Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Security

Are you a software engineer passionate about building cutting-edge systems?Excited about shaping the future of security through Big Data and AI?Who We Are

Join the Cloud Security Intelligence group, operating one of Israel's largest Big Data environments. We develop intelligence-driven products enabling customers to detect and respond to security threats efficiently and at scale.

Join us

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will maintain and develop new components and features for our big data and AI platform and products. Our platform processes massive amounts of data and leverages data intelligence to build cutting-edge security products.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll play a key role in:

• Designing, developing, and deploying cloud-native, high-scale systems end-to-end, from requirements to delivery.

• Designing and implementing data ingestion and delivery pipelines, AI platforms, and backend scalable services operating in high-throughput, distributed environments.

• Collaborating across product, UX, data science, and engineering to shape the next generation of security tools.

• Working with technologies such as Kubernetes, Kafka, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, and more

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Bring 5+ of backend or data engineering experience.

• Have a B,Sc. in Computer Science or a related field.

• Have a proven track record in designing and implementing large-scale distributed systems.

• Demonstrate expertise in Python, Java or Scala, along with frameworks such as Spring Boot and Spark.

• Have hands-on experience with Kubernetes and cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS or GCP.

• Be comfortable working with large-scale data infrastructures and distributed systems architecture.

• Demonstrate experience with LLMs, Agents, generative AI, or AI-driven security tools

• Have Hands-on experience with data stacks such as Kafka, ELK, MongoDB or Delta Lake.

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.

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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.