Develop Akamai EdgeWorkers software with Java, Spring Boot, and distributed systems expertise while solving production challenges in a remote Ottawa role.

As a Software Engineer II at Akamai, you will help expand a flagship serverless offering serving web and media content delivery. You will investigate root causes, improve performance and usability, and collaborate with product managers on user-focused design. Your technical scope includes microservices, containerized environments, Linux systems, and deployment pipelines.

Key Responsibilities:

Learn distributed systems and the technical stack

Resolve production issues through root-cause investigation

Implement durable solutions for operational problems

Review code and improve design, performance,



and usability

Uphold development and deployment best practices

Requirements:

Two years of experience with a computer science degree

Proficiency in Java and Spring Boot

Experience with Angular and TypeScript

Robust debugging skills in distributed Linux environments

Hands-on experience writing agent instructions and workflows

Bring Java, debugging, and distributed systems capabilities to Akamai’s EdgeWorkers engineering work and customer-focused platform development.

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📌 Backend Developer (remote) (Toronto)
🏢 Akamai
📍 Toronto