Software Engineer II

Akamai Technologies

Software Engineer II developing core APIs, SDKs, and intelligence layers for security products at Akamai. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to design and build high-performance solutions.

Posted 5/8/2026full-timeRemote • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $95,000 - $171,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ApacheCassandraGoJavaKafkaKubernetesNumpyPandasPythonRedisSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and build high-performance solutions.
Develop core APIs, SDKs, and intelligence layers that power security products.
Write production-level code for high-concurrency APIs, core system components, and robust SDKs in Java/Python/Golang.
Participate in and lead design reviews to select and implement technologies for distributed query processing, async messaging pipelines, and LLM-driven agents.
Review code, provide technical feedback, and maintain documentation for complex data architectures including multi-cluster Trino, Cassandra, Redis, and client-facing SDKs.
Triaging, debugging, and resolving issues within distributed big data systems and high-volume Kafka-driven pipelines, and Kubernetes-managed services.
Integrate LLMs and automated workflows into the daily development lifecycle to maintain high velocity and productivity.

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years of professional experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a relevant field.
Demonstrate production-level proficiency in Golang and Python API servers, with hands-on experience with Trino/Presto, Redis, and Cassandra.
Experience in SDK and library development across Java, Python, and Golang.
Proven expertise building and optimizing high-volume data pipelines for reading from and writing to object storage.
Demonstrate ability to integrate LLMs into your daily development flow to increase productivity.
Understanding of data structures, algorithms, schema design (Cassandra CQL, Parquet), query optimization (Trino SQL), and distributed query engine maintenance with policy enforcement via OPA.
Proficiency in manipulating and extracting value from large datasets (DuckDB, Apache Arrow, pandas, numpy).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Healthcare
401K savings plan
Company holidays
Vacation (in the form of PTO)
Sick time
Family friendly benefits including parental leave
Employee assistance program focusing on mental and financial wellness

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaPythonGolangAPI developmentSDK developmentdata structuresalgorithmsschema designquery optimizationdata manipulation

Soft Skills

collaborationtechnical feedbackproblem-solvingleadershipcommunication

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer ScienceBachelor's degree in Engineering