Senior Software Engineer

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🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

💵 $121.4k - $218.6k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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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

• Develop new features to improve the performance, reliability, and security of Akamai Cloud Platform • Port existing Akamai modifications to newer Linux kernel versions • Debug and fix issues in complex test and production environments • Enhance build and test automation for Continuous Testing • Collaborate with platform, application developer, test, and hardware development teams • Work with the open source community to upstream contributions • Stay current with upstream Linux kernel and operating system changes and emerging industry trends • Build, maintain, and improve Akamai's custom Linux kernel

🎯 Requirements

• 5 years of relevant experience • Bachelor's degree or its equivalent • 3+ years of software development experience in C • Focus on Linux kernel development • Scripting experience with Perl, Python, or Shell • Solid understanding of Linux kernel internals • Experience with Linux kernel debugging • Familiarity with at least two of: memory management, filesystems, block IO, TCP/IP stack, KVM • Working knowledge of concurrent programming, data structures, algorithms, complexity analysis, and network protocols • Motivated self-starter able to collaborate and work independently • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

🏖️ Benefits

• Healthcare • 401K savings plan • Company holidays • Vacation in the form of PTO • Sick time • Parental leave • Employee assistance program • Mental wellness support • Financial wellness support • Annual bonus or incentives • Equity awards • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) • Flexible work arrangements through FlexBase: work at home, in an office, or a combination of both