Architect

Job Title: Architect

Work Location: 145 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142

Job Description:

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is hiring for the following role in Cambridge, MA (multiple openings): Architect. Designs and implements scalable solutions to integrate Noname Security’s product into the Akamai ecosystem, ensuring high availability, security, and performance. Leads system-wide architectural changes, collaborating with multiple R&D teams to enhance scalability, reliability, and deployment efficiency. Oversees 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. Supports architectural decision-making, providing guidance on design patterns and aligning stakeholders on long-term platform strategies. Defines development guidelines and best practices, enabling consistency and efficiency across engineering teams. Telecommuting permitted from anywhere in the United States. AG1499

Required Qualification:

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, plus FIVE (5) years of experience in the job offered or closely related engineering role.

Alternatively, employer will accept no degree and eight (8) years of experience in the job offered or closely related engineering role.

Must have experience in the following: 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; and elastic load balancing.

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.

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Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $178,547-$263,600 /year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.