Remote Cloud Platform Engineer - Security & Kubernetes

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Financial benefits

Family benefits

Time at work benefits

Time pursuing other endeavors benefits

Flexible working program

Job summary

Akamai Technologies is seeking an experienced backend developer to lead our Cloud Platform, delivering scalable infrastructure and access‑based security products. You will own the Cloud Platform roadmap and build APIs in Go and Python on a Serverless platform.

You’ll extend Kubernetes with custom operators, work with ArgoCD, and tackle complex engineering challenges to shape our SaaS solution. Hybrid work options available in the US.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of backend development experience and a bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Exposure to AI/ML and LLMs, inference performance, observability tools, and analytics platforms.
• Experience analyzing and interpreting complex JSON and data structures, focusing on innovative algorithmic solutions.
• Experience with object‑oriented programming and test‑driven development in Python and Go.
• Experience building applications on top of Kubernetes with micro‑services.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating and working toward the architectural roadmap of our Cloud platform.
• Building and developing our Cloud Management API in Go and Python, running on a Serverless platform.
• Extending Kubernetes with custom operators in Go and Python.
• Developing with cutting‑edge technology such as Serverless Application, ArgoCD (GitOps), and Kubernetes Native Operators.
• Solving complex engineering problems and leading the design of our SaaS solution.

Skills

Backend development

Python

Go

Kubernetes

Serverless

OOP

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

ArgoCD

Job description

Akamai Technologies is seeking an experienced backend developer to lead our Cloud Platform, delivering scalable infrastructure and access‑based security products. You will own the Cloud Platform roadmap and build APIs in Go and Python on a Serverless platform.

You’ll extend Kubernetes with custom operators, work with ArgoCD, and tackle complex engineering challenges to shape our SaaS solution. Hybrid work options available in the US.