6 days ago
Base Salary
$146k - $264k/yr
Responsibilities
- Translate product, platform, and operational requirements into quantitative models and technical problems.
- Design algorithms and decision logic for capacity allocation, resource scheduling, and infrastructure placement.
- Develop and extend production-grade Python components and data pipelines for decision systems.
- Analyze operational datasets with Python and SQL to evaluate platform behavior and validate solutions.
- Provide strategic technical guidance to engineering leaders, system architects, and senior executives.
- Collaborate with software engineers and domain experts to turn architectural concepts into production capabilities.
Requirements
- 8+ years of relevant experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
- Production-grade software development, debugging, and extension experience using Python.
- Experience working with SQL datasets and strong quantitative and algorithmic problem-solving skills.
- Familiarity with version control, automated testing, code review, and system debugging.
- Knowledge of mathematical optimization, simulation modeling, infrastructure control planes, or container management systems.
Benefits
- Healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, PTO, sick time, parental leave, and an employee assistance program focused on mental and financial wellness.
- FlexBase flexible work arrangement allowing employees to work at home, in an office, or in a combination of both.
- Potential annual bonus or incentive compensation, equity awards, and Employee Stock Purchase Plan; eligibility requirements apply.
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.