Job Description

Are you excited to work with innovative security products?

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

Join our Micro-Segmentation Collection Platform team

Guardicore (now Akamai!) revolutionizes protection against advanced threats, starting with our people. Our team includes some of the most talented and experienced cybersecurity experts in the field. We seek new people to inspire us, bring fresh ideas, and enhance our capabilities.

What does our team do?

We seek a highly motivated senior software engineer to join our R&D team of talented developers. Collection Platform is a unique development team responsible for complex application infrastructure. We ensure our product's efficient growth, delivering a meaningful impact to our customers and R&D teams.

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

• Ideating and leading new infrastructure initiatives from requirements to delivery across all product areas and technologies.
• Writing reliable, efficient, secure, and scalable code
• Tackling complex software challenges, optimizing performance, and emphasizing security at the forefront of today's technology.
• Driving team's technical roadmap and mentor more junior developers.
  
  

Do What You Love

To be successful in this role you will-

• Have extensive experience in E2E design, implementing, and leading execution for large-scale backend and infrastructure projects.
• Have hands-on experience in backend development using Python, Go, or equivalent languages.
• Demonstrate deep understanding of Networking and Network Security, and Operating System software.
• Have experience developing with Linux based systems as well as Cloud environments.
• Experience working with one or more of the following technologies- Kafka, Docker and other virtualization infrastructure, HAProxy, Redis.
• Have the ability to lead several efforts in parallel and collaborate with remote/global teams.
  
  

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.

Learn what makes Akamai a great place to work

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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

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!

Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.

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