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Akamai Technologies, Inc. Software Engineer Senior Team Lead (Cloud Networking) - Remote in Denmark
Do you want to create new networking products that enable customers better use the Akamai Connected Cloud?
Do you love leading and motivating successful teams?
Join our Cloud Networking Products team!
We are a team of 12 software engineers specializing in networking software. The team is self-organizing and can impact product requirements and decisions. As part of Akamai's Cloud Compute team, we enable customers to secure and isolate their resources and workloads on the Akamai Connected Cloud, by designing and implementing networking products such as Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Cloud Firewall and VLAN.
Shape the future of the Akamai Connected Cloud
This role provides an opportunity to make a significant impact on Akamai's growing cloud offerings, requiring a combination of management and leadership skills, system design, programming and debugging skills, an obsession with code quality, and independence. You must have a passion to lead a team, manage projects, get things done quickly and get them done right.
As a Software Engineer Senior Lead, you will be responsible for:
Helping build out cloud platform functionality that sets up, manages, and protects networking in the cloud.
Leading a local team, and coordinating with teams globally
Working on new features or dealing with bugs from users
Designing, implementing, reviewing, documenting, and testing high quality code in close collaboration with your team.
Building the core software components in Go, but ready to work in other languages as needed.
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
Have experience managing and developing the team through hiring, training, coaching and mentoring.
Have experience or an interest in developing in Python and/or Go
Have solid skills in writing, testing and understanding complex computer software.
Be experienced in technical design, product specifications reviews, projects and backlog planning.
Have a track record in planning agile processes, collaborating with product and project managers.
Work in a way that works for you
FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.
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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:
Your health
Your finances
Your family
Your time at work
Your time pursuing other endeavors
Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.
About us
Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.
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Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!
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