Senior Software Engineer

Akamai; India; Hybrid; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

FlexBase program

Job summary

Akamai is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and scale secure software across our global compute infrastructure. You will develop frontend and backend components for vulnerability management and create robust multi-platform build systems.

You will work with Python, Java, Go, and C/C++, while leveraging CI/CD pipelines and scalable architectures. Innovative, collaborative, and security-focused contributions will help keep the world's internet safe and fast.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in software engineering.
• Proficient in Python, Java, Go, or C/C++, with willingness to learn new tech.
• Experience with multi-platform build systems and toolchains (CMake, Bazel, Cargo, Meson).
• Experience with multi-architecture compilation and CI/CD tooling.

Responsibilities

• Create features and build tools from conception to release to enhance customer experience.
• Design and develop scalable software on Akamai infrastructure.
• Develop software to improve engineering productivity (frontend and backend for vulnerability management).
• Maintain and scale build systems and optimize performance across architectures.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into solutions.

Skills

Python

Java

Go

C/C++

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

CMake

Bazel

Cargo

Meson

GCC/Clang

CI/CD tools

Job description

Are you interested in how software can be made more secure?

Would you like to work with data to enable teams to mitigate security risks?

Join our Compute Technology Group

CTG Engineering team owns, develops and manages the solutions used by our engineers globally. These solutions help to run one of the largest compute systems in the world. We work closely with stakeholders to create innovative, powerful, scalable, highly reliable and secure systems at scale.

Partner with the best

You will gather requirements, design, implement, and maintain build and infrastructure tools used by development and test teams. Following industry best practices with a focus on software security, reliability, and scalability.

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

• Creating new features and building tools from conception through release to ensure customers have an exceptional experience
• Designing and development of highly scalable software that runs on the Akamai infrastructure
• Developing software to enhance our engineering productivity by creating frontend and backend for our vulnerability management
• Designing, maintain, and scale multi-platform build systems and optimize build performance parallelism, and efficient dependency management across target architectures.
• Partnering with internal cross functional teams to translate requirements into solutions to meet business objectives
• Driving feature development and optimization while contributing to ongoing product and process improvements.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 5 and more years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent
• Have object-oriented programming skills in Python, Java, Go, or C/C++, with an eagerness to learn new technologies.
• Have experience with multi-platform build systems such as CMake, Bazel, Cargo, or Meson, including GCC/Clang compiler and toolchain configuration.
• Have experience with multi-architecture compilation across AArch64/ARMv8/ARMv9 and Intel/AMD platforms.
• Possess hands on experience with service-oriented architecture, REST, microservices, databases and SQL
• Have experience with any CI/CD tools (i.e. Cloudbees CI/Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Gitlab etc )
• Possess hands on experience with service-oriented architecture, REST, microservices, databases and SQL
• Be able to understand security, compliance & SLA.

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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Job Info

• Job Identification 3897
• Posting Date 09/17/2026, 06:18 PM
• Apply Before 09/21/2026, 06:30 AM