Senior Software Engineer

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer
Work Location: 145 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142
Job 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. [AG1291]
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Required Qualification:
Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Master Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Engineering, Data Science, Data Analytics, Business Analytics and Project Management, or Analytics, and one (1) year of experience in the job offered or closely related engineering role.
Must have: 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; and Global Traffic Routing & Edge Diagnostics.
About us
At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day. 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.
Our focus is simple:
Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.
Security: 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.
At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.
Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits.
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Compensation
Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $138237 - $218600/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. 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, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.