[Hiring] Senior Software Engineer @Akamai

Role Description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is hiring for the following role in Cambridge, MA (multiple openings): Senior Software Engineer.

• Building and operating systems responsible for model validation, quantization, and safety across the organization.
• Developing and maintaining model validation and security scanning pipelines that assess models for quality, correctness, and vulnerabilities prior to deployment.
• Implementing quantization, pruning, and other optimization techniques to reduce model footprint and improve inference latency across diverse hardware configurations.
• Building guardrail and content safety systems that enforce compliance policies and mitigate risks such as jail breaking and prompt injection.
• Designing model routing and prompt management infrastructure that supports intelligent request handling across model variants.
• Contributing to model evaluation frameworks that measure accuracy, performance, and safety metrics across the model lifecycle.
• Telecommuting permitted from anywhere within the United States.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Engineering, Data Science, Data Analytics, Business Analytics and Project Management, or Analytics.
• One (1) year of experience in the job offered or closely related engineering role.

Requirements

• One (1) year of experience with the following:
• TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, and DNS
• Linux (Bash/Shell) & Log Analysis
• Python Scripting & Automation
• Web Performance & Caching Troubleshooting
• SSL/TLS & Secure Web Delivery
• Root Cause Analysis
• JavaScript, HTML, and Web Debugging
• Global Traffic Routing & Edge Diagnostics

Benefits

• Support for health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work.
• FlexBase program adapts to job's needs, allowing employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.
• Industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, and family-friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program focused on mental and financial wellness.
• Compensation for US-based candidates ranges from $138,237 - $218,600/year, determined by various factors including relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and location.
• Compensation package may include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).