Senior Backend Engineer - Remote

Are you excited to work with innovative security products?

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

Join Guardicore (now Akamai Enterprise Security Group)

Akamai ESG is changing the way organizations protect their data centers and clouds from advanced threats. Our team boasts some of the most talented and experienced cybersecurity and data center experts. We're always looking for new people to inspire us and make us better.

Partner with the best

We are looking for a senior software engineer to join our talented R&D team. Momentum is a development team in charge of creating new developments for future and current customers. We deliver a great impact to our customers all across the product components.

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

• Leading new features and problem-solving from requirements to delivery across the product areas and technologies.
• Writing reliable, efficient, secure, and scalable code. Coding in Python as the main language, and some other languages (C, Angular, GoLang and more)
• Collaborating with different engineering teams, product teams, customer success, and professional services.
• Communicating with our customers, leaving a favorable impact.
• Addressing complex software challenges at the forefront of today's technology, optimizing and focusing on performance.
• Being an integral part of our thriving culture and improving the team and the company.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have extensive of experience in object-oriented software development.
• Have proven experience in E2E design and implementation of features as part of large-scale backend projects.
• Have experience in Backend Development using Python, Go, or Rust.
• Have experience in working with Linux-based systems.
• Have familiarity with some of the following technologies: MongoDB, Redis, RabbitMQ, and other big-data platforms.

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.

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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

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!