Senior Software Engineer II

Software Engineer Senior - Remote

Would you like to work with cutting-edge technology ?

Do you enjoy solving large-scale systems problems? Work with a truly global team ?

Security Engineering is a dynamic department within our Infrastructure Security business group that defines, develops, and sells Akamai’s Infrastructure Security products. Our team works with groups across Akamai as well as many external customers/partners. Our division consists of business development, engineering, product management and support personnel.

Become a subject matter expert

You will directly influence and shape Akamai’s Security platform capabilities and project directions. This is an opportunity to join a team that has the spirit of a start-up, with corporate organization stability.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Owning underlying infrastructure and detection applications for Infrastructure Security, ensuring scalability, reliability, and efficiency.
• Creating new features, or enhancing existing functionalities, from design through testing and deployment.
• Growing and maintaining our On-Prem Kubernetes platform to ensure fault tolerance, scalability, and efficient resource use.
• Collaborating with Architecture, QA and Operational teams to create world class infrastructure security services.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 8+ years of relevant experience and a bachelor’s degree in computer science or its equivalent.
• Have extensive experience with development using Java, Golang & a prior experience working with Kubernetes. Experience working with Python is a plus.
• Have extensive experience developing in a distributed, micro-services environment.
• Have experience with databases such as MySQL, Cassandra, MongoDB, or ClickHouse for managing and optimizing data storage/retrieval
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of security, networking principles, Layer 2-4 networking, load balancing, and DDoS mitigation solutions

Work in a way that works for you

FlexBase, Akamai’s Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.

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