Software engineer - work home

Wed, 05/20/2026 - 05:51 Would you like the opportunity to solve technical challenges?

Join the Akamai Engineering team!

Our Edge Platform division designs and develops technology that helps our customers improve their Web and Media content delivery. Leveraging our deployment of servers around the world, we can uniquely solve technology problems with innovative solutions.

As a Software Engineer II at Akamai, you'll be responsible for developing performant and scalable software. You will be working with a team of highly skilled developers to manage the upgrade and deployment of a product line of edge apps.

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

Implementing strategic features, customer-requested enhancements, and fixing defects for Akamai's Cloudlets product line

Contributing to architecture, design documents, code reviews, test strategies, and release/deployment plans

Designing and developing highly scalable and performant software from conception through deployment, and improving the efficiency of current platforms

Have 2 years of experience and a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field/experience

Have experience developing web services and user interfaces, with technologies like Java, Angular, SQL Databases, Docker

Be interested in web technology, networks, and the inner workings of the internet, and the underlying communication protocols

Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.

Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.

Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.

Content Delivery : Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.

AI : Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.

we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both. Connect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is like!

The base salary for this position ranges from 82,100 - 147,900 CAD/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, RRSP, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness;