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Job Title: Software Engineer UI Intern
Company Description:
Limelight Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: LLNW) is the content delivery partner for thousands of
entertainment, technology, enterprise and government entities around the globe.
Limelight’s mission is to securely manage and globally deliver digital content, building
customer satisfaction through exceptional reliability and performance.
Job Purpose:
The Software Engineer Intern will be working on cutting edge and emerging technologies,
and help drive the production and development for tomorrow’s online video analytical
needs.
This position will be located is located in Tempe. Position is scheduled Monday through
Friday flexible hours through the summer.
Essential Functions:
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The opportunity to help redesign and unify various DNS platforms. You will have the
opportunity to contribute to all parts of the software stack: from user interface and
API design and implementation to relational databases, configuration management
and Linux performance tuning.
A growing agile, collaborative team that owns the platform and its performance,
values each person’s contribution, encourages innovative and experimental ideas, and
believes passionately in shared code ownership.
Shared responsibility for a platform that serves over 600 million page views per month
on a multi-tenant, shared infrastructure architecture (SaaS) running on
Python/C++/Linux/MySQL.
The opportunity to contribute to platform-wide features, architecture and design
decisions, and to develop end-to-end features.
Participate in continually improving the software development processes and
practices.
A dedicated QA team that works collaboratively with developers.
Become a key member of the team and make an impact on future system
development.
This job description is not an all-inclusive summary of duties or responsibilities. Job duties or
responsibilities may change with or without advance notice.
Qualifications:
Experience and Education (minimums)
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Enrolled in a Bachelor’s or above degree program in Computer Science, Software
Engineering or related (e.g. Computer Engineering, Mathematics, and Electrical
Engineering).
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
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An understanding of web technologies HTTP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, HTTP, and
web servers. Familiarity with Apache and/or nginx is a plus.
An understanding of modern web applications from database to browser.
Solid skills in any of the following languages: JavaScript (JQuery and Bootstrap a
plus), Python (Django a plus), C++.
Comfortable working in Unix-style environments (Linux and FreeBSD are the variants
we work with).
Creative approach to problem solving, innovation and issue resolution.
Experience with the DNS protocol and DNS server software, especially PowerDNS, is a
plus.
Exceptional communication skills – you aren’t afraid to present what you’ve learned
to your peers.
This job description is not an all-inclusive summary of duties or responsibilities. Job duties or
responsibilities may change with or without advance notice.