Site Acceleration Team Lead

If you use the Internet for anything – to check sports scores, book a hotel, track an order, or watch a movie trailer online – you've probably used Akamai's services without even knowing it. Akamai is the leading global service provider for accelerating content and business processes online. We play a critical role in getting content from providers to consumers by using our computational and network power to transform the chaotic Internet into a predictable, scalable, and secure business platform for more than 2,000 enterprises. Akamai is “The Trusted Choice for Online Business.” About the Team The Site Acceleration engineering group is responsible for the core HTTP delivery services at Akamai. This includes the HTTP surrogate server, Akamai's EdgeComputing offering, the OS, kernel and monitoring applications. The team is comprised of first class engineers who specialize in low level systems programming and high availabilty services. About the Job We are looking to a team lead for the HTTP side of Akamai's Application Performance Services offering. This team concentrates on features in the HTTP proxy that target our B2B customers. The mission of this team is to provide faster, more reliable and more secure transit of HTTP/S traffic for our customers. Responsibilities The individual hired for this position will be responsible for helping manage a small team (3-4) of engineers. As a lead they will have engineering responsibilities as well. They can expect a roughly 50/50 split between engineering work and management. Responsibilities will include: producing high quality and efficient designs, code, and tests for HTTP proxy features, following and helping manage the Site Acceleration team's Software Development Life Cycle, manage the release of developed software to the network, and managing the performance of the engineers you lead. Basic Qualifications * Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or similar field * Overall Experience: 5-7 years or equivalent experience * Experience managing an engineering team * Excellent knowledge of the HTTP protocol. * First rate knowledge of both C and C++ * Professional experience using OpenSSL * Skilled with TCP/IP networking, multithreading and server development. * Development experience on Linux or other Unix flavor is required * Excellent written and verbal communications skills * Experience with the GNU GCC compiler family * Working knowledge of Perl and shell scripting * The ideal candidate is goal-oriented, able to work on long-term projects without losing focus, and highly organized. Desired Qualifications * Experience with development on windows or Mac OS. Contact us! If you're excited by Akamai and would like to help change the online landscapes please apply to the link below or log on to www.akamai.com/careers for more information. Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity employer (M/F/D/V) that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. If interested, please apply online at http://track.jobviper.com/ViewJob.asp?id=555350-3-523 Company: Akamai Technologies, Inc.Location: San MateoJob Category: IT/Software DevelopmentCareer Level: Experienced (Non-Manager) Company: Akamai Technologies, Inc.Reference Code: 2471