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Senior II Software Engineer

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Develop and enhance highly available, scalable, fault-tolerant IAM services on Akamai’s Compute Platform. Design resilient software, build tools for seamless deployment and operation, improve IAM features and customer experience, and research emerging technologies. The role requires extensive Linux software development, Python or Java expertise, secure software delivery, IAM knowledge, and experience with enterprise tools including Git, JIRA, and Jenkins.
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Are you passionate about cutting edge technology?

Do you enjoy working with a diverse multinational team of engineering talents?

Join our IAM Engineering Team!

The IAM Engineering team is part of Cloud Technology Group, which delivers cutting-edge cloud solutions to the market. We design, implement, deploy and operate the Cloud IAM platform, with a primary mission to enable customers the best IAM experience and features while also making it easy for product teams to integrate in a seamless manner.

Partner with the best

As a Senior II Software Engineer, you will join a team of software engineers and architects. Your team will enhance IAM core services and will design and develop new features. This requires a mindset of building resilient, fault-tolerant software to run at five 9's availability and high levels of performance and reliability, in both centralized and regionally deployed architectures.

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

  • Contributing to the design and implementation of highly available, scalable, and performant solutions
  • Building reliable and regionally deployed IAM systems that are fault-tolerant tolerant
  • Building, integrating, supporting and improving IAM services on the Akamai Compute Platform
  • Designing and developing tools to make the deployed software operate seamlessly
  • Researching new technologies as they emerge for improving the IAM experience and features at Akamai

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

  • Have 8 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
  • Have 5+ years of experience with Python or Java
  • Have extensive experience developing software in a Linux environment
  • Have a track record of delivering reliable and secure software
  • Possess solid knowledge of IAM technologies
  • Have experience working in an enterprise environment and tools, such as GIT, JIRA, and Jenkins

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.

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Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary for this position ranges from 120,400 - 216,600 CAD/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, RRSP, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.

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