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Akamai Technologies · 3 hours ago

Senior II Software Engineer Lead - Akamai Inference Cloud (Remote)

Akamai Technologies is a leader in cloud computing and digital security. They are seeking a Senior II Software Engineer Lead to drive the design and implementation of critical components for their AI inference platform, ensuring performance and scalability while mentoring other engineers.

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Responsibilities

Leading the design and implementation of critical platform components for Akamai Inference Cloud, ensuring performance, scalability, and reliability
Driving technical decisions for your domain, selecting appropriate tools, frameworks, and approaches for AI inference workloads
Mentoring and guiding engineers on the team through code reviews, design discussions, and technical problem-solving
Implementing and optimizing containerized AI workloads with hardware-specific optimizations and integrating inference frameworks at scale
Collaborating across teams to define technical requirements, contribute to platform standards, and ensure operational excellence

Qualification

AI inferenceDistributed systemsContainerizationCloud servicesCI/CD pipelinesAPI designInfrastructure-as-codeTechnical leadershipMonitoringDebuggingMentoringCollaboration

Required

8 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent
Solid proficiency in distributed systems, cloud services, and platform engineering
Hands-on experience with AI inference, model serving, or LLM deployment with working knowledge of inference frameworks (TensorRT, vLLM, TorchServe, Triton)
Expertise in containerization and orchestration technologies including Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud-native architectures
Proven experience building scalable, high-performance systems with modern DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code
Solid technical leadership through mentoring, code quality advocacy, and ability to drive technical solutions for complex problems
Familiarity with API design and development (REST/gRPC patterns), GPU infrastructure and hardware acceleration
Knowledge of observability, monitoring, and debugging distributed systems

Benefits

Healthcare
401K savings plan
Company holidays
Vacation (in the form of PTO)
Sick time
Family friendly benefits including parental leave
Employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness

Company

Akamai Technologies

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Akamai is a provider of cloud services that help enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device.

H1B Sponsorship

Akamai Technologies has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2023 (227)
2022 (236)
2021 (247)
2020 (279)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$2.63B
Key Investors
IVP
2025-05-14Post Ipo Debt· $1.5B
2023-08-15Post Ipo Debt· $1.1B
2001-08-01Post Ipo Equity

Leadership Team

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Tom Leighton
Chief Executive Officer
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Charlie Gero
CTO
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