Senior Software Engineer, Windows 2003 Platform Development

Akamai is the global leader in distributed computing solutions and services, helping organizations grow their online businesses without growing their IT infrastructures. With thousands of servers in hundreds of networks around the world, we use our computational and network power to transform the chaotic Internet into a predictable, scalable, and secure business platform.

Our customers trust us to deliver music, videos, games, software downloads, news, and web-based applications of all kinds to a global audience with unmatched performance and reliability. This includes some of the most established names in business, government, manufacturing, retail, and media.

And, we have a unique insight into what is happening on the Internet at any given in point in time. For example, check out our Net Usage Index for News, gathered from dozens of todays top news sites, all Akamai customers: http://www.akamai.com/en/html/industry/net_usage_index.html

Akamai is "The Trusted Choice for Online Business."

Akamai is looking for a software engineer with systems programming and architecture background to develop streaming software, applications, and monitoring systems. The candidate will be a part of a highly skilled and motivated team that develops Akamai's Internet Content Delivery solution for Streaming.
REQUIREMENTS
The candidate must be a first rate Perl, C and C++ programmer with experience of streaming technologies, TCP/IP networking, multithreading and server development. Development experience on Linux and Windows 2003 operating systems is required. Knowledge of one or more of Windows Media, Real, QuickTime or Flash streaming is preferred. The ideal candidate is goal-oriented, has the ability to handle interruptions while fluidly switching between several projects and deal with issues that arise when running a highly available service.
MS or BS degree in Computer Science, with three to five years of Perl/C/C++ development experience. Knowledge of Internet protocols and standards (including TCP/IP, HTTP, RTP/RTSP) and of networked and distributed systems. Knowledge of systems and network programming on Windows(winsock) or Linux(sockets). Development experience with Windows Media, Flash Streaming, Real, or QuickTime is a plus.