Senior Release Engineer

Akamai; Canada; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

FlexBase program

Healthcare benefits

RRSP

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Paid time off

Job summary

Akamai is seeking a Senior Release Engineer to bridge Software Engineering and QA, driving automated build and deployment systems, enforcing release gates, and maintaining lab infrastructure health.

You will design scalable pipelines, integrate AI agents into CI/CD, and ensure high throughput by triaging environment issues. This role requires 5+ years in release engineering or DevOps and strong CI/CD tool experience.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Software Release Engineering, DevOps, or Build/Test Automation roles.
• Proficiency with CI/CD tools: CloudBees, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI.
• Proficient in Python, Bash; knowledge of Ruby is a plus.
• Experience with Docker and container registry management.
• Working knowledge of Linux systems.
• Familiarity with AI tooling and agentic workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable pipelines and develop custom tools to optimize build workflows.
• Act as final release authority, enforcing release scheduling, gates, and checks with QA/Engineering.
• Identify and resolve environment issues to maintain throughput.
• Integrate AI agents and eval frameworks into CI/CD pipelines for testing and log analysis.
• Collaborate in a broader DevOps group to design AI agents for production monitoring and escalation.

Skills

5+ years experience

Python

Bash

Ruby

Docker

Linux

AI tooling

Tools

CloudBees/Jenkins/GitHub Actions/GitLab CI

Python

Job description

Would you like the opportunity to solve technical challenges?

Are you excited about working with cutting-edge technologies?

Join our cutting-edge team!

Our Edge Compute division designs/develops technology that helps our customers improve their Web and Media content delivery. Leveraging our global servers, we help them build rich online browsing and entertainment experiences with unique, secure and innovative solutions. Our talented teams develop applications and services to make life online better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.

Make a difference to a vital part of our business

In this role you will bridge the gap between Software Engineering and QA, driving automated build and deployment systems, enforcing release gating, and maintaining lab infrastructure health.Additionally, as part of an evolving team, you will also have the opportunity to expand into broader DevOps practicesbuilding AI agents into automated and intelligent production investigation tooling into our operational workflows.

As a Senior Release Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Designing and maintaining scalable pipelines and develop custom agentic and CLI tools to optimize build workflows.
• Acting as the final release authority, enforcing strict release scheduling, quality gates and compliance checks in coordination with QA and Engineering.
• Identifying, triaging, and resolving environment-level issues (build node outages, test lab provisioning failures, network/dependency blocks) to keep pipeline throughput high.
• Integrating AI agents and eval frameworks into CI/CD pipelines to automate testing and log analysis
• Participating in a larger agentic devops group designing AI agents that can handle production issue monitoring and escalation triaging and management

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 5+ years of experience in Software Release Engineering, DevOps, or Build/Test Automation roles
• Possess expertise in continuous integration and delivery tools (e.g., Cloudbee, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI).
• Demonstrate proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Bash. Knowledge of Ruby is ideal
• Have experience with Docker and container registry management
• Have working knowledge of Linux system
• Have working knowledge of AI tooling and agentic workflow

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.

Connect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is like!

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary for this position ranges from 79,600 - 143,400 CAD/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, RRSP, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.

Job Info

• Job Identification 4157
• Posting Date 10/15/2026, 03:52 PM
• Locations 343 Preston Street, Suite 420, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 1N4, CA (Remote)