Do you want to create new networking products and craft clean APIs that enable customers to better use the Akamai Cloud?
Are you a software engineering enthusiast who loves solving complex problems?
Join our Cloud Networking Products team!
Akamai Cloud is the world's most distributed cloud platform. Our customers range from frontier AI companies to scale-ups and established market leaders.We are looking for a new colleague to join our API team in the Cloud Networking Products division.
Partner with the best
We are looking for a new colleague to join our API team in the Cloud Networking Products division. We own the APIs of the networking products that enable customers to secure and isolate their resources and workloads on the Akamai Cloud, such as Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and Cloud Firewall.
Join us in shaping the next generation of cloud computing. This role provides an opportunity to make a significant impact on Akamai's growing cloud offerings. You must have a passion to get things done quickly and get them done right.
As a Software Engineer Senior II, you will be responsible for:
- Helping build out cloud platform functionality that sets up, manages, and protects networking in the Akamai Cloud.
- Designing and implementing clean, robust and performant REST APIs used by customers and internal teams.
- Developing and maintaining internal libraries and microservices used by various teams in Akamai.
- Designing, implementing, reviewing, documenting, and testing high quality Python code in close collaboration with your team.
- Reviewing and contributing to architectural and design documents authored by other teams.
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have background with mainstream programming languages, such as Python, Java, C#, or Go.
- Have solid skills in writing, testing and understanding complex software.
- Have experience in designing and implementing REST APIs.
- Be experienced in technical design, product specifications reviews, projects and backlog planning.
- Be able to work productively with team members to identify and resolve issues in a collaborative manner.
- Have good communication skills, and experience in communicating with leadership and non-developer stakeholders.
- Be experienced in mentoring other developers.
Some of the tools and frameworks we use are Python, docker, pytest, MySQL, SQLAlchemy, Flask, Prometheus and Grafana. While we don't expect you to have experience with all of them, curiosity and a willingness to learn is a must. Experience with developing microservices is a nice bonus. We are a team with a diverse background and while the majority of the team members are located in Denmark, our main working language is English.
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.
Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits.
FlexBase adapts to your job's needs
Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.
We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.
Skills Required
- Proficiency with mainstream programming languages (Python, Java, C#, or Go)
- Experience designing and implementing REST APIs
- Strong skills writing, testing, and understanding complex software
- Experience in technical design, product specification reviews, project and backlog planning
- Ability to collaborate productively with team members and resolve issues
- Good communication skills with leadership and non-developer stakeholders
- Experience mentoring other developers
- Experience or familiarity with Docker, pytest, MySQL, SQLAlchemy, Flask, Prometheus, Grafana
- Experience developing microservices
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.
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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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