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

Software Developer professionals working at Akamai have rated their employer with 4.4 out of 5 stars in 184 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 Developer Jobs at Akamai now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at Akamai .

Does Akamai pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Akamai with 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 184 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 11.8% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at Akamai.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Akamai?

Software Engineer (182) , Senior Software Engineer (168) , Solutions Architect (77) , Software Engineer II (54) , Security Architect (45) , Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II (44) , Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) (43) , Solutions Engineer (38) , Technical Project Manager (37) , Technical Support Engineer (36) , 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 465 reviews)); "Good benefits and the company gets across the message that they care about their employees." ((in 257 reviews)); "Good work culture and ethics" ((in 193 reviews)); "Best place and Very comfortable." ((in 113 reviews)); "2. Good management" ((in 101 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 64 reviews)); "Frequent cut backs and layoffs" ((in 31 reviews)); "Middle management is lacking experience" ((in 19 reviews)); "No training provided and a lot of lies during the interview." ((in 19 reviews)); "Upper management and leadership are largely directionless and uncommunicative." ((in 13 reviews))

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Akamai Software Developer reviews

4.4

99% would recommend to a friend

(184 total reviews)

Tom Leighton

99% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

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4.7

Culture & values

4.7

Diversity & inclusion

4.7

Work/Life balance

4.5

Senior management

4.5

Compensation and benefits

4.5

Career opportunities

Software Developer employees have rated Akamai with 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 184 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Akamai is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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184 reviews

5.0

Oct 30, 2014

Excellent company to work for.

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Smart people, excellent work, stocked pantry,

Cons

None that I can think of right now.

1.0

Apr 13, 2014

Doesn't care about employees

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good location, nice benefits, good pay.

Cons

Management doesn't care and doesn't listen. There is verbal abuse that happens, but no one is willing to speak out because of a culture of fear that has crept in. I left because as a software engineer from MIT I had big ideas and wanted to go somewhere I thought I could make a big impact. Akamai turned out to not be much like they said it would when the aggressively recruited me.

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

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