Senior Software Engineer

Are you excited by the prospect of working with cutting-edge web security technologies?

Would you like to create solutions and make an impact on the future of the Internet?

Join our innovative Account Protector team

Our Account Protector team compares user behavior through innovative machine learning algorithms; matching the user to their digital user footprint. By using Akamai's internet-scale data, we're able to prevent account take overs and fraudulent transactions.

Partner with the best

You'll play a pivotal role in mitigating some of the most sophisticated security threats on the Internet. You'll have a hand in developing everything from analytics to big data tools.

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

• Developing data pipelines and analytic systems for our next generation security solutions
• Building powerful, intuitive, next-generation web applications to ensure a consistent user experience for our new anti-fraud security product
• Collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams such as Operations, Product Management, Architects and Threat Research to create new features
• Guiding and performing activities such as design and code reviews, identifying improvements to software quality, performance and integration tests.
• Collaborating with our support and operations teams to investigate and troubleshoot complex problem escalations for our customers

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 5+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or Masters degree in a related field
• Have expertise developing web applications or data pipelines in Java
• Have proven experience designing data structures and working with NoSQl data stores (Cassandra) and search engines (ElasticSearch)
• Demonstrate experience building and consuming RESTful APIs
• Be knowledgeable of Internet technologies and fundamental protocols such as DNS, HTTP and TLS
• Be able to work productively with team members to identify and resolve issues in a collaborative manner

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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We power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges, together.

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