Senior Backend Engineer

Job Description

Are you excited by the prospect of working with innovative security products?

Noname is reinventing application security!

Join our Cloud Integrations Team

Noname (now Akamai) is changing how web APIs are protected and monitored. Its pioneering platform gives security professionals visibility into behavior across their entire API estate. Built for organizations that expose APIs to partners, suppliers, and users. Noname discovers all your APIs, analyzes their behavior, and stops threats lurking inside.

Partner with the best

We're looking for a talented Software Engineer to join our Cloud Integrations & Backend team. You'll help design, build, and maintain cloud-native integrations with third-party vendors and scalable backend services handling high data and traffic volumes.

Work in an ever-changing, startup-like environment within an enterprise using modern tools and cloud platforms to deliver customer-facing, mission-critical features quickly and efficiently.

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

• Designing and implement Cloud-native integrations with external vendors and platforms
• Developing and maintain scalable backend services handling high-throughput data exchange between systems
• Working with a variety of programming languages including Node.js (TypeScript/JavaScript), Python, Go, and various scripting tools
• Leveraging and integrating services across AWS, Azure, GCP, and other cloud providers
• Delivering Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions utilizing tools like Terraform, CloudFormation and ARM
• Building, monitor, and maintain infrastructure using technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins)
  
  

Do What You Love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 5 years of hands-on software engineering experience in backend or infrastructure-heavy environments.
• Possess proficiency in at least one backend programming language (e.g., Node.js (TS/JS), Python, or Go)
• Have experience with developing and consuming APIs and event-driven systems (e.g., REST, Pub/Sub, etc.).
• Have experience with both SQL/NoSQL databases (Postgres, DynamoDB, etc.)
• Have experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Have a good understanding of software engineering principles, system design, and performance optimization.
• Have exposure to cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP or Azure)
• Have exceptional communication skills and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-moving environment.
  
  

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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We power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges, together.

At Akamai, we're curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you'll thrive here.

Working for you

Benefits

At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:

• Your health
• Your finances
• Your family
• Your time at work
• Your time pursuing other endeavors
  
  

Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

About Us

Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.

Join us

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!