Kubernetes Cloud Platform Engineering Manager

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Frankfort (KY); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 273,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K savings plan

Parental leave

Flexible work locations

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Manager of Engineering to lead and grow a high-performing team building the Kubernetes-based cloud-native platform.

You will partner with product leadership to shape the roadmap, ensure reliability, security, and operational excellence across the platform, and mentor engineers in an inclusive, collaborative culture. In this role you will manage delivery timelines in an Agile setting, drive architectural excellence, and help accelerate new product delivery

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software development with engineering leadership or management experience.
• Proven ability to lead cloud-native platform engineering initiatives.
• Track record of building and operating highly available production services using Kubernetes and cloud-native tech.
• Strong foundation in containerization and microservices architecture.
• Experience hiring, developing, and retaining engineering talent.
• Expertise enabling good software development practices with CI/CD.

Responsibilities

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

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Cloud infrastructure

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Manager of Engineering to lead and grow a high-performing team building the Kubernetes-based cloud-native platform.

You will partner with product leadership to shape the roadmap, ensure reliability, security, and operational excellence across the platform, and mentor engineers in an inclusive, collaborative culture. In this role you will manage delivery timelines in an Agile setting, drive architectural excellence, and help accelerate new product delivery