Senior Software Engineer – AIUC Group
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Job description
Are you excited to work on innovative enterprise security products?
Are you passionate about securing user activity across browsers, desktop applications, and AI tools?
Partner with the best
LayerX (now Akamai) turns any browser or desktop into a secure workspace. We protect your apps, data, and devices from web risks and AI leaks in real time, with zero impact on user experience.
Akamai Workforce Protector- AIUC team!
Seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build AI usage-control capabilities across SaaS, desktop, and AI agents, and own enterprise cloud-native microservices. You'll join a fast-growing, values-driven team tackling complex engineering challenges.
In this role you will be:
- Designing advanced security controls to discover and manage shadow AI, GenAI, and AI agents across SaaS and desktop apps.
- Taking ownership of a mission-critical, cloud-native microservice architecture that safeguards millions of workspaces globally, ensuring high availability and reliability.
- Developing enforcement capabilities on the endpoint, including OS-level components as part of Akamai's endpoint agent.
- Leveraging AI frameworks and tools to build AI-powered security capabilities.
- Working across the stack, from OS-level components to our cloud backend services and React-based management console.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including DevOps, Product Management, and Security Experts, to rapidly release secure, scalable code multiple times per day.
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have at least 4 years of professional software engineering experience.
- Have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, an equivalent technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Be highly proficient in at least one of the following: Node.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, Go, or Rust.
- Have hands-on experience in data modeling and relational databases.
- Have experience building complex data pipelines and high-throughput architectures, specifically utilizing event-streaming technologies like Kafka.
- Demonstrate experience developing cloud-native microservices using modern cloud vendors (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- Be familiar with containerization, orchestration, and GitOps workflows using Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and ArgoCD.
Build your career at Akamai
Our ability to shape digital life today relies on developing exceptional people like you. The kind that can turn impossible into possible. We’re doing everything we can to make Akamai a great place to work. A place where you can learn, grow and have a meaningful impact.
With our company moving so fast, it’s important that you’re able to build new skills, explore new roles, and try out different opportunities. There are so many different ways to build your career at Akamai, and we want to support you as much as possible. We have all kinds of development opportunities available, from programs such as GROW and Mentoring, to internal events like the APEX Expo and tools such as Linkedin Learning, all to help you expand your knowledge and experience here.
Learn more
Not sure if this job is the right match for you or want to learn more about the job before you apply? Schedule a 15-minute exploratory call with the Recruiter and they would be happy to share more details.
Originally posted on Himalayas
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