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 185 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 185 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 (181) , 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 and wfh" ((in 480 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 115 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 65 reviews)); "quality talents have already left due to poor leadership." ((in 33 reviews)); "Frequent Org change or layoffs" ((in 32 reviews)); "Middle management is lacking experience" ((in 19 reviews)); "No training provided and a lot of lies during the interview." ((in 15 reviews))

Akamai Software Engineer reviews

4.4

99% would recommend to a friend

(185 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 185 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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185 reviews

3.0

Nov 19, 2013

average

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

flexible hours, unlimited time off, long vacations, weekly tech talks, good salary and benefits

Cons

dated technology, not the most exciting projects

4.0

Oct 24, 2013

Great place to work if you can get around the politics

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing people to work with (however YMMV depending on the team). Direct managers are experienced and understanding people who get the need for proper work / life balance. Work assignments are interesting and challenging. Pay is generally higher than at other companies in the area. Additional compensation through RSU awards, bonuses, and ESPP make working at Akamai financially rewarding for great performance. Tom Leighton is awesome, smart, likable. He is fantastic for the job and really cares about the company and the people within it. Health Care / Dental / Vision Options are good. Not outstanding, but good. Deals with other companies allow for some decent discounts.

Cons

Politics are hard to overcome and can become frustrating. Meritocracy is sometimes overridden with politics - this is especially notable in groups where negative practices are ignored and promotions are illogically granted. The speed at which new technologies are accepted feels glacial at times. Politics can cause better techniques, policies, and software to get trashed simply because they scare those who don't want change.

3.0

Dec 4, 2012

it was a good place to learn

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good learning place. innovative approaches .

Cons

not good work environment. position matters

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