Are you excited about working with cutting-edge network technologies?
Are you someone who likes to build hardware in your free time?
Join our Server Team!
Akamai's Infrastructure Engineering & Operations organization builds and maintains Akamai's Platform - one of the world's largest distributed platforms. Our Server Hardware Engineering team is responsible for designing, qualifying, and testing servers destined for our growing network.
Partner with the best
As a Hardware Engineer, you will develop, validate, manage lifecycles, and document Akamai's Server Hardware Platforms for a growing network. Collaborating with vendors, you will evaluate pre-release hardware and provide input on future product designs. Join a team designing servers and developing firmware for a platform with over 300,000 servers across 130 countries.
As a Senior Hardware Engineer, you will be responsible for:
- Defining and review architecture for next-generation platforms.
- Leading design reviews across electrical, mechanical, and firmware domains.
- Negotiating requirements and trade-offs with product and business team
- Anticipating system-level challenges (thermal, signal integrity, compliance) and propose solutions.
- Overseeing multi-vendor engagements and align with roadmap goals.
- Managing hardware failure escalations and coordinate resolutions with OEM/ODM suppliers for deployed systems
- Driving post-deployment analysis and feedback loops into design.
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Hold a Bachelor's in Electrical/Electronics Engineering or a related discipline.
- have experience across the full hardware development lifecycle, including pre-production sample evaluation, mass-production validation, and leading comprehensive validation strategies.
- Demonstrate expertise with server hardware componentsDisk, RAM, NIC, GPUand their protocols (Comptia Server+level proficiency).
- Demonstrate expertise operating lab equipmentsuch as oscilloscopes, thermal chambers, and networking devicesand conducting comprehensive diagnostic and investigative analysis.
- Develop advanced test frameworks and embedded software while supporting hardwaresoftware integration with over three programming experience in Python.
- Demonstrate expertise with Linux operating systems while understanding core principles of reliability engineering.
- Demonstrate expertise in shaping business outcomes through effective technical strategy, with the ability to present and engage with stakeholders effectively.
- Be open for hybrid work (3 days on-site a week) in Cracow
Build your career at Akamai
Our ability to shape digital life today relies on developing exceptional people like you. The kind that can turn impossible into possible. We’re doing everything we can to make Akamai a great place to work. A place where you can learn, grow and have a meaningful impact.
With our company moving so fast, it’s important that you’re able to build new skills, explore new roles, and try out different opportunities. There are so many different ways to build your career at Akamai, and we want to support you as much as possible. We have all kinds of development opportunities available, from programs such as GROW and Mentoring, to internal events like the APEX Expo and tools such as Linkedin Learning, all to help you expand your knowledge and experience here.
Learn more
Not sure if this job is the right match for you or want to learn more about the job before you apply? Schedule a 15-minute exploratory call with the Recruiter and they would be happy to share more details.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related discipline
- Experience across the full hardware development lifecycle, including pre-production sample evaluation and mass-production validation
- Experience leading comprehensive hardware validation strategies
- Expertise with server hardware components, including disks, RAM, NICs, GPUs, and their protocols
- CompTIA Server+ level proficiency
- Experience operating oscilloscopes, thermal chambers, and networking devices
- Experience conducting comprehensive diagnostic and investigative analysis
- Experience developing test frameworks and embedded software
- More than three years of programming experience in Python
- Expertise with Linux operating systems
- Understanding of core reliability engineering principles
- Ability to shape business outcomes through technical strategy and effectively present to stakeholders
- Availability for hybrid work with three onsite days per week in Cracow
Akamai Technologies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Akamai Technologies and has not been reviewed or approved by Akamai Technologies.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Unlimited PTO in the U.S., wellness days, paid volunteering time, and the FlexBase model contribute to broad time‑off flexibility. These practices are described as supporting strong work‑life balance.
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Parental & Family Support — Generous paid parental leaves, paid family care leave, subsidized backup childcare, and inclusive family‑building benefits via Carrot form a comprehensive family support suite. Coverage spans fertility support through caregiving resources.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a substantial company match and immediate vesting, plus Roth and Mega Backdoor Roth options, underpin long‑term savings. These features provide reliable long‑term savings opportunities.
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What We Do
At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. Every moment, billions of people, all over the world, are using the internet to shop, play games, look after finances, learn remotely, share videos, connect across the world, and so much more. These life-shaping digital experiences wouldn’t be possible without Akamai. We power and protect life online. It’s an extraordinary mission, and our global teams achieve it by solving the toughest challenges, and turning the impossible into the possible. With the world’s most distributed compute platform — from cloud to edge — we make it easy for businesses to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away. That’s why innovative companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences. Thanks to our world’s most distributed platform for cloud computing, security, and content delivery. Akamai keeps applications and experiences closer and threats farther away. Devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology, we’re always pushing ground-breaking ideas and driving innovation. Do you want to power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges with us? Be part of an amazing team!
Why Work With Us
Our people are devoted, determined problem-solvers who share a passion for technology. We find solutions through persistence, and push ground-breaking ideas forward with urgency and courage. This creates an environment where we harness creative energy and drive innovation. We are inclusive and diverse, and we love to collaborate across the world.
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