Software Engineer II - Backend Engineering (AI & Agentic Platforms)
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (company site, opens in a new tab)3–5 yrsRemoteDirect career pageEst. 18–30 LPA
Posted on 7 Sept
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About This Role
- Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs to support enterprise agentic AI initiatives, including Model Context Protocol (MCP) server development.
- Implement and manage authentication and authorization frameworks (OAuth2, OIDC, token exchange, mTLS) to secure AI agents, MCP servers, and large language model (LLM) traffic.
- Govern enterprise API gateway platforms and develop orchestration workflows while collaborating with architects, security, and platform teams to deliver AI governance infrastructure.
Minimum Requirements
- 3 to 5 years of backend software engineering experience.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
- Hands-on experience in Python and backend service development including AI/agent frameworks.
- Expertise in AuthN/AuthZ protocols (OAuth2, OIDC, JWT, token exchange, mTLS) and API design (REST, GraphQL).
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Experienced in microservices architecture and distributed systems with skills in API gateway or integration platforms.
- Familiar with MCP, event streaming platforms (Kafka, Spark, Flink, Redis), identity management, and cloud deployments using Docker/Kubernetes.
- Able to take full ownership of production backend systems in AI platform environments and collaborate cross-functionally on security and governance infrastructure.