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Senior Software Engineer C++

Israel(Remote)

Job Description

Are you excited to work with innovative security products?

Are you a developer who loves solving complex problems?

Join Akamai Enterprise Security Group

Akamai's Enterprise Security Group is responsible for developing world-class Enterprise

solutions. These solutions provide fast and reliable enterprise application access. It helps

mitigate endpoint malware and phishing attempts in order to provide safer, and faster security

transformations.

Join the Engineering Team!

You will lead Akamai's Zero Trust platform globally. This role involves advancing security initiatives and creating features to safeguard sensitive information from unauthorized AI applications and web platforms.

As a Senior Software Engineer , you will be:

• Delivering products and services for the Enterprise Security Group
• Researching and developing advanced data protection mechanisms to intercept and inspect real-time endpoint traffic sent to external AI/LLM applications.
• Maintaining and enhancing core infrastructure across multiple desktop operating systems.
• Working as part of an elite, collaborative engineering team to meet key business milestones and product delivery deadlines.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar Engineering, Scientific, or Mathematical field
• 5+ years of experience programming in C++.
• 3+ years Experience with multi-threaded design.
• 3+ years of experience with software development on Windows , Mac and Unix/Linux operating systems.
• Experience with common Internet protocols (TCP/IP, TLS/SSL, HTTP, DNS, etc.) and understanding of the network stack.
• Experience developing highly distributed systems.
• Experience with Python for automation or tooling.
• Demonstrate exceptional teamwork and communication abilities while collaborating efficiently in a group setting.

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.

Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.

Our focus is simple:

Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.

Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.

Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.

AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.

At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.

Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits.

FlexBase adapts to your job's needs

Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.

We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.

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Job Info

• Job Identification3373
• Posting Date06/29/2026, 06:08 AM
• LocationsAkamai Technologies Israel Ltd., Tel Aviv, 6744130, IL(Remote)

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