Senior Application Software Engineer

Senior Application Software Engineer

Location US-MA-Cambridge
Posted Date 8/19/2013
Cost Center 229 Category
ID 8767

About the Job

The Customer Enablement Engineering group is growing in Cambridge. Akamai is looking for a strong engineer to revolutionize the customer experience for Akamai's product reporting.

About the Team

Our software underpins Akamai's exceptional level of customer service across its entire portfolio of solutions. Building our software is a challenging problem on multiple fronts: a) the size and global spread of Akamai's customer base, b) the diversity and scale of Akamai's solutions, and c) 3000+ employees dispersed in locations around the globe. The team has a direct impact on Akamai's day-to-day business efficiency and the quality of service received by its customers. The team's work encompasses the full engineering cycle: derive requirements, define features, design and develop the implementation, verify for correctness, analyze usage patterns, scale and extend systems as Akamai grows its business.

Responsibilities:

- Design and develop web based applications which will be utilized by Akamai's customers.
- Enhance and extend the reporting capabilities of our customer portal through the use of dashboards and other tools.
- Make recommendations on the adoption and use of other UI-based frameworks
- Provide Tier 3 support for group's systems, possibly including infrequent off-hours calls.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
- Overall Experience: Minimum 5 years or equivalent experience.
- Minimum 3 years of development in Java
- Minimum 3 years experience with rich web application development (HTML/DHTML, JavaScript, CSS).
- Minimum 1 year experience in using a Javascript-based framework like JQuery

Desired Qualifications
- HTML 5 experience
- Experience with Web Services (eg REST, SOAP)
- Familiarity with Tomcat and Apache configuration.
- Desire to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, small-team environment.
- Experience with cross-platform, multi-browser web page development.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Understanding of Internet protocols.

About Akamai:
No one carries more of the world's Web traffic than Akamai, so working with Akamai means you're helping some of the world's best known brands succeed in bringing any experience to any device, anywhere. Cloud computing, SaaS, eCommerce, online entertainment and dynamic personalized experiences are all fueled by Akamai technology. Join Akamai and you join a culture that's extremely intelligent, strongly supportive and passionately committed to delivering world-class solutions. Some of the best minds in business, mathematics, and engineering work at Akamai - leading, learning and shaping the future of the Internet.

Contact us!
If you're excited by Akamai and would like to help change the online landscape please apply.

Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity employer (M/F/D/V) that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace.