Are you excited about building the systems that process and optimize AI inference requests at scale?
Do you want to work hands-on with cutting-edge AI serving technologies and large language models?
Join the Akamai Inference Cloud Team!
The Akamai Inference Cloud team develops AI platforms for inference models and applications within Akamai's Cloud Technology Group. The Inference Execution & Runtimes team manages the inference engine, AI runtime frameworks, model serving infrastructure, and execution environment. Their work impacts latency, throughput, and efficiency of AI workloads across Akamai's extensive global infrastructure. #AIC
Partner with the best
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Inference Execution & Runtimes team, contribute to prompt processing, tokenization, and request handling pipelines. Collaborate with experienced engineers to transform user requests into optimized model inputs. This role offers significant exposure to AI inference systems and opportunities to gain expertise in a rapidly evolving infrastructure engineering field.
As a Senior Software Engineer , you will be responsible for:
- Developing and maintaining prompt processing and tokenization pipelines that prepare inference requests for efficient model execution.
- Implementing request routing, scheduling, and batching logic that optimizes throughput and latency across concurrent inference workloads.
- Contributing to the integration of new model architectures and serving backends into the runtime framework.
- Writing well-tested, well-documented code and participating in code reviews to maintain high engineering standards across the inference stack.
- Supporting operational readiness through monitoring, debugging, and performance analysis of runtime components.
Do what you love
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent in Computer Science or a related field.
- Demonstrate proficiency in Python and at least one systems programming language such as C++, Go, or Rust.
- Show understanding of natural language processing concepts including tokenization, encoding, and text processing pipelines.
- Have familiarity with AI inference, model serving, or LLM deployment including inference frameworks (TensorRT, vLLM, TorchServe, Triton).
- Demonstrate experience building high-throughput, low-latency data processing systems or services.
- Show familiarity with Linux systems, containerized environments, and profiling or debugging tools.
- Demonstrate a keen willingness to learn and grow within the AI inference and model serving field.
Work in a way that works for you
FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.
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At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:
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Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science or related field
- Experience in Python and at least one systems programming language
- Understanding of natural language processing concepts
- Familiarity with AI inference and model serving
- Experience building high-throughput, low-latency data processing systems
- Familiarity with Linux systems and containerized environments
- Willingness to learn and grow in AI inference and model serving
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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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