Senior Technical Marketing Engineer, Distributed Networking, Content Delivery & AI

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Augusta (ME); On-site; USD 120,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Technical Marketing Engineer for Distributed Networking, Content Delivery, and AI to be the technical proof engine behind Akamai's delivery and performance story.

You will build, benchmark, and demonstrate on the platform, then translate findings into content for engineers, architects, and technical decision makers. As AI applications become more distributed, you will create demos and reference architectures, work with engineering on optimization,

Qualifications

• Have 6 years of relevant experience in technical marketing, solutions or sales engineering, network engineering, cloud infrastructure, CDN, content delivery, networking, edge, AI infrastructure or adjacent technologies, and a Bachelor's degree in a technical field or its equivalent.
• Hands-on with the delivery stack: HTTP/2 and HTTP/3, QUIC, TLS, DNS, caching, routing and peering fundamentals, APIs, and the tooling used to measure them, with working scripting or automation skills.
• Understand modern application architectures and have an interest in how AI applications change traffic patterns, infrastructure requirements, and the relationship between applications, models, networks, and users.
• Be comfortable working with AI APIs and concepts such as inference, tokens, streaming responses, model endpoints, and agents.
• Have direct experience building or operating AI infrastructure.
• Have designed and run performance benchmarks with a methodology you can defend publicly, and know the difference between a result and a cherry-pick.
• Have built demos and reference architectures that technical audiences used and trusted.
• Be comfortable engaging network engineers on peering, route optimization, performance, and post quantum cryptography, while also being able to work with developers and architects building modern and AI-powered applicaitons.
• Possess excellent techincal writing and public speaking skills, with published work, demos, or talks you are proud to share

Responsibilities

• Implementing Akamai delivery and performance products hands-on, building and maintaining live configurations and demo environments that show real capabilities on real traffic, including emerging AI application patterns
• Designing and running reproducible benchmarking with documented, defensible methodology to substantiate Akamai's performance advantages with evidence, including evaluating latency, thorughput, routing, and cost considerations for AI traffic
• Building reference architectures and demos for modern applications and AI workloads, including AI inference APIs, streaming responses, agent interactions, and globally distributed applications
• Owning the technical answer to what makes Akamai's distributed network and content delivery platform genuinely differentiated, and how those capabilities apply as AI changes internet traffic and application architectures
• Working directly with engineering to build deep knowledge of network optimization, carrier and telco peering, route optimization, post quantum cryptography, developer experience, performance, and the networking patterns emerging and around AI inference and agents
• Exploring how AI traffic behaves across distributed infrastructure and translating those findings into practical guidance for customers, developers, architects, and Akamai field teams
• Producing a consistent cadence of technical thought leadership, including deep-dive blogs, benchmark reports, reference architectures, conference talks, and demos, timed to global and industry events so Akamai shows up with proof when the market is paying attention
• Partnering with product marketing to ground positioning, messaging, competitive content, and Akamai's evolving AI story in technically reality

Skills

Hands-on delivery stack

Technical writing

Public speaking

AI infrastructure

Benchmarks

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

APIs

Scripting

Job description

Do you want to prove, hands-on, how the world's most distributed network can deliver the next generation of applications and AI experiences, and show your work?

Are you the engineer who would rather demonstrate a claim than assert it?

Join our innovative product marketing team

As a Senior Technical Marketing Engineer for Distributed Networking, Content Delivery, and AI, you will be the technical proof engine behind Akamai's delivery and performance story. You will build, benchmark, and demonstrate on the platform itself, then turn what you learn into technical content that earns the trust of engineers, architects, and technical decision makers. AI is changing what needs to be delivered across the internet. Customers are already using Akamai to stream AI responses, secure interactions, control access, and route and optimize AI traffic. As AI applications and agents become more distributed and interactive, new requirements are emerging around performance, security, routing, access, and cost. You will help demonstrate the role Akamai's distributed platform can play in solving those challenges.

Partner with the best

As a Senior Technical Marketing Engineer for Distributed Networking, Content Delivery, and AI, you will be the technical proof engine behind Akamai's delivery and performance story. You will build, benchmark, and demonstrate on the platform itself, then turn what you learn into technical content that earns the trust of engineers, architects, and technical decision makers. AI is changing what needs to be delivered across the internet. Customers are already using Akamai to stream AI responses, secure interactions, control access, and route and optimize AI traffic. As AI applications and agents become more distributed and interactive, new requirements are emerging around performance, security, routing, access, and cost. You will help demonstrate the role Akamai's distributed platform can play in solving those challenges.

As a Senior Technical Marketing Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Implementing Akamai delivery and performance products hands-on, building and maintaining live configurations and demo environments that show real capabilities on real traffic, including emerging AI application patterns

• Designing and running reproducible benchmarking with documented, defensible methodology to substantiate Akamai's performance advantages with evidence, including evaluating latency, thorughput, routing, and cost considerations for AI traffic

• Building reference architectures and demos for modern applications and AI workloads, including AI inference APIs, streaming responses, agent interactions, and globally distributed applications

• Owning the technical answer to what makes Akamai's distributed network and content delivery platform genuinely differentiated, and how those capabilities apply as AI changes internet traffic and application architectures

• Working directly with engineering to build deep knowledge of network optimization, carrier and telco peering, route optimization, post quantum cryptography, developer experience, performance, and the networking patterns emerging and around AI inference and agents

• Exploring how AI traffic behaves across distributed infrastructure and translating those findings into practical guidance for customers, developers, architects, and Akamai field teams

• Producing a consistent cadence of technical thought leadership, including deep-dive blogs, benchmark reports, reference architectures, conference talks, and demos, timed to global and industry events so Akamai shows up with proof when the market is paying attention

• Partnering with product marketing to ground positioning, messaging, competitive content, and Akamai's evolving AI story in technically reality

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 6 years of relevant experience in technical marketing, solutions or sales engineering, network engineering, cloud infrastructure, CDN, content delivery, networking, edge, AI infrastructure or adjacent technologies, and a Bachelor's degree in a technical field or its equivalent.

• Be genuinely hands-on with the delivery stack: HTTP/2 and HTTP/3, QUIC, TLS, DNS, caching, routing and peering fundamentals, APIs, and the tooling used to measure them, with working scripting or automation skills

• Understand modern application architectures and have an interest in how AI applications change traffic patterns, infrastructure requirements, and the relationship between applications, models, networks, and users

• Be comfortable working with AI APIs and concepts such as inference, tokens, streaming responses, model endpoints, and agents

• Have direct experience building or operating AI infrastructure

• Have designed and run performance benchmarks with a methodology you can defend publicly, and know the difference between a result and a cherry-pick

• Have built demos and reference architectures that technical audiences used and trusted

• Be comfortable engaging network engineers on peering, route optimization, performance, and post quantum cryptography, while also being able to work with developers and architects building modern and AI-powered applicaitons

• Possess excellent techincal writing and public speaking skills, with published work, demos, or talks you are proud to share

Build your career at Akamai

Our ability to shape digital life today relies on developing exceptional people like you. The kind that can turn impossible into possible. We’re doing everything we can to make Akamai a great place to work. A place where you can learn, grow and have a meaningful impact.

With our company moving so fast, it’s important that you’re able to build new skills, explore new roles, and try out different opportunities. There are so many different ways to build your career at Akamai, and we want to support you as much as possible. We have all kinds of development opportunities available, from programs such as GROW and Mentoring, to internal events like the APEX Expo and tools such as Linkedin Learning, all to help you expand your knowledge and experience here.

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $119,600 - $215,400/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.

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