Job Description
The Senior Engineer, Application & API Security is a key member of the E-WAAP team and serves as a technical lead for our Akamai-based web and API security platform. You will:
+ Lead onboarding of new applications and APIs onto Akamai (WAF, CDN, bot, and API security capabilities).
+ Design and tune security policies to protect against OWASP Top 10, API abuse, bots, and DDoS while preserving performance and user experience.
+ Partner with product teams, developers, and cloud teams to embed E-WAAP into CI/CD and DevSecOps workflows.
This role reports into the G5 Manager, Application & API Security (E-WAAP) and will provide coaching and technical direction to G3 Engineers and G2/G3 Analysts as we in-source capabilities from our managed services provider.
Responsibilities & Accountabilities:
+ Platform engineering & design
+ Lead the onboarding of new web and API workloads to Akamai, from discovery and architecture review to s...
+ Lead onboarding of new applications and APIs onto Akamai (WAF, CDN, bot, and API security capabilities).
+ Design and tune security policies to protect against OWASP Top 10, API abuse, bots, and DDoS while preserving performance and user experience.
+ Partner with product teams, developers, and cloud teams to embed E-WAAP into CI/CD and DevSecOps workflows.
This role reports into the G5 Manager, Application & API Security (E-WAAP) and will provide coaching and technical direction to G3 Engineers and G2/G3 Analysts as we in-source capabilities from our managed services provider.
Responsibilities & Accountabilities:
+ Platform engineering & design
+ Lead the onboarding of new web and API workloads to Akamai, from discovery and architecture review to s...
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- Location Ciudad de México, Mexico
- Job Type Full-time
- Category other-general
- Posted Date February 23, 2026
- Application Deadline March 05, 2026