12 hours ago
Base Salary
$146k - $264k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the test strategy for Akamai’s custom Linux kernel, with emphasis on functionality and new hardware support.
- Design, build, and scale automated test frameworks validating hardware compatibility, performance, reliability, and security.
- Develop test suites for new hardware designs and facilitate porting Akamai kernel modifications to newer Linux kernel and VM infrastructure versions.
- Debug, isolate, and troubleshoot complex low-level system issues in testing and simulated production environments.
- Architect and enhance build and test automation infrastructure for robust continuous integration and testing.
- Provide technical leadership, establish quality standards, and mentor junior team members.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of relevant experience.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
- Solid scripting experience with Python, Shell, or Perl, plus some software validation experience in C.
- Understanding of Linux kernel internals, including hardware drivers, PCIe, GPU hardware, Ethernet devices, KVM, virtio, cgroups, memory management, file systems, block I/O, and the TCP/IP stack.
- Experience with x86 and general-purpose/server-class arm64 architectures.
- Extensive experience with Linux kernel and hardware debugging tools, performance benchmarking, and continuous testing or CI frameworks.
- Established technical leadership, collaboration, and problem-solving skills for complex infrastructure challenges.
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangements through Akamai’s FlexBase program, including working from home, in an office, or a combination of both.
- Healthcare, 401(k) savings plan, company holidays, PTO, sick time, parental leave, and employee assistance programs focused on mental and financial wellness.
- 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.