Principal Software Engineer

🕒 June 8

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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Akamai Technologies

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5001 - 10000 employees

🔒 Cybersecurity

💰 Post-IPO Equity on 2001-07

Cloud Computing • Cybersecurity • Content Delivery

Akamai Technologies is a leading cloud services provider that specializes in delivering security, cloud computing, and content delivery solutions. It offers a range of services such as API security, DDoS protection, and performance optimization for web applications, ensuring secure and reliable user experiences. With a robust global infrastructure, Akamai empowers businesses to streamline their digital presence while safeguarding against various cyber threats and enhancing application performance.

📋 Description

• Analyzing system performance, identify problems, design, develop, and implement solutions • Designing and implementing scalable, high-quality software solutions to meet complex technical requirements and business needs • Creating tools to quickly detect system performance issues without delays or inefficiencies • Training other Akamai team members to recognize performance problems effectively • Collaborating with teams across the organization to implement proposed solutions effectively and efficiently

🎯 Requirements

• Have 10 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent • Possess an excellent understanding of MySQL including internals, performance • Possess a deep understanding of the Linux kernel and computer system architectures • Have experience with virtualization technologies (Qemu, KVM) and hardware offload technologies (VDPA, DPDK, SR-IOV) • Have experience with performance analysis tools like Linux perf, bcc tools, BPF, etc • Have experience with concurrent programming, data structures, algorithms, complexity analysis • Have a proficiency with network protocols, including IP, IPv6, TCP, UDP

🏖️ Benefits

• Professional development opportunities • Flexible working hours • Health insurance • Retirement plans • Paid time off