Akamai Technologies
Software Engineer II
Remote Software Engineer role with clear candidate location fit.
PostedJun 20, 2026
Eligible countries1 accepted country
Seniority signalMiddle
Work settingRemote
Accepted candidate locations
USA
Role overview
Software Engineer II
Requirements and responsibilities
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- Analyzing, designing, and implementing systems software that brings new functionality and increased accuracy, reliability and performance to our mapping system
- Evolving complex algorithms to best respond to unpredictable traffic patterns on the global Internet
- Improving the scalability, robustness, and ease of use of our software systems for testing, deployment, monitoring and maintenance
- Becoming a subject matter expert for our systems, explaining and improving our software, and assisting with troubleshooting
- Measuring, assessing, and tuning the effects of our global control systems
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have 2 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent experience
- Demonstrate solid experience working in C/C++ or another object-oriented language
- Have experience developing, analyzing or improving algorithms.
- Be comfortable solving complex technical problems collaboratively
- Be curious, adaptable, and eager to learn new technologies.
- Be familiar with the Linux operating system and scripting languages (e.g. Python, shell, perl)
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