20 hours ago
Remote, CanadaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Build cloud platform functionality for setting up, managing, and protecting networking in the Akamai Connected Cloud.
- Design, implement, review, document, and test production-quality software.
- Lead, onboard, mentor, and coach a team of developers.
- Coordinate with global peers and cross-functional teams to deliver platform features and resolve technical issues.
- Direct technical design reviews, product specification evaluations, and project backlog planning.
Requirements
- Have 8 years of relevant experience and a bachelor's degree or equivalent.
- Demonstrate strong skills writing, testing, and debugging complex software using Python, Flask, MySQL, Redis, or Celery.
- Understand cloud services and concepts including Identity and Access Management, Observability, Virtual Private Cloud, IPAM, and billing.
- Know internet protocols and technologies including TCP/IP, IPv4, IPv6, DNS, HTTP, BGP, containers, and Kubernetes.
- Have technical leadership experience or aptitude, including managing a small group of developers.
- Be familiar with Grafana, Loki, or VictoriaMetrics and with using AI tools to enhance software development.
- Work collaboratively and transparently to identify and resolve issues.
Benefits
- Flexible work through Akamai's FlexBase program, including remote, office, or hybrid arrangements.
- Healthcare, RRSP, company holidays, PTO vacation, sick time, and family-friendly benefits.
- Employee assistance programs focused on mental and financial wellness.
- Potential annual bonus or incentive compensation, 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.