Software Engineer (Backend)

Job Description

Are you passionate about cutting edge technology?

Do you enjoy working with a diverse multi-national team of engineering talents?

Join the InfoSec Sensing Team

As part of the InfoSec ThreatOps & Vulnerability Management team, you will play a key role in building custom internal security tools from the ground up designed to detect, track, prioritize, and remediate security risks across the entire organization.

Partner with the best

As a Software Engineer, you will develop custom tooling to support asset tracking, vulnerability lifecycle management and attack surface visibility, directly shaping how Akamai identifies and responds to threats at scale.

As a Software Engineer, You Will Be Responsible For

Developing, and maintain the backend services and frontend interfaces for our custom, internal security tools

Leveraging AI-driven development tools to accelerate development, testing, and debugging workflows

Collaborating with the team through rigorous code reviews and active architectural planning

Creating and maintain comprehensive technical documentation to support system design and knowledge sharing

Participating actively in agile ceremonies to drive project velocity and transparent team communication

Do What You Love

To be successful in this role you will:

Have relevant experience in software engineering

Be proficiency in software development using Python, Bash

Have experience leveraging AI-driven development tools (e.g., ClaudeCode, OpenCode) to enhance productivity

Have solid version control skills with Git

Have hands-on experience working within Linux-based environments

Have proven ability to build and scale performant applications

Be Familiar with both relational (SQL) and non-relational (NoSQL) database systems

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.

FlexBase adapts to your job's needs

Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.

We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.

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