Job DescriptionAre you passionate about building high-throughput, low-latency REST APIs that power critical platform infrastructure?Do you thrive on leading architectural decisions and mentoring engineers to elevate technical standards?Join our world-class enterprise security teamIn this role, you will lead the architecture, design, and implementation of high-performance backend systems. You will collaborate across engineering teams to establish API standards, improve system performance, and drive fault-tolerant system design.
Your responsibilities as a Software Engineer will include the following:
- Architecting, building, and evolving scalable, low-latency REST APIs and service layers using Python and Flask
- Designing robust schemas and optimizing database queries using SQLAlchemy to maintain high system availability
- Leading technical design reviews, establishing engineering best practices, and mentoring junior and mid-level engineers
- Implementing robust authentication, rate limiting, and observability across distributed backend services
- Designing fault-tolerant backend services that fail gracefully under load using circuit breakers and defensive validation
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to define clear API contracts, architecture patterns, and integration workflows
Do what you loveTo be successful in this role you will:
- Have 10+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree
- Have experience with core backend development using Python, Flask, SQLAlchemy, and relational databases
- Demonstrate deep expertise in RESTful architecture, HTTP protocols, API versioning, and security best practices
- Possess solid proficiency in Git workflows, CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms, and containerization technologies
- Have understanding of distributed systems, event-driven architectures, automated testing, and observability tooling
- Be knowledgeable in AI tooling, agentic workflows, transformer architectures, and background processing systems
CompensationAkamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from CA$120,400 - CA$216,600/year; a candidate's salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. 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, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.
