Are you excited to build backend systems and infrastructure that operate at scale?
Do you enjoy solving complex problems across services, databases, and data pipelines?
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LayerX (now Akamai) turns any browser or desktop into a secure workspace. We protect your apps, data, and devices from web risks and AI leaks in real time, with zero impact on user experience.
Akamai Workforce Protector - Applicative Infrastructure
Seeking a Senior Backend Infrastructure Engineer to build and operate the backend systems and infrastructure that support our security platform. You'll work across cloud services, infrastructure, and data systems to help scale our services, pipelines, and databases.
In this role you will be:
- Designing, building, and operating scalable backend services and the infrastructure that supports them.
- Owning production systems end to end, with a focus on availability, performance, observability, and operational readiness.
- Building and maintaining reliable ETL and data-processing pipelines for production workloads.
- Working with PostgreSQL and ClickHouse to support data-intensive systems, including schema design, query performance, and data lifecycle needs.
- Developing and operating event-driven processing with Kafka and integrating it with backend services.
- Building and improving cloud infrastructure across AWS and GCP using Kubernetes and Infrastructure as Code.
- Improving deployment and operations through CI/CD, monitoring, automation, and close collaboration with partner teams.
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have at least 4 years of experience in backend or infrastructure engineering in production environments.
- Demonstrate backend engineering skills in one or more general-purpose languages, with experience building and operating production services.
- Have experience designing distributed systems and debugging complex performance and reliability issues.
- Have hands-on PostgreSQL experience, including data modeling, schema design, query performance, migrations, and troubleshooting.
- Have experience with ClickHouse and Kafka, or similar analytical database and event-streaming technologies.
- Have experience building ETL or data-processing pipelines; experience supporting analytics or Data Science workflows.
- Have hands-on experience with AWS or GCP, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure as Code.
Build your career at Akamai
Our ability to shape digital life today relies on developing exceptional people like you. The kind that can turn impossible into possible. We’re doing everything we can to make Akamai a great place to work. A place where you can learn, grow and have a meaningful impact.
With our company moving so fast, it’s important that you’re able to build new skills, explore new roles, and try out different opportunities. There are so many different ways to build your career at Akamai, and we want to support you as much as possible. We have all kinds of development opportunities available, from programs such as GROW and Mentoring, to internal events like the APEX Expo and tools such as Linkedin Learning, all to help you expand your knowledge and experience here.
Learn more
Not sure if this job is the right match for you or want to learn more about the job before you apply? Schedule a 15-minute exploratory call with the Recruiter and they would be happy to share more details.
Skills Required
- At least 4 years of backend or infrastructure engineering experience in production environments
- Backend engineering experience in one or more general-purpose programming languages
- Experience building and operating production services
- Experience designing distributed systems
- Experience debugging complex performance and reliability issues
- Hands-on PostgreSQL experience, including data modeling, schema design, query performance, migrations, and troubleshooting
- Experience with ClickHouse and Kafka, or similar analytical database and event-streaming technologies
- Experience building ETL or data-processing pipelines
- Experience supporting analytics or Data Science workflows
- Hands-on experience with AWS or GCP, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure as Code
Akamai Technologies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Akamai Technologies and has not been reviewed or approved by Akamai Technologies.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Unlimited PTO in the U.S., wellness days, paid volunteering time, and the FlexBase model contribute to broad time‑off flexibility. These practices are described as supporting strong work‑life balance.
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Parental & Family Support — Generous paid parental leaves, paid family care leave, subsidized backup childcare, and inclusive family‑building benefits via Carrot form a comprehensive family support suite. Coverage spans fertility support through caregiving resources.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a substantial company match and immediate vesting, plus Roth and Mega Backdoor Roth options, underpin long‑term savings. These features provide reliable long‑term savings opportunities.
Akamai Technologies Insights
What We Do
At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. Every moment, billions of people, all over the world, are using the internet to shop, play games, look after finances, learn remotely, share videos, connect across the world, and so much more. These life-shaping digital experiences wouldn’t be possible without Akamai. We power and protect life online. It’s an extraordinary mission, and our global teams achieve it by solving the toughest challenges, and turning the impossible into the possible. With the world’s most distributed compute platform — from cloud to edge — we make it easy for businesses to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away. That’s why innovative companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences. Thanks to our world’s most distributed platform for cloud computing, security, and content delivery. Akamai keeps applications and experiences closer and threats farther away. Devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology, we’re always pushing ground-breaking ideas and driving innovation. Do you want to power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges with us? Be part of an amazing team!
Why Work With Us
Our people are devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology. We find solutions through persistence, and push ground-breaking ideas forward with urgency and courage. This creates an environment where we harness creative energy and drive innovation. We are inclusive and diverse, and we love to collaborate across the world.
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