Lead Cloud Platform Engineer — Kubernetes & Serverless

Feedinkoo: Remote Jobs; United States; Hybrid; USD 84,000 - 174,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Paid time off

Parental leave

Employee assistance programs

Job summary

Akamai Technologies seeks an experienced backend developer to own and lead our Cloud Platform initiatives in the United States. You will architect, implement, and extend the Cloud Management API using Go and Python, on a Serverless platform, while expanding Kubernetes with custom operators.

You will collaborate with product groups and partners, tackling challenging engineering problems, leveraging ArgoCD and other cutting‑edge tools to deliver scalable SaaS solutions.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of backend development experience and a bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Exposure to AI/ML, LLMs, inference performance, observability tools, and analytics platforms.
• Experience analyzing and interpreting complex JSON and data structures for innovative algorithms.
• Proficiency in object‑oriented programming and test‑driven development in Python and Go.
• Experience building applications on Kubernetes with microservices.
• Experience with cloud environment design and development.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on the architectural roadmap of the Cloud platform.
• Build and develop the Cloud Management API in Go and Python on a Serverless platform.
• Extend Kubernetes by developing custom Kubernetes operators in Go and Python.
• Work with Serverless Applications, ArgoCD (GitOps), Kubernetes Native Operators, and related tech.
• Solve complex engineering problems and lead the design of the SaaS solution.

Skills

Backend development

Python

Go

Kubernetes

OO programming

Test-driven development

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

ArgoCD

Kubernetes Operators

Serverless platform

Job description

Akamai Technologies seeks an experienced backend developer to own and lead our Cloud Platform initiatives in the United States. You will architect, implement, and extend the Cloud Management API using Go and Python, on a Serverless platform, while expanding Kubernetes with custom operators.

You will collaborate with product groups and partners, tackling challenging engineering problems, leveraging ArgoCD and other cutting‑edge tools to deliver scalable SaaS solutions.