Senior Software Engineer (Reston or Cambridge)

Are you passionate about storage systems?

Do you enjoy collaborating with teams to solve complex challenges?

Join Our Custom Government Engineering Team!

The Custom Government team operates across the full breadth and depth of Akamai's technology stack to design, build, and deliver customized solutions for Public Sector customers. This role partners closely with Operations and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams in a highly collaborative environment to deploy, operate, and continuously improve secure, resilient, and high-performance Application Delivery Networks.

Partner with the best

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will manage the Akamai cloud storage solution, NetStorage, within the public sector and work closely with various groups to support and improve our existing product offerings. We're seeking an experienced, self-motivated, highly-productive engineer with a solid systems background.This is a fast-paced environment and having solid communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to follow through on assigned tasks are critical for success.

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

• Acting as a lead in design, development, testing, implementation, maintenance, and support of the NetStorage ecosystem.
• Leading integration of NetStorage into Public Sector enterprise environment. 
• Researching and implementing new storage features.
• Acting as a technical resource to assist in escalations.
• Working with other internal development teams to solve platform problems.
• Maintaining, enhancing, and developing tools and testing frameworks.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 5 years of related experience and a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Have experience with CouchDB, understanding of NoSQL database design, and ability to manage data synchronization.
• Have experience in system administration and software development.
• Have experience in one or more scripting languages (Shell, Perl, Python, etc.) and hands-on experience working in Linux/Unix.
• Have familiarity with cloud storage concepts and data management replication concepts.
• Have experience with git/Stash and Performance version control systems.
• Be a team player who thrives in a collaborative environment.
• Currently maintain (or have maintained within past 24 months) eligibility for access to USG Secret information, based on a successfully adjudicated USG Tier 3 background investigation.

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.

Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits.

FlexBase adapts to your job's needs

Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.
We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $121,400 - $218,600/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.