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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** Akamai Technologies
- **Location:** Jackson, MS, United States (Remote available)
- **Salary:** $114,275.0 - $136,300.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Big Data, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Apache Hadoop, MapReduce, Python (Programming Language), Scala (Programming Language), Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Apache Spark, Git, Information Technology, Jenkins
- **Published:** August 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/E3C28FF82CCA44A1A824656440F384C2/job/

## About the Role

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, or Telecommunications Engineering, plus 6 months of experience in the job offered or closely related engineering role. Must have: Six (6) months of experience with the following: Apache Spark, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apache Airflow, Python, Scala, SQL, Big-Data, Hadoop MapReduce, Git, and Jenkins.



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