Senior Product Architect

Akamai•Cambridge, MA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Does creating products that power and protect life online excite you? Are you interested in product design and innovation at a leading technology organization? Join our world-class Security Technology Group. Our team falls under the Security Technology Group, driving the future of Bot and Abuse Protection. We help thousands of enterprises globally to protect their websites and secure their transactions over the Internet. We are a Fortune 1000 company and a Gartner-recognized web security market leader. Our company delivers best in class security products and experiences to our customers. Have a direct impact on the future of Internet Security. You'll create end-to-end architecture and high-level designs for new security products and features. These designs span configuration, reporting, and runtime aspects of the system, including data analytics and attack detection. You'll work on different problem statements and dive deep to understand and address complex security pain points. This will play a role in translating requirements into bold architecture.

Requirements

12 years of relevant software experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or its equivalent
Experience designing large-scale, low-latency, web-based distributed systems
Knowledge of big data analytics, machine learning algorithms, and/or the appropriate use of AI in software solutions
A big picture and end-to-end vision when designing new features and thoroughly understand SDLC and web technologies
Good interpersonal skills, be comfortable presenting your ideas, and have the ability to collaborate effectively. Handle ambiguity and imperfect information well.
Passionate about building features that will be usable for our customers and help solve their problems
Proactive in researching systems and issues, document solutions thoroughly, and have an interest in learning new technologies

Responsibilities

Collaborating with product management to understand and finalize the requirements so they fit our technology and bring value to our customers
Defining the end-to-end architecture and the set of functionality required in new or existing products and systems to realize the requirements
Collaborating with other organizations to realize the non functional needs such as security, availability, and scalability
Presenting the designs for review
Guiding the engineering teams as they work on the detailed designs and implementation
Acquiring and sharing expertise in security products and industry while contributing to their future vision and technical roadmap