Senior Software Engineer - Secure, Scalable Build Tools

Akamai; Polska; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

FlexBase program

Hybrid work options

Job summary

Akamai is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Compute Technology Group (CTG) Engineering Division. You will help build scalable, secure systems that run on Akamai infrastructure and empower global engineering teams.

You will design, implement, and maintain build and infrastructure tools with a focus on software security, reliability, and performance. With 5+ years of experience in OO languages and modern CI/CD, you will contribute to vulnerability management tooling,

Qualifications

• Have +5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent.
• Display in-depth knowledge of Object Oriented programming like Python, Java, Go, C/C++.
• Demonstrate experience with multi-platform build generators (CMake, Bazel, Cargo, or Meson) and configuring C/C++ compilers (GCC/Clang).
• Have experience with toolchains, sysroots for multi‑architecture compilation targets such as AArch64/ARMv8/ARMv9 architectures as well as traditional Intel and AMD architectures.
• 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 ).
• Have a good understanding of security, compliance & SLA.

Responsibilities

• 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, maintaining, and scaling multi-platform build systems and optimizing 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.
• Implementing new features, enhancing and optimizing existing features.
• Contributing ideas and knowledge to the process‑improvement sessions team to facilitate continuous improvement of our products.

Skills

5+ years exp

OOP languages

Python

Java

Go

C/C++

Build systems

CI/CD

Security awareness

Multi‑platform build tooling

Education

Bachelor's in CS

Tools

CMake

Bazel

Cargo

Meson

GCC/Clang

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 Division

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.

Work with cutting edge technology

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

As a Software Engineer Senior, 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, maintaining, and scaling multi-platform build systems and optimizing 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.
• Implementing new features, enhancing and optimizing existing features.
• Contributing ideas and knowledge to the process-improvement sessions team to facilitate continuous improvement of our products.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have +5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent.
• Display in-depth knowledge of Object Oriented programming like Python, Java, Go, C/C++.
• Demonstrate experience with multi-platform build generators (CMake, Bazel, Cargo, or Meson) and configuring C/C++ compilers (GCC/Clang).
• Have experience with toolchains, sysroots for multi-architecture compilation targets such as AArch64/ARMv8/ARMv9 architectures as well as traditional Intel and AMD architectures.
• 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 ).
• Have a good understanding of 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.

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