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 472 reviews)); "Good benefits and the company gets across the message that they care about their employees." ((in 258 reviews)); "Great work culture and people" ((in 184 reviews)); "Best place and Very comfortable." ((in 113 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 59 reviews)); "Frequent cut backs and layoffs" ((in 37 reviews)); "quality talents have already left due to poor leadership." ((in 36 reviews)); "No training provided and a lot of lies during the interview." ((in 19 reviews)); "Middle management is lacking experience" ((in 17 reviews))

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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

2.0

Mar 16, 2022

Old tech stack and fear of changes

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- great support for customers - good job for introverts

Cons

- poor base salary - old tech stack - fear of changes to the old infrastructure

5.0

Feb 21, 2022

Salesforce Developer

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work culture is very good.

Cons

Everything is good in this Company.

4.0

Jan 22, 2022

Management seeks trust not fear

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pros: competitive wages work life balance "making life better for billions of people billions of times a day" smart, kind co-workers Lots of women and minorities, valued for their work not some corporate buzzword diversity

Cons

Cons: lots of technical debt change is slow

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