Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Akamai Technologies provides cloud and edge platform services, security, and content delivery capabilities. The company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to develop secure, scalable solutions for platform components and services across software and configuration deployments, databases, and control plane systems. The role involves delivering end-to-end security implementations, supporting the product life cycle, collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders, and solving complex platform and product security challenges.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrating engineering execution and technical expertise by delivering high-quality code and end-to-end security implementations, focusing on meeting defined objectives around scalability, availability, reliability, and performance
- Supporting the full product life cycle - ideation, implementation, operation
- Working across stakeholders - Product Management, Architecture, DevOps, and InfoSec to satisfy their needs/requirements in the software development life cycle
- Socializing and building consensus around engineering decisions to provide stable and secure products through hands-on technical contribution
- Solving complex security problems across both the platform and products
Skills
- Have 8 years of relevant software engineering and design experience and a BS degree or 5 years of relevant experience and MS degree
- Have programming (e.g. Python, Go) capabilities to develop new product ideas and evolve existing systems
- Be familiar with security concepts such as Zero Trust and secure/confidential computing
- Demonstrate familiarity with networking concepts including TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS, TLS/SSL
- Be familiar with Infrastructure as Code technologies (e.g. Terraform, Salt, etc.)
- Have experience with software and hardware vulnerability management, and tools e.g. Tenable, Vulcan Cyber, Trivy, SonarQube, etc
- Have knowledge of compliance regimes such as PCI, ISO, SOC2, and FedRamp
Benefits
- Remote work through Akamai's FlexBase program, allowing employees to work at home, in an office, or a combination of both.
- Incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives.
- Equity awards.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
- Healthcare.
- 401K savings plan.
- Company holidays.
- Vacation in the form of PTO.
- Sick time.
- Parental leave.
- Employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness.
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