core functionality of these servers.

The Media division is responsible for developing Akamai’s Live/On-demand OTT (Over-the-Top) solutions as well as for the software used to deliver, download, store, and manage digital media and other web content via the Akamai network. Due to the unmatched scale and video streaming quality of the Akamai network, almost all of large-scale broadcasters, film distributors as well as sports broadcasters use this platform to reach millions of end users throughout the world. The group is directly responsible for developing software which streams almost all of the biggest online events including World Cup Soccer, Indian Premier League, Olympics, March Madness, Super Bowl, and other major sporting and entertainment events.