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...