Lead Kubernetes & Cloud-Native Platform Engineer

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 169,000 - 305,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer Lead to design, build, and scale our Kubernetes-based cloud-native platform.

You will lead the development across teams, work with management and business stakeholders, and help shape the engineering roadmap to enable faster, safer product delivery. You will mentor engineers, foster agile collaboration, and drive enterprise features for a highly available, fault-tolerant platform.

Qualifications

• 12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent.
• Leadership experience in Cloud Native Platform Engineering, driving toward an enabled ecosystem of capabilities within our organization.
• Experience building and operating highly available, fault-tolerant, and scalable production services using Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies.
• Expert knowledge of the Go programming language and scripting with Python or Bash.
• Expertise in networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, TLS, HTTP) and Linux-based operating systems.
• Expertise leveraging CI/CD tools to achieve good software development practices.

Responsibilities

• Leading the development of the cloud native platform built on Kubernetes and other cloud-native technologies.
• Contributing to and shaping the engineering roadmap by working with management and business stakeholders.
• Contributing to enterprise features expected from a cloud native platform.
• Developing best practices, knowledge sharing, and mentoring.
• Leading and collaborating with engineering teams in an Agile environment.
• Fostering an environment that encourages innovative solutions and rapid development cycles.

Skills

Kubernetes

Cloud-Native technologies

Go

Python/Bash scripting

Networking fundamentals

Linux

CI/CD practices

Leadership & mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

CI/CD Tools

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer Lead to design, build, and scale our Kubernetes-based cloud-native platform.

You will lead the development across teams, work with management and business stakeholders, and help shape the engineering roadmap to enable faster, safer product delivery. You will mentor engineers, foster agile collaboration, and drive enterprise features for a highly available, fault-tolerant platform.