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 and benefits 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 permanent work from home" ((in 470 reviews)); "Good benefits and the company gets across the message that they care about their employees." ((in 267 reviews)); "Great work culture and people" ((in 185 reviews)); "Best place and Very comfortable." ((in 115 reviews)); "Good salary and hikes" ((in 95 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 layoffs" ((in 33 reviews)); "quality talents have already left due to poor leadership." ((in 32 reviews)); "No training provided and a lot of lies during the interview." ((in 18 reviews)); "Middle management is lacking experience" ((in 16 reviews))

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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

Ratings by category

4.7

Diversity & inclusion

4.7

Work/Life balance

4.6

Culture & values

4.5

Compensation and benefits

4.4

Senior management

4.4

Career opportunities

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

5.0

May 31, 2026

Great place, great people, advancement paths slightly unclear

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great People, good collaboration, plenty of options to advance internally

Cons

advancement options aren't always clearly shown.

5.0

May 27, 2026

Great environment and flexibility, but slow recruitment process

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great environment, flexible working hours, full-remote flex base policy, satisfactory compensation with additional benefits

Cons

Recruitment process can be unnecessarily long

4.0

May 4, 2026

Good perks and remote work, but toxic manager

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work from home Good perks

Cons

Toxic managers( depends on team)

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Great place, great people, advancement paths slightly unclear

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Good perks and remote work, but toxic manager

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