Senior Lead Software Engineer II - Remote

Company: Akamai

Location: United States (Remote)

Salary: $146,400 - $263,600 a year

Type: Full-time

Remote: Yes

Posted: 2026-03-17

About this role

Are you excited to work on innovative enterprise security products?

Are you passionate about developing top of the line applications using cutting-edge technologies?

Join Our Team

Our team operates within the Zero Trust Security Group, developing advanced security solutions for government and defense customers. We build and operate secure, mission-critical platforms in highly regulated environments. As part of a global team, we design and deploy cloud-native and edge solutions that integrate with tactical networks, enterprise systems, and partner technologies.

Partner with the best

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer II, you will lead a team of developers, build/maintain cloud services/web applications, focusing on FedRAMP standards. Working within a global team on advanced network security solutions, you will guide technical direction, drive architectural decisions, and help the team deliver secure, scalable systems in a dynamic environment.

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

  • Developing new products and enhancing our Zero Trust solution with new features
  • Designing, developing, validating, maintaining, releasing, and operating NodeJS, Python and/or GoLang based backend services
  • Reviewing and maintaining technical documents related to requirements, design, and architecture
  • Taking full ownership of your areas of work from design to deployment
  • Participating in technical meetings and bringing innovation into every solution shipped
  • Tackling and successfully resolving difficult problems

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

  • Have 8+ years of experience with a degree in MTech/ME/BTech/BE in Computer Science or a related field
  • Have experience with modern authorization mechanisms and modern identity management concepts
  • Have experience in writing backend applications using Python / GoLang or similar
  • Have a good understanding of microservices architecture, scalable architectures...

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