16 hours ago
Base Salary
$146k - $264k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and scale ARM64 compute platform functionality, hypervisor integration, and instance management across the Akamai Connected Cloud.
- Develop low-level platform services, resource orchestration tools, and compute APIs using Python, Go, or compiled systems languages.
- Design, implement, review, document, and test high-quality software.
- Collaborate with peers and global teams to develop features and resolve software bugs.
- Participate in technical design reviews and mentor junior team members on infrastructure initiatives.
Requirements
- Have 8 years of relevant experience and a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent.
- Have extensive experience with the full software development life cycle, including code reviews, release management, and support.
- Demonstrate proficiency in Python, Go, C, C++, or Rust.
- Have experience with cloud compute virtualization technologies such as KVM and QEMU, container runtimes, Linux system APIs, or hypervisor integration.
- Have experience with web application development, microservices, micro-orchestration, RESTful APIs, and database design patterns.
- Demonstrate debugging, profiling, and troubleshooting skills across distributed Linux systems and database layers.
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangements through Akamai’s FlexBase program, including working from home, in an office, or a combination of both.
- Healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, PTO, sick time, parental leave, and an employee assistance program focused on mental and financial wellness.
- Potential annual bonus or incentive compensation, equity awards, and an 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.