| Location: | Cambridge, MA, US | Posted Date: | 2016-01-13 00:00:00.0 | ||
| Category: | Engineering | ID: | 48793 |
Overview:
About the Job
An Akamai Senior Software Engineer (iOS) designs new customer-oriented products and features and is responsible for leading the end-to-end design of the product.
This position is for a mobile device developer with iOS development experience. The successful candidate will ideally have a solid understanding of networking and media delivery to handsets. A significant portion of a candidate’s success will be measured by her/his ability to rapidly prototype her/his/others concepts and design, and to do so in a fashion such that these prototype efforts can be efficiently productized.
Excellent communication skills will be necessary in order to clearly communicate expectations with respect to prototyping and product design goals and progress against those goals. Similarly, the successful candidate will be communicating with other groups across Akamai which will be supplying support for architectural integration as well modification of existing functionality.
About the team
The team is focused on developing new, innovative products that leverage Akamai’s unique visibility into Internet traffic and its highly distributed cloud platform. You will be working on developing new and groundbreaking mobile and Big Data products with global impact.
Responsibilities:
* Develop robust and valuable product solutions on Apple devices (e.g. iPhones, iPads, etc.)
* Lead design and development prototype novel handset applications using cached content delivery.
* Leverage a commanding knowledge of customer business challenges including UX/UI concerns to ensure products are designed to meet their needs.
Qualifications:
Required Qualifications
* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
* 5+ years of experience with iOS app development experience delivering multimedia to mobile devices
* 3+ years of prior demonstrable experience ideally with experience in mobile, cellular, big data, highly distributed communication systems
* 3+ years’ experience in Java, Objectve C, C, C++, html development experience.
Desired Qualifications
* Coder/hacker capable of producing prototypes
* Experience with native Android development
* Exceptional written and verbal technical and interpersonal communications skills with demonstrable depth of experience in communicating with internal groups such including Product Management, Services, and Operations.
* Understands the difference between a prototype and a product and needs to be able to rapidly transition to productization when the time is right.
* Knowledge of networking and multimedia presentation over networks such as 3G/4G/LTE and WIFI, networks
* Deep knowledge of apple OS devices development ideally with underlying knowledge of general networking.
Other Information
* Is relocation available for this position: No
* Is US Citizenship required: No
* Is a Security Clearance Required: No
If yes, applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation & must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
About Akamai:
Akamai® is the leading content delivery network (CDN) providing cloud services that help deliver, optimize, and secure online content and business applications. At the foundation of Akamai solutions, the Akamai Intelligent PlatformTM enables unmatched speed, reliability, and security–backed by expertise and relentless innovation–to improve reach and invisibility across the web. Akamai removes the complexities of connecting the increasingly mobile world, supporting 24/7 consumer demand, and enabling enterprises to more securely leverage the cloud. To learn how Akamai is accelerating the pace of innovation in a hyperconnected world, visit www.akamai.com, and follow @Akamaijobs on Twitter.
Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status. EEO is the Law.