Senior Software Engineer (Hadoop and Spark)

Akamai Technologies

About the Company

Akamai Technologies is a global leader in content delivery and cloud services, specializing in data streaming and platform engineering. The company is committed to building high-performance, scalable systems that ensure seamless digital experiences and uninterrupted service for users worldwide.

About the Role

The Senior Software Engineer will play a key role in enhancing Akamai’s core platform services. This position focuses on designing and developing DevOps tools to support 100% uptime and ensure 99.9% performance reliability across the data streaming infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop highly available, scalable, and high-performance systems
  • Improve and support data streaming services used for performance data analysis
  • Create and maintain DevOps tools to streamline software delivery
  • Build tools and processes for monitoring, observability, and usability of streaming pipelines
  • Implement automation to reduce manual operational work

Required Skills

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
  • Over 5 years of experience in software development (using Golang, Python, C/C++, or Java)
  • 5+ years working with distributed systems and Linux networking (TCP/IP, SSH, SSL, HTTP)
  • Minimum 3 years of experience with DevOps tools such as Jenkins, Helm, Ansible, Terraform, and Puppet
  • Experience with observability platforms like Prometheus and DataDog
  • Familiarity with big data technologies including Hadoop and Spark
  • Strong skills in bash scripting, SQL, and REST API design
  • Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues

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