Would you like the opportunity to work on a wide range of technical challenges on an important, foundational project?

Are you excited about writing code and experimenting on software systems?

Join our cutting-edge Web Performance Team

Our Web Performance team designs and develops technology that helps our customers improve their web presence and web transactions. Our global distributed network solves problems at a scale that few others can approach. By leveraging our deployment of servers around the world, we uniquely solve technology problems with innovative solutions.

Make a difference to a vital part of our business

As a Principal Lead Software Engineer, you’ll develop software that runs on one of the largest distributed systems in the world. You’ll be collaborating with internal teams to design, shape and create innovative solutions for our customers, with the aim of providing a seamless internet experience, making it faster, more reliable and secure.

As a Principal Lead Software Engineer, you will be responsible for:

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

Work in a way that works for you

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

Working with us

At Akamai, we’re curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you’ll thrive here.

Working for you

At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:

Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

About us

Innovating on a global scale, we deliver our customers a fast, smart and secure intelligent edge platform. Working against a backdrop of digital collaboration, our highly skilled teams build progressive solutions that have the scope to transform entertainment, business, and life in ways that we have yet to imagine.