Senior Cloud Application Software Developer

Job Description

Are you excited to work with innovative security products?

Do you enjoy creating innovative and strategic solutions to solve complex problems?

Join our SaaS Platform team

Guardicore (now Akamai!) revolutionizes protection against advanced threats, starting with our people. Our team includes some of the most talented and experienced cybersecurity experts in the field. We seek new people to inspire us, bring fresh ideas, and enhance our capabilities.

What does our team do?

We are looking for a Senior software engineer to join our SaaS platform team.

In this role, you will develop distributed cloud-native applications with a focus on scalability, availability, and security.

You will take part in designing and building microservices, operators, and backend components running on GCP Cloud Run, Kubernetes, and Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE).

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Developing cloud-native microservices and backend components in Golang
• Building and maintaining SaaS infrastructure and services for scale and resiliency
• Working with GCP, Kubernetes, and Linode, including development of Kubernetes operators
• Using Helm, Terraform, GitHub Actions, and other modern tooling to support deployment and automation
• Collaborating with other engineers, architects, and product managers to drive features end-to-end
• Taking ownership of system design decisions and contribute to the long-term technical roadmap

Do What You Love

To be successful in this role you will:

• 5+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
• Have extensive knowledge and experience of GCP stacks, Linux, cloud technologies, and network Infrastructure
• Have experience with CI/CD methodologies and best practices (GitHub/CircleCI Actions)
• Have experience in container technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes
• Demonstrate prior experience building production systems, highly available and service-oriented

Work in a way that works for you

FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.

Learn what makes Akamai a great place to work

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We power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges, together.

At Akamai, we're curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you'll thrive here.

Working for you

Benefits

At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:

• Your health
• Your finances
• Your family
• Your time at work
• Your time pursuing other endeavors

Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

About Us

Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.

Join us

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!

Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.

If no date is displayed, applications are being accepted on an ongoing basis until the job is filled.