Software Engineer II
Posted 2hrs ago
Employment Information
Report this job
Job expired or something wrong with this job?
Job Description
Software Engineer II building Akamai’s bot detection and fraud prevention systems. Developing scalable, low-latency security products using Java or Go, APIs, machine learning, and LLMs.
Responsibilities:
- Develop projects that improve bot and request risk detection products
- Implement new features from scratch
- Enhance existing features and optimize functionality from conception and design through testing and deployment
- Work with level 3 support to troubleshoot complex problems and customer issues
- Perform data analysis for web and mobile platforms
- Build usable, reliable, and scalable solutions for bot threat detection, protection, and request risk detection
Requirements:
- 2+ years of overall software development experience
- Degree in Computer Science or another related discipline
- Experience with web API development in a performant compiled language such as Java or Go
- Good understanding of HTTP
- Knowledge of data formats such as JSON and XML
- Experience or understanding of integrating machine learning tools and LLMs
- Ability to design suitable architectures
- Ability to produce clean, well-structured code and relevant test cases
- Experience with agentic development tools
Benefits:
- Annual bonus or incentives
- Equity awards
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Healthcare
- 401K savings plan
- Company holidays
- Vacation (in the form of PTO)
- Sick time
- Parental leave
- Employee assistance program
- Mental and financial wellness support
- Flexible work arrangements: at home, in an office, or a combination of both















