Principal Software Engineer – Linux Kernel Performance

🕒 June 3

🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

💵 $169.3k - $304.7k / year

⏰ 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, identifying problems, designing, developing, and implementing solutions • Extending metrics collection and creating visualizations to better quantify systems performance • Building tooling to help identify system performance problems faster • Training other Akamai engineers to identify performance issues • Working with teams across the company to implement your solutions

🎯 Requirements

• 12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent • Extensive programming experience in C, as well as experience in Python, Bash, or Perl • Deep understanding of the Linux kernel and computer system architectures • Experience with virtualization technologies (Qemu, KVM) and hardware offload technologies (VDPA, DPDK, SR-IOV) • Experience with performance analysis tools like Linux perf, bcc tools, BPF, etc • Experience with concurrent programming, data structures, algorithms, complexity analysis • Proficiency with network protocols, including IP, IPv6, TCP, UDP

🏖️ Benefits

• Healthcare • 401K savings plan • Company holidays • Paid time off (PTO) • Sick time • Family friendly benefits including parental leave • Employee assistance program focusing on mental and financial wellness