Akamai

Software Engineer II

Akamai
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6 days ago
Kraków, PolandMid Level
H1B Sponsor

Responsibilities

  • Integrate DPU hardware and software into Akamai compute and GPU server platforms, including PCIe, networking, storage, and manageability interfaces.
  • Execute functional, performance, interoperability, stress, and reliability validation for DPU platforms at data-center scale.
  • Develop and maintain automation, scripts, and test tooling to exercise DPUs, collect telemetry, and summarize results.
  • Implement and validate networking and offload features including RDMA/RoCE, L2/L3/L4 Ethernet/IP forwarding, SR-IOV, virtio-net, vDPA, overlay networks, and congestion control.
  • Collaborate with Kernel, NetEng, SDN, Storage, Security, and Cloud teams to align testing workloads, configurations, and SLOs.
  • Work with component and silicon vendors to reproduce issues, capture traces, and validate firmware and feature updates.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of relevant experience.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering or a related field.
  • Practical experience with data-center NICs, SmartNICs, DPUs, and integration into x86 or ARM systems.
  • Familiarity with PCIe, SR-IOV, virtualization, and Linux across hardware, firmware, and software boundaries.
  • Strong understanding of L2/L3/L4 networking, VXLAN, BGP, RDMA/RoCE, congestion control, and ECMP.
  • Expertise in hardware and platform validation, system stress assessment, and automation using Python or Bash scripting.
  • Effective English communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • Ability to work in a hybrid arrangement with three on-site days weekly.

Benefits

  • Flexible workplace options through Akamai’s FlexBase program, with work-from-home, office, or hybrid choices where available.
  • Hybrid work arrangement requiring three on-site days weekly for this role.
  • Benefits covering health, finances, family, work, and personal pursuits.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development.

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About Akamai

1-10 employees

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