Platform Senior Software Engineer- Remote

Are you excited to work with innovative security products?

Do you enjoy creating innovative and strategic solutions to solve complex problems?

Join our team!

We are changing how organizations protect their data centers and clouds from advanced threats. Our team boasts some of the most talented and experienced cybersecurity and data center experts. We're always looking for new people to join us, inspire us, and improve us.

What does our team do?

The Platform team is responsible for developing complex application infrastructure, ensuring our product's efficient and seamless growth. They deliver direct and meaningful impact to our customers and R&D teams.

What will you do:

Leading new infrastructure initiatives and problem-solving from requirements to delivery in the main components of our system
Writing reliable, efficient, secure, and scalable code.
Addressing software challenges at the forefront of today's technology, optimizing, and putting emphasis on performance and security.
Driving the team's technical roadmap and mentoring more junior developers.
Collaborating with different teams, to identify areas where infrastructure initiatives could contribute to our development efficiency and scalability
Communicating with our customers and leaving a favorable impact.
Being an integral part of our thriving culture and taking an active part in the constant improvement process.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

Have 5+ Years of software development experience
Have experience in E2E design and implementation of features as part of large-scale backend and infrastructure projects
Have experience in Backend Development using Python, Go, or equivalent languages
Have an understanding of Networking and Network Security
Have experience working with Linux-based systems
Have experience in high-scale production environments
Have experience working with Cloud environments

Build your career at Akamai

Our ability to shape digital life today relies on developing exceptional people like you. The kind that can turn impossible into possible. We’re doing everything we can to make Akamai a great place to work. A place where you can learn, grow and have a meaningful impact.

With our company moving so fast, it’s important that you’re able to build new skills, explore new roles, and try out different opportunities. There are so many different ways to build your career at Akamai, and we want to support you as much as possible. We have all kinds of development opportunities available, from programs such as GROW and Mentoring, to internal events like the APEX Expo and tools such as Linkedin Learning, all to help you expand your knowledge and experience here.

Learn more

Not sure if this job is the right match for you or want to learn more about the job before you apply? Schedule a 15-minute exploratory call with the Recruiter and they would be happy to share more details.