Job Description

Are you excited to work on innovative enterprise security products?

Are you excited about working with cutting-edge code analysis and AI technologies?

Partner with the best

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. We discover all your APIs, analyze their behavior, and stop threats lurking inside.

Join Code Scanning team!

You will be designing and building the core systems that power Akamai's API Security. You will lead efforts to scale our code analysis pipeline, applying code analysis techniques and large language models (LLMs) to extract meaningful insights across polyglot codebases.

In This Role You Will Be

• Driving the architecture and development of advanced backend components that process and analyze large-scale source code repositories.
• Owning the full development lifecycle of complex features: designing, implementing, testing, deploying, and operating production-ready systems.
• Conducting deep research into multiple programming languages and frameworks to expand platform coverage.
• Innovating in the application of code analysis and LLMs to enable next-generation API discovery and documentation.
• Mentoring other engineers and setting engineering best practices for scalable, maintainable, and high-performance systems.
• Working in an exploratory environment, turning vague tasks into clear objectives, approaches, and milestones.
  
  

Do What You Love

To be successful in this role you will:

• 8+ years of experience in the field.
• Have a background in backend development with expertise in Pythonfamiliarity with at least one major backend framework.
• Have experience across diverse languages and frameworks, with the ability to quickly adapt to new ecosystems.
• Know modern CI/CD practices, microservices, and orchestration at scale.
• Be proficient with SQL databases and schema design.
• Be Experience working in an LLM/AI environment (prompt engineering, familiarity with the limits of LLMs).
• Able to turn ambiguous challenges into actionable plans, prioritize well, and deliver results independently.
  
  

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.