Is Akamai a good company to work for as a Software Engineer?

Software Engineer professionals working at Akamai have rated their employer with 4.4 out of 5 stars in 186 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Akamai employees being 4.3 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Engineer Jobs at Akamai now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Engineer interview questions at Akamai .

Does Akamai pay Software Engineer employees well?

Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Akamai with 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 186 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 11.8% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Engineer salaries at Akamai.

What Akamai locations are top rated by Software Engineer employees?

Cambridge is the top rated Akamai location by Software Engineer employees.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Akamai?

Software Engineer (182) , Senior Software Engineer (167) , Solutions Architect (77) , Software Engineer II (54) , Security Architect (45) , Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II (44) , Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) (42) , Solutions Engineer (38) , Technical Project Manager (37) , Technical Support Engineer (35) , Manager (34) , Technical Solutions Engineer (34) , Program Manager (32) , Director (28) , Cloud Support Engineer (26)

What are the pros of working at Akamai according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance for employees and leaders" ((in 469 reviews)); "Good benefits and the company gets across the message that they care about their employees." ((in 249 reviews)); "Great work culture and people" ((in 188 reviews)); "Best place and Very comfortable." ((in 111 reviews)); "2. Good management" ((in 103 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Akamai according to real employee reviews?

"I learned from the bad manager what to avoid when one day I manage people." ((in 66 reviews)); "quality talents have already left due to poor leadership." ((in 35 reviews)); "Frequent cut backs and layoffs" ((in 33 reviews)); "No training provided and a lot of lies during the interview." ((in 22 reviews)); "Middle management is lacking experience" ((in 18 reviews))

Akamai Software Engineer reviews

4.4

99% would recommend to a friend

(186 total reviews)

Tom Leighton

99% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

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Software Engineer || employees have rated Akamai with 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 186 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer || professionals have an excellent working experience there. Akamai is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer || professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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186 reviews

5.0

Aug 26, 2024

A good place to work

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Generous PTO, and benefits, as well as a good working culture have made this a good place to work. No extra hours, no weekend working, and the team is fully on-board with succeeding together.

Cons

Sometimes its hard to align timelines between different teams working towards a singular product.

5.0

Aug 26, 2024

Great company

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Akamai is an employee-centric organization that enables employees to give their best to the company

Cons

Nothing that i could write about

5.0

Aug 12, 2024

One of the best workplace

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You would get a lot to learn! It's not like every other product base company where you wouldn't likely maintain work-life balance.

Cons

They hire for contractual base at first.

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