2 days ago
Base Salary
$146k - $264k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect, build, and evolve scalable, low-latency REST APIs and backend service layers using Python and Flask.
- Design schemas and optimize database queries with SQLAlchemy to support high system availability.
- Lead technical design reviews, establish engineering best practices, and mentor junior and mid-level engineers.
- Implement authentication, rate limiting, and observability across distributed backend services.
- Design fault-tolerant services that fail gracefully under load using circuit breakers and defensive validation.
- Collaborate with engineering and cross-functional teams on API contracts, architecture patterns, and integration workflows.
Requirements
- 10+ years of relevant experience and a bachelor’s degree.
- Core backend development experience with Python, Flask, SQLAlchemy, and relational databases.
- Deep expertise in RESTful architecture, HTTP protocols, API versioning, and security best practices.
- Proficiency with Git workflows, CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms, and containerization technologies.
- Understanding of distributed systems, event-driven architectures, automated testing, and observability tooling.
- Knowledge of AI tooling, agentic workflows, transformer architectures, and background processing systems.
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangements through Akamai’s FlexBase program, including working from home, in an office, or a combination of both.
- Healthcare, 401(k) savings plan, company holidays, PTO, sick time, parental leave, and employee assistance programs focused on mental and financial wellness.
- Potential eligibility for annual bonuses or incentives, equity awards, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan; eligibility requirements apply.
About Akamai
Akamai builds content delivery, cloud security, and edge compute services for enterprises that run consumer and business web, API, and video workloads. The public company (NASDAQ: AKAM), founded in 1998 and headquartered in Cambridge, MA, operates a global CDN and security platform and sells via subscriptions and usage-based services. It expanded into cloud infrastructure by acquiring Linode in 2022, offering IaaS and managed Kubernetes.