Cloud-Native Platform Engineering Manager (Kubernetes)

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 152,000 - 273,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K

Vacation (PTO)

Sick time

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Akamai's Cloud Technology Group Compute division seeks a Manager Engineering to lead the Kubernetes‑focused cloud‑native platform on Akamai's IaaS. You will guide architecture and delivery in a collaborative, agile environment.

You will partner with product and leadership to shape the roadmap, mentor engineers, and ensure reliability, security, and scalable performance across production services. This role requires strong people leadership and a track record of building high‑performing teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience with leadership roles.
• Proven ability to lead cloud-native platform initiatives.
• Experience building scalable production services with Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a high-performing engineering team for the Kubernetes platform.
• Collaborate with product and leadership to shape roadmap and milestones.
• Drive reliability, security, and operations across the platform.
• Mentor engineers and foster inclusive culture.
• Manage delivery timelines and Agile processes.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud Native Platform Engineering

Team management

Agile

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Containerization

Microservices

Job description

Akamai's Cloud Technology Group Compute division seeks a Manager Engineering to lead the Kubernetes‑focused cloud‑native platform on Akamai's IaaS. You will guide architecture and delivery in a collaborative, agile environment.

You will partner with product and leadership to shape the roadmap, mentor engineers, and ensure reliability, security, and scalable performance across production services. This role requires strong people leadership and a track record of building high‑performing teams.