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 183 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 183 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 and benefits at Akamai .

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 (25)

What are the pros of working at Akamai according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance for employees and leaders" ((in 469 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 191 reviews)); "Best place and Very comfortable." ((in 113 reviews)); "2. Good management" ((in 108 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 63 reviews)); "Frequent Org change or layoffs" ((in 37 reviews)); "quality talents have already left due to poor leadership." ((in 33 reviews)); "Middle management is lacking experience" ((in 20 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

(183 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 Developer employees have rated Akamai with 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 183 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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183 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

Great environment and flexibility, but slow recruitment process

Good perks and remote work, but toxic manager

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