1 month ago
Base Salary
$169k - $305k/yr
Responsibilities
- Provide cross-team architectural oversight and strategic guidance for cloud-native initiatives.
- Act as the technical authority for cloud-native architecture, alignment, standardization, and technical excellence.
- Partner with cross-functional leadership to integrate cloud-native technologies across product teams and core platform infrastructure.
- Define technical strategy enabling teams to deploy and operate cloud-native services efficiently.
- Help scale and improve the performance, security, and capabilities of the managed Kubernetes product.
- Integrate open-source technologies to deliver simple-to-use managed services.
- Mentor engineering teams and promote innovation, collaboration, and shared technical standards.
Requirements
- 8+ years of relevant experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Experience building and scaling managed services and Kubernetes-based platforms.
- Expertise with container runtimes such as Docker and container orchestration.
- Mastery of Go, Python, or Bash.
- Ability to advocate for diverse opinions and sustain an exceptional work environment.
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangement through Akamai’s FlexBase program, including work from home, an office, or a combination of both.
- Healthcare, 401(k) savings plan, company holidays, PTO, sick time, parental leave, and an employee assistance program focused on mental and financial wellness.
- Potential eligibility for annual bonuses or incentives, equity awards, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan; eligibility requirements apply.
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About Akamai
Akamai builds content delivery, cloud security, and edge compute services for enterprises that run consumer and business web, API, and video workloads. The public company (NASDAQ: AKAM), founded in 1998 and headquartered in Cambridge, MA, operates a global CDN and security platform and sells via subscriptions and usage-based services. It expanded into cloud infrastructure by acquiring Linode in 2022, offering IaaS and managed Kubernetes.