Senior Software Engineer: Gov Platform & CI/CD

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 121,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

FlexBase program

Healthcare benefits

401K savings plan

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. in the United States (Cambridge, MA) is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build and maintain custom government platform solutions.

You will own CI/CD pipelines, contribute to secure, scalable services, and collaborate with cross-functional teams including Operations, SRE, and engineering to deploy and improve complex networks. The role requires 5+ years of experience, a CS degree, strong Linux skills, scripting in Python or Perl, and experience with CI/CD

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant software engineering experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Manage CI/CD pipelines and testing frameworks.
• Lead design and deployment of custom government network platforms.
• Develop next-generation capabilities for platform services.
• Review code, apply security patches, and improve performance.
• Collaborate with Operations, Engineering and SRE to manage SDLC releases.
• Support Agile and AI-assisted workflows across teams.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Linux administration

Python/Perl scripting

Docker

NoSQL databases

Cloud storage

Networking protocols

Zero Trust Architecture

Public Key Infrastructure

Security patching

US Citizenship

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Jenkins

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. in the United States (Cambridge, MA) is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build and maintain custom government platform solutions.

You will own CI/CD pipelines, contribute to secure, scalable services, and collaborate with cross-functional teams including Operations, SRE, and engineering to deploy and improve complex networks. The role requires 5+ years of experience, a CS degree, strong Linux skills, scripting in Python or Perl, and experience with CI/CD