Technical Consultant II

Are you a software developer who loves solving practical problems?

Would you enjoy working with diverse technologies across the full stack?

Join our Presales Automation and Innovation Team!

The Presales Automation and Innovation Team develops software solutions for presales engineers. We power internal tools, web applications, and automation workflows. Our work helps presales teams operate effectively across the entire sales cycle.

Partner with the best

Our team is responsible for developing internal tools, web applications, automation workflows and reporting solutions used by presales engineers across Akamai. We are also involved in creating technical demos that make complex technologies easier to explore and demonstrate. We are a small team with broad ownership: we design, build, deploy and maintain the solutions we create.

As a Technical Consultant, you will be responsible for:

• Designing, developing, testing, deploying and operating Python-based applications, APIs and automation tools
• Developing integrations with Akamai products, internal systems and third-party services
• Contributing to full-stack web applications and the infrastructure that supports them across cloud and internal hosting environments
• Working with presales engineers and technical specialists to understand their needs, gather requirements and turn them into practical solutions
• Developing tests, performing code reviews and improving the reliability, security and maintainability of existing applications
• Learning about Akamai products, APIs and the technical stack as necessary for your role

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have solid background in Python programming
• Have experience building and integrating APIs and backend services
• Be familiar with Linux environment, application deployment and cloud or server-based environments such as AWS
• Have experience with DevOps and CI/CD processes and tools (Git, Docker, Jenkins)
• Have exposure to frontend technologies such as Angular and modern web frameworks
• Demonstrate ability to investigate unfamiliar systems, discuss technical concepts with stakeholders and take ownership of solutions from idea to production

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.