[Hiring] Architect @Akamai

Role Description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is hiring for the following role in Cambridge, MA (multiple openings): Architect. The role involves:

• Designing and implementing scalable solutions to integrate Noname Security’s product into the Akamai ecosystem, ensuring high availability, security, and performance.
• Leading system-wide architectural changes, collaborating with multiple R&D teams to enhance scalability, reliability, and deployment efficiency.
• Overseeing 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.
• Supporting architectural decision-making, providing guidance on design patterns and aligning stakeholders on long-term platform strategies.
• Defining development guidelines and best practices, enabling consistency and efficiency across engineering teams.
• Telecommuting permitted from anywhere in the United States.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Five (5) years of experience in the job offered or closely related engineering role.
• Alternatively, no degree with eight (8) years of experience in the job offered or closely related engineering role.

Requirements

• Experience in 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.
• Elastic load balancing.

Benefits

• Support for health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work.
• FlexBase adapts to your job's needs, allowing for work from home, in an office, or a combination of both.
• Commitment to fair and equitable compensation practices.
• Base salary for this position ranges from $178,547-$263,600 /year for US-based candidates.
• Compensation package may include incentive compensation opportunities, equity awards, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
• Industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, parental leave, and an employee assistance program focused on mental and financial wellness.