Remote Position
[Remote] Senior Software Engineer
🌍 Remote · United States
💼 Full-time
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Akamai Technologies is a cloud and edge technology company that provides distributed cloud, security, and content delivery services. The Senior Software Engineer will develop secure, scalable solutions for platform components and services, including software and configuration deployments, databases, and control plane systems. The role also involves supporting the full 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
- Healthcare
- 401K savings plan
- Company holidays
- Vacation (in the form of PTO)
- Sick time
- Family friendly benefits including parental leave
- An employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness
- Annual bonus or incentives
- Equity awards
- An Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Flexible work at home, in an office, or a combination of both
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