Senior Technical Marketing Engineer- API Security

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 8+ years of relevant B2B technology experience including 4+ years in Product Marketing, Technical Product Marketing, or equivalent ownership of positioning, launches, field enablement, and go-to-market for technically complex products, and a Bachelor’s degree or its equivalen t
• Demonstrate a track record of independently owning product or category positioning, launches, competitive strategy, field enablement, and adoption in cybersecurity, cloud, developer, or infrastructure markets
• Bring strong working knowledge of API Security and application security concepts, including API request flows, authentication and authorization, the OWASP API Security Top 10, API gateways, WAAP or WAF, runtime security, and common deployment and integration patterns
• Bring hands-on experience or strong working knowledge of AI agents, LLM application security, MCP, agent-to-tool and agent-to-API interactions, delegated access, and emerging agentic security risks
• Be able to independently learn and use technical products, configure and run common workflows, deliver live demos, inspect technical evidence, and troubleshoot enough to validate product behavior and claims
• Communicate complex technical information clearly to developers, security practitioners, architects, executives, analysts, sellers, and cross-functional teams, adapting the level of detail and value story to the audience
• Be able to work across Product Management, Engineering, Solution Engineering, Sales, and Marketing, challenge assumptions constructively, and make sound decisions with incomplete information

Build your career at Akamai

Our ability to shape digital life today relies on developing exceptional people like you.

The kind that can turn impossible into possible.

We’re doing everything we can to make Akamai a great place to work.

A place where you can learn, grow and have a meaningful impact.

With our company moving so fast, it’s important that you’re able to build new skills, explore new roles, and try out different opportunities.

There are so many different ways to build your career at Akamai, and we want to support you as much as possible.

We have all kinds of development opportunities available, from programs such as GROW and Mentoring, to internal events like the APEX Expo and tools such as Linkedin Learning, all to help you expand your knowledge and experience here.

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