Head of Cloud-Native Platform Engineering

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 152,000 - 273,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

FlexBase program

Healthcare

401K savings

Paid time off

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. invites a Manager Engineering to lead a growing team building a cloud-native platform on Kubernetes. You will partner with product leadership to shape the roadmap and drive reliability, security, and performance across the platform.

Mentor engineers, foster an inclusive culture, and manage delivery in an Agile environment to accelerate time-to-market for Akamai products and services.

Qualifications

• 8 years of software development experience with leadership or management
• Leadership in Cloud Native Platform Engineering, aligning org goals and improving efficiency
• Experience leading teams that build and operate highly available production services with Kubernetes and cloud-native tech
• Strong foundation in containerization, microservices, and cloud infrastructure
• Experience hiring, developing, and retaining top engineering talent
• Proficiency with CI/CD practices to enable solid software development

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of high-performing engineers building the cloud-native platform on Kubernetes.
• Partner with product management and leadership to shape the strategic roadmap and execute key milestones.
• Drive technical excellence, reliability, and security across the platform engineering organization.
• Mentor engineers, support career growth, and foster an inclusive, collaborative team culture.
• Manage delivery timelines, resources, and engineering operations in an Agile environment.
• Foster an environment encouraging innovative solutions, rapid development cycles, and open communication

Skills

Engineering leadership

Cloud-native

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. invites a Manager Engineering to lead a growing team building a cloud-native platform on Kubernetes. You will partner with product leadership to shape the roadmap and drive reliability, security, and performance across the platform.

Mentor engineers, foster an inclusive culture, and manage delivery in an Agile environment to accelerate time-to-market for Akamai products and services.