Akamai Technologies

Senior Software Engineer – Lead

Akamai Technologies

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: MassachusettsUnited States

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Salary

💰 $121,400 - $218,600 per year

Job Level

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Providing site technical leadership, coordinating across engineering, architecture, and program teams to influence design decisions, trade-offs, and delivery priorities.
  • Defining and driving cloud-native and edge architecture strategy using modern containerization, orchestration, and scalable distributed system patterns.
  • Leading Agile delivery across a product portfolio, guiding planning, execution, sustainment, and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Establishing engineering best practices for security, reliability, DevSecOps, and lifecycle management across build, test, deploy, and operations.
  • Serving as trusted technical advisor to customers enabling secure deployment and integration within regulated government environments.
  • Resolving escalations, aligning stakeholders, and ensuring mission requirements translate into secure, scalable technical outcomes.

Requirements

  • 5 years of progressive experience in software engineering, systems engineering, or cloud architecture with increasing leadership responsibility.
  • Active Secret clearance.
  • DoD 8140-compliant certification such as Security+ or CISSP.
  • Expertise in Zero Trust architectures including OAuth2, SAML, OIDC, just-in-time access, and identity-aware integrations.
  • Deep understanding of Agile and DevSecOps lifecycles across build, test, deploy, sustainment, and continuous delivery practices.
  • Travel for periodic 23 week on-site integrations while coordinating across customer stakeholders, internal teams, and integrators.
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • 401K savings plan
  • Company holidays
  • Vacation (in the form of PTO)
  • Sick time
  • Family friendly benefits including parental leave
  • Employee assistance program including focus on mental and financial wellness.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
cloud-native architectureedge architecturecontainerizationorchestrationdistributed systemsAgile deliveryDevSecOpssecurity best practiceslifecycle managementZero Trust architecture
Soft Skills
technical leadershipstakeholder alignmentcustomer advisoryproblem resolutioninfluence design decisionscontinuous improvementplanning executioncommunication
Certifications
Active Secret clearanceSecurity+CISSP