Cloud Networking - Senior II Software Engineer

Do you want to help design and implement the next generation of cloud computing?
Do you want to create networking products that enable customers to better use the Akamai Connected Cloud?
Join our Cloud Networking Products team!
Akamai's Connected Cloud (ACC), formerly Linode, consists of collaborative, inclusive, and creative teams. We develop applications and services to empower our customers. Our mission is to accelerate innovation by making cloud computing simple, scalable, affordable, and accessible to all. We design, develop, test, and maintain products that run on our IaaS platform
Shape the future of the Akamai Connected Cloud
You will have an opportunity to make a significant impact on Akamai's growing cloud offerings requiring a combination of system design, programming, and debugging skills. With your expertise, you will help design and build Akamai's next-generation Cloud Load Balancer. You must have a passion for managing projects, get things done quickly, and get them done right.
In this role you will be:

Contributing to the development of the Cloud Load Balancer and other cloud-networking technologies.
Creating and integrating cloud-networking technologies and architectures
Developing best practices, knowledge sharing, and mentoring.
Designing, implementing, reviewing, documenting, and testing high-quality code in close collaboration with your team.

Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:

Have 5+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
Be able to act as a technical compass for the team, translating ambiguous business requirements into clear, scalable architectural designs.
Have strong proficiency in Python, with the adaptability to learn and work in other languages as needed (particularly C++).
Demonstrate understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, TLS, HTTP) and knowledge of Linux-based operating systems.
Be a mentor and coach junior to mid-level engineers, accelerating their technical and professional growth
Be experienced in technical design, product specifications reviews, projects, and backlog planning

About us
At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.

Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.

Our focus is simple:
Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.
Security : Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.
Content Delivery : Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.
AI : Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.

At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.
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