Senior Software Engineer

Our team is part of the Security organization, responsible for developing products and platforms focused on security. Our Bot Manager product is designed to provide top-tier cloud computing security, prevent data theft and mitigate large account takeover attempts. We build unique technology to handle petabytes of data and conduct billions of secure transactions daily

As part of a Bot Manager Engineering team, you will be focused on building highly usable, reliable, and scalable software solutions for bot threat detection, protection and control feature. Allowing our customers to better manage bot traffic and help improve the internet for millions of people

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

• Working on projects that improve our bot detection products making Akamai a leader in bot detection.
• Implementing new features from scratch. Enhancing existing features and optimize existing functionality.
• Creating designs and take them through full development cycle to completion
• Working on development QA and system QA to come up with regression tests.
• Working with our level 3 support to troubleshooting complex problems or any customer issues.

To be successful in this role you will need to have:

• 4 years of overall SW development experience and relevant degree in Computer Science.
• 3+ years of experience with web development.
• 4+ years of experience working with JavaScript and TypeScript.
• Knowledge of build tools like Jenkins
• Be able to design with best possible architectures and write clean well-structured high-quality software under tight schedules

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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