Senior II Software Engineer

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2 Locations
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Senior level
Cloud • Security • Software • Cybersecurity
Akamai powers and protects life online by solving the toughest challenges and turning the impossible into the possible.
The Role
Design, operate, and improve secure, scalable Kubernetes-based cloud platforms and GitOps deployment pipelines. Build IaC and automation (Terraform), enhance CI/CD, observability, reliability, and cost efficiency, lead production incident investigations, and collaborate with DevOps, SRE, software, data, AI, and security teams.
Summary Generated by Built In

Are you passionate about building reliable and scalable cloud platforms?

Would you enjoy supporting cybersecurity products through advanced data and AI capabilities?

Join our Akamai Guardicore Data and AI Platform Team!

The team develops and manages a cloud-native Data and AI Platform enabling analytics, insights, and AI-driven features for Akamai Guardicore Segmentation. It processes extensive security and contextual data, supporting customers in understanding environments, minimizing risks, and preventing threat proliferation.

Partner with the best

As part of our team, you will focus on building highly reliable, scalable and cost-effective storage solutions. Our platform empowers enterprises to create modern solutions to the world's problems.

You will be responsible for:

  • Designing and operating secure, scalable, and highly available Kubernetes platforms
  • Building GitOps-based deployment processes using Argo CD, Helm, and related technologies
  • Developing reusable cloud infrastructure and automation using Terraform
  • Improving CI/CD, developer experience, and self-service platform capabilities
  • Enhancing platform reliability, observability, security, performance, and cost efficiency
  • Leading complex production investigations and driving long-term improvements
  • Collaborating with DevOps, SRE, software, data, AI, and security engineering team

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

  • Demonstrate expertise in DevOps, platform engineering, SRE, or cloud infrastructure with proven ability to optimize and manage systems effectively.
  • Demonstrate extensive production expertise with Kubernetes, containers, and Helm.
  • Have experience with GitOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code
  • Have experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana
  • Have scripting or programming experience using Python, Go, Bash, or similar languages
  • Demonstrate technical leadership, ownership, and the ability to drive cross-team initiatives

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.
Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.
Our focus is simple:
Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.
Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.
Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.
AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.
At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.

Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits.

FlexBase adapts to your job's needs

Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.
We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.

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Skills Required

  • Expertise in DevOps, platform engineering, SRE, or cloud infrastructure
  • Extensive production experience with Kubernetes, containers, and Helm
  • Experience with GitOps and GitOps-based deployment processes (Argo CD)
  • Experience with CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code
  • Experience developing reusable cloud infrastructure and automation using Terraform
  • Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana
  • Scripting or programming experience using Python, Go, Bash, or similar languages
  • Technical leadership, ownership, and ability to drive cross-team initiatives
  • Experience leading complex production investigations and driving long-term improvements

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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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The Company
HQ: Cambridge, MA
10,285 Employees
Year Founded: 1998

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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