Job Title: Architect
Work Location: 145 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142
Job Description:
Akamai Technologies, Inc. is hiring for the following role in Cambridge, MA
(multiple openings): Architect. Designs and implements scalable solutions to
integrate Noname Security’s product into the Akamai ecosystem, ensuring high
availability, security, and performance. Leads system-wide architectural
changes, collaborating with multiple R&D teams to enhance scalability,
reliability, and deployment efficiency. Oversees the design and development of
critical integration components, facilitating seamless interoperability between
Noname Security’s posture management and API security capabilities with Akamai’s
infrastructure. Supports architectural decision-making, providing guidance on
design patterns and aligning stakeholders on long-term platform strategies.
Defines development guidelines and best practices, enabling consistency and
efficiency across engineering teams. Telecommuting permitted from anywhere in
the United States. AG1499
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Required Qualification:
Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software
Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering,
Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering Science, Information Systems,
Information Technology, or Telecommunications Engineering, plus FIVE (5) years
of experience in the job offered or closely related engineering role.
Alternatively, employer will accept no degree and eight (8) years of experience
in the job offered or closely related engineering role.
Must have experience in the following: analyzing security vulnerabilities
arising out of cloud & infrastructure misconfigurations; automating systems for
detecting infrastructure misconfigurations; tenant provisioning systems;
distributed backend services; data migration-safe systems; optimizing
large-scale PostgreSQL databases; distributed event-driven architecture; Python,
Flask, and Typescript; REST APIs; Kubernetes, AWS, and Azure; and elastic load
balancing.
About us
At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.
Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your
favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes.
We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the
giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the
internet a better experience for everyone.
Our focus is simple:
Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.
Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.
Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.
AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's
most distributed cloud platform.
At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because
behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're
the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures
it just works.
Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life
beyond work. See our benefits.
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Compensation
Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based
candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from
$178,547-$263,600 /year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors
including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications
and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. The
compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in
the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including
healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO),
sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee
assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness;
Eligibility requirements apply.