Are you passionate about cutting edge technology?Do you enjoy working with a diverse multinational team of engineering talents?Join our Cloud Data Services team!Our Cloud Data Services team designs, builds, and operates high-reliability, high-scale data services and pipelines powering core Akamai platform capabilities. The team owns systems that ingest, process, and serve high-volume, high-velocity data. We maintain strict requirements around availability, consistency, and performance.Partner with the bestYou will join a global team delivering high-quality data services. You will balance technical oversight and development with clarifying requirements, and driving execution. You will ensure alignment with DBA and SRE partners while providing hands-on technical developmentAs a Senior II Software Engineer, you will be responsible for:Designing, building, and scaling backend data services and APIs supporting high-throughput, low-latency workloadsArchitecting and evolving microservices, including service boundaries, communication patterns, and failure isolationDesigning distributed systems for scalability, fault tolerance, consistency, and reliability across multiple regionsOptimizing and maintaining Postgre SQL and Oracle relational database systems, schemas, indexing strategies, and high-availability setupsBuilding and maintaining high-volume, high-velocity data pipelines while owning services end-to-endDiagnosing and resolving complex performance, scalability, and reliability issues while mentoring engineers on system designDo what you loveTo be successful in this role you will:Have 8 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field,



or its equivalentHave experience in Python, Java, or Go with solid ability to write production-grade, maintainable backend codeHave deep knowledge of Postgre SQL and relational databases including schema design, query optimization, and high-availability configurationsPossess experience designing, building, and scaling microservices architectures in production environmentsDemonstrate solid grounding in DBA tasks, data structures, algorithms, and complexity analysisBe knowledgeable in RESTful APIs, containerization, orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, and major cloud platformsAbout usAt 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.Flex Base adapts to your job’s needsAkamai’s Flex Base program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It’s not about telling employees where to work; it’s about supporting employees to do their best work.We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.Connect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is like!CompensationAkamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary for this position ranges from 120,400 – 216,600 CAD/year; a candidate’s salary isdetermined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications. 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, RRSP, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly advantages including employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.#J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Senior Ii Software Engineer – Data Services (Quebec City)
🏢 Akamai
📍 Quebec City