Golang Job: Software Engineer

Would working with cutting-edge security products excite you?

Do you love collaborating with teams to solve complex challenges?

Join our highly skilled CIAM Engineering team

We are a small team responsible for a world-class, multi-tenant SaaS platform that empowers our customers to protect and manage the identities of their end users. Partnering with other teams we ensure Akamai's systems lead by example and fulfil the security needs of our customer base. Excelling in an ever-changing security landscape, our environment is exciting and fast-paced.

Develop cutting-edge identity management tools

In this role you will be turning requirements and user experience designs into world class scalable software to support terabytes of data driven by authentication and identification of users on websites. You will be collaborating with an overall Product Team on the design, development, documentation, end-to-end testing, and troubleshooting of new and existing CIAM products in an Agile environment.

As a Software Engineer you will be responsible for:

• Collaborating with architects and engineering teams to understand their needs and build solutions to address their requirements
• Working with the Product Team to assess, define and refine product requirements
• Developing and maintaining enterprise SaaS software including RESTful APIs
• Creating back-end systems responsible for the storage, transformation and transport of large data sets, including creation of detailed documentation

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have relevant experience and a Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Management Information Systems, another related field or its equivalent.
• Have passion and aptitude to learn new tools and technologies
• Demonstrate solid written, verbal and presentation skills and have the ability to collaborate with internal stakeholders
• Demonstrate some experience of software development and design using a language of your choice
• Be comfortable with software development technologies including Scripting languages such as Python, Golang, Perl, etc.
• Be excited to work with cloud-based architectures and distributed databases

Work in a way that works for you

We recognize that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best can vary for each person.

This is a flexible role and may be performed at your home and/or the local Akamai office (in the country advertised). We are happy to discuss working options in this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.

Working with us

At Akamai, were 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 endeavours

Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

About us

Innovating on a global scale, we deliver our customers a fast, smart and secure intelligent edge platform. Working against a backdrop of digital collaboration, our highly skilled teams build progressive solutions that have the scope to transform entertainment, business, and life in ways that we have yet to imagine.

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!

Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.

Akamai is committed to complying with COVID-19 requirements in the countries where it operates. For locations or roles subject to vaccination mandates, we require proof of vaccination or an approved exemption, if permitted, as a condition of employment. We will provide additional details regarding our vaccine record submission and exemption request protocols during the hiring and onboarding process.

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