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# Senior Software Engineer

- **Company:** Akamai Technologies
- **Location:** Cambridge, MA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $121,400.0 - $218,600.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cyber Security, Computer Programming, Computer Networks, Databases, DevOps, Domain Name System (DNS), Hypertext Transfer Protocols (HTTP), Python (Programming Language), Zero Trust Network Access, Software Engineering, SonarQube, TCP/IP, Tripwire, Software Vulnerability Management, Transport Layer Security, Terraform
- **Published:** August 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/ltr04qd4o3

## About the Role

* Have 8 years of relevant software engineering and design experience and a BS degree or 5 years of relevant experience and MS degree
 * Have programming (e.g. Python, Go) capabilities to develop new product ideas and evolve existing systems.
 * Be familiar with security concepts such as Zero Trust and secure/confidential computing
 * Demonstrate familiarity with networking concepts including TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS, TLS/SSL
 * Be familiar with Infrastructure as Code technologies (e.g. Terraform, Salt, etc.)
 * Have experience with software and hardware vulnerability management, and tools e.g. Tenable, Vulcan Cyber, Trivy, SonarQube, etc.
 * Have knowledge of compliance regimes such as PCI, ISO, SOC2, and FedRamp

## Description

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will develop innovative security solutions for our platform components and services. Your focus will span key areas such as software and configuration deployments, databases, and control plane systems. You will play a critical role in engineering secure, scalable solutions across these domains.

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

 * Demonstrating engineering execution and technical expertise by delivering high-quality code and end-to-end security implementations, focusing on meeting defined objectives around scalability, availability, reliability, and performance.
 * Supporting the full product life cycle - ideation, implementation, operation.
 * Working across stakeholders - Product Management, Architecture, DevOps, and InfoSec to satisfy their needs/requirements in the software development life cycle.
 * Socializing and building consensus around engineering decisions to provide stable and secure products through hands-on technical contribution.
 * Solving complex security problems across both the platform and products.


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